Daily Devotion 每日灵修

The world might be bombarding you with news of new deadly viruses that has killed thousands, but do you know that you are under the wings of the God Almighty? Under His refuge, you can be sure that you are well taken care of.
Therefore, let's meditate the verses below, make it your daily meditation, and you shall find rest and confidence in the Word.

Psalm 91:1-16
Those who go to God Most High for safety will be protected by God All-Powerful.
I will say to the Lord "You are my place of safety and protection. You are my God, and I trust you."
God will save you from hidden traps and from deadly diseases.
He will protect you like a bird spreading its wing over its young. His truth will be like your armor and shield.
You will not fear any danger by night or an arrow during the day.
You will not be afraid of diseases that come in the dark or sickness that strikes at noon.
At your side 1,000 people may die, or even 10,000 right beside you. But you will not be hurt.
You will only watch what happens. You will see the wicked punished.
The Lord is your protection. You have made God Most High your place of safety.
Nothing bad will happen to you. No disaster will come to your home.
He has put his angels in charge of you. They will watch over you wherever you go.
They will catch you with their hands. And you will not hit your foot on a rock.
You will walk on lions and cobras. You will step on strong lions and snakes.
The Lord says "If someone loves me, I will save him. I will protect those who know me.
They will call to me, and I will answer them. I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue them and honor them.
I will give them a long, full life. They will see how I can save.

希伯来书11：27-「他恆心忍耐，如同看見那不能看見的主。」

在我们的生活当中，我们时常一時冷，一時热；一時高，一時低；這是什么原因呢？原因就是我们时常被眼见的迷惑了，我们本該以上帝為中心的，卻去以環境为中心了。但上帝要我們在每一件事物上都看見祂，时刻仰望祂，称颂高举祂的名。

我們一直過着一上一下的生活，这是一种倚靠環境的信心，但上帝不要我们这样，圣经说我们行事为人要凭着信心，不要凭着眼见（哥林多后书5：7）。世界告訴我們【见而信】，但是上帝要我們【信而見】。耶稣是昨日、今日、一直到永远都是一样都的（希伯来书13：8）。祂看见我们的未来，祂是时间以外的神，当祂告诉我们不要挂心忧虑时，我们是可以相信祂的，唯有祂是我们最坚固的磐石。

所以保罗说“应当一无挂虑，只要凡事藉着祷告、祈求和感谢，将你们所要的告诉神。神所赐出人意外的平安，必在基督耶稣里，保守你们的心怀意念”（腓立比书4：6-7）。亲爱的朋友，不要让環境来决定你生命的走向，却要让上帝的真理彰显在生命中。信心是相信我們所不見的，信心的酬報就是得着我們所相信的。啊们！

Jeremiah 31:3 - I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Do you know that it is such a comfort and assurance to know that the one and only God who created the heaven and earth is now loving you? The love in this world may be temporal, but His love is from everlasting to everlasting. Regardless what are the hurts that you have gone through, regardless how many promises that people has broken, today just bear in mind that Jesus loves you! Long before you know Him, long before you can do any good to deserve this love, He already loves you! His love is unconditional, it is sacrificial, and ultimately this love can empower you to change!

If you are tired of the journey of your life today, sit down and meditate on His love. He longs to draw you with His unfailing kindness and His everlasting love. All you need to do is to come to your senses and know that you are being deeply loved! The moment when you grasp this truth, it shall set you free from all bondages, fear, insecurity and all! Jesus loves you, do you know that? Let Him embrace you today!

1John4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
John16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.

Dear friend, what have you encountered a moment ago? Is there a lot of troubles surrounding you? Is there tonnes of pressure that press you down? Perhaps you just got your medical report that makes you worry, maybe you have just attended an interview for promotion that brings you uncertainty, or there can be even a lot of problems that others might not understand yet you are going through... Right now, here is the place for you to get released. Now is the time for you to put an end on all these problems and turn your focus to Jesus.
In times of worry, know that Jesus is the biggest, He is your peace that helps you to overcome worries;
In times of uncertain, Jesus is the biggest, He is your assurance that helps you to overcome uncertainties;
In times of lacking, Jesus is the biggest, He is your provision that will never end;
When you are sick, Jesus is the biggest, He is your healing that helps you to overcome diseases;
When you are weak, Jesus is the biggest, His grace helps you to overcome all your weaknesses;
When you are afraid, Jesus is the biggest, when He is with you, nothing can be against you.

Remember, no matter what, problems, troubles, challenges, all that you can named out is not big, JESUS is the biggest among all. In Him, you shall not be afraid; In Him, you are more than conquerors!
So, eyes on Him and put your full trust in Him, He is our all in all!

Ephesians 2:19 - Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household.

Do you know that Jesus has broken the barrier between you and the Father by His body? We were brought near to God never by our own efforts or good behavior, but solely by the blood of Jesus Christ. Because of His one sacrifice, we are perfected forever! Therefore, when there is no longer a barrier between you and the Father, when we are already brought near to God, your identity has changed! We used to be foreigners and aliens, being foreigner and alien means being separated, has no part with the things of God, and without power!

However, the moment when you accepted Jesus, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, you are His fellow citizens, you are His people and ultimately, you are in the household of God! Being a member of His household simply means you have shares in the things of God, you are reconciled, you are now equipped with power! Just like when you are in the household of your own father on earth, you simply enjoy everything in that house! You will not need to plead your mum for food, or kneeling down to your dad in order to get him to send you to school! You can freely enjoy whatever there is in the fridge without paying, and surely your parents will not get you to pay. That is what happen in your normal household, what's more in the household of God! In the household of God, you are His child, you can enjoy whatever it is that Jesus has purchased for you! He has purchased you freedom, love, joy, peace, blessings,and all that you need! He has stored them within you, and all you need to do is to open the fridge and just get whatever you want! God the Father will never ask you to pay, because the payment is Jesus, the Lamb of God! How wonderful!

