Daily Devotion 每日灵修

Proverbs 4:22 - For they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.

The Word itself carries power, just like a seed. It may seem to be so small and nothing much that it can do by human's mere perception, but you do not know how much power that it carries. From the natural realm, we can see that the seed itself has the power of growth inside of it; although it may seem to be small, but regardless how many years you have kept the seed with you without planting it, the moment when you plant, the life and growth still can be released! Likewise, the Word of God is like a seed, as Jesus parabled. Though it may seem to be small initially, but if you will allow your self to plaint it in a good soil, which is your believing heart, it can grow and bear fruits!

However, in the book of Proverbs, it says that you are to find them. The Word of God is life to those who find them. Find here carries meaning of to come forth to, attain, acquire, meet, to be present, catch, get hold of, and meet with. In order to find something, you need to find it at a certain location. The Bible is that location, but though the Word is always there, but many of times, we do not make any effort to find the Word. The hustle bustle of life has robbed us away from seeking, come forth to, to attain, to meet and get hold of the Word of God. But if you will come forth to the Word, if you will acquire and attain, if you will spend time "meeting" the Word, if you will catch it and get hold of it, they are LIFE to those who find them! It brings forth the very life of God to you when you find it!

Life means alive, fresh, strong, merry, quick, lively, and appetite! As you start to meet with the Word, catch it and get hold of it; they are alive, fresh, strong, merry, it quickens, it is lively and it is your appetite! Thus, it brings health to a man's whole body. Which means, the