Therefore, the moment when you know how much that He loves you, you will be more assured of your identity in Christ, you are in His house, hence, you will live life, you will talk, you will react like His child! It's never by force or effort, you can live it out supernaturally natural just because you are already His child, you are already in His household, you are already righteous, you are already being loved, therefore you can!

2 Corinthians 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might became rich.

The world has been teaching and influencing people that we are living in a time of lack, therefore as we yield to the saying of the world, we will tend to think like a poor man. Poverty mindset is not of God, because God never has a poverty mindset. That's why in Romans 8:6 says as you set your mind on flesh, it is death; but as you set your mind on the Spirit it is life and peace. Of course, a carnal mind will think what is not of God, and poverty is mindset is definitely not of God. But the moment when we accept Christ, our spirit man has the same nature as God, it is a new created spirit man. Whatever that Christ has done, it is done and you have it in your spirit man.

Therefore, we need to start to see what Jesus has done and acknowledge Him for what He did. This helps us to grow in our spirit. The verse says that He was rich, yes in fact He is! He owns thousands of cattle and hills, all that is in the universe, the heaven and earth are all belong to Him. He has all things, and all things are created for Him! But because of all of us, because of loving us, He became poor. He let go all that He has, being naked and put to shame at the cross, even His last robe was snatched by the Romans soldier, He was left without anything at the cross; why? so that you through His poverty might become rich!

If you are to live a life of abundance and prosperity, you can't do it your own way. Though it might work, but the blessings of the Lord adds no sorrow to it! You need to "through" Jesus Christ, you need to go through Him, let Him be the bridge and connection, through His poverty, through what He has done for all of us at the cross, you are already rich. The divine exchange has done, the Work of Jesus has completed, today, your new created inner man is just as rich as Jesus is!

Hence, keep in step with the Word of God and develop your spirit man from now on. As you grow in your spirit, then you are able to operate in whatever that He has entrusted you! Therefore, it's time to be a son, and not an infant.

从前，当约书亚要攻打耶利哥城的时候，他们连续带着神的约柜围绕那城七日。到了第七日，他们同样的围绕着耶利哥城七次，然后约书亚对百姓说：“呼喊吧，因为耶和华已经把城交给你们了！” 当百姓们一同呼喊的时候，城墙就塌陷，百姓便上去进城，各人往前直上，将城夺取。（参阅 约书亚记第六章）但他们呼喊的时候，是带着胜利的呼喊，是充满活力的，是知道他们必打胜仗，因为有神与他们同在，他们就必凡事亨通。
同样的今天，在我们的生命中要时常连接与耶稣。当我们把耶稣放在我们生命的前头，就好比当时约书亚的士兵们把神的约柜放在前头行一样，让祂来引领我们的道路，那么我们所作的必凡事亨通，是必定得胜的。当我们的生命是颂赞神，带着胜利的欢呼，便能使我们生命里拦阻我们前进的城墙倒塌。朋友们，正所谓马是为打仗之日预备的，得胜乃在乎耶和华。（箴 21：31）我们策划，我们行，但成事的乃是神。当我们把所作的交托耶和华，我们所谋的就必成立。（箴 16:3）我们可以有很好的计划，可以有很多的见解，可以有很多得准备，但更不可少的就是那使我们亨通的神。要知道，我们今天之所以能战胜的能力，是因为我们有一位得胜的神。
朋友们，今天这胜利已经属于我们。我们是能战胜黑暗的权势，我们的生命是在问题之上的，因着那爱我们的主，在这一切的事上我们是得胜有余的。（罗 8:37）所以，让我们因着我们有个复活且得胜的生命来欢呼，来向神献上满心的感恩。阿门！

I look at my palm and see,
who am I without thee;
and yet you've chosen the weak,
to make me arise and shine..

Your love touched my heart always,
Abba Abba I call your name,
Extending your mighty arms,
to sustain me whenever I fall..

Your favor is surrounding me,
Your grace abounding on me,
all because of the One who came,
and bear my sins and shames.

Darkness has to flee,
Sickness has to flee,
Bondage are set free,
and the blind can see..
The cross is the prove from thee,
your loving-kindness is what I see.

Psalm 139:9-10 - If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea. Even there your hand will guide me; your right hand will hold me fast.

Do you ever feel that sometimes you are left all alone in circumstances? You might feel being outcast and there is no one by your side that can fully understand all your needs. Are there problems and circumstances looming, which makes you feel so insecure and nowhere out? Today, keep your heart secure and know that your Father in Heaven loves you eternally.

Always remember that you are never alone. Even though the waves and the storms might seem to be gigantic, but you have a support that is unshakable. That man is Jesus Christ. Just like what Psalm says if I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, and your right hand will hold me fast. How loving! It means that even though you are at the far side, His hands will always be there to guide and protect. Today, no matter where you are, even though you are rise and above, He is still there guiding you; even though you are far away, He is still holding you.

You might be far away, but when Jesus holds you with His right hand, He is bringing you back into His embrace! It means that when He is with you, He will bring you back to the land of joy! Right in the pit of your life, He is there. So, whom shall you fear?

Today, when the hands that created heaven and earth is with you, when the nail pierced hands are guiding you; you will see that nothing can hold against you when you are in the embrace of God! Jesus' finished work is there leading you into a better place and a better hope! Therefore, look upon Him and see that His right hand is there holding you fast, so you are not alone!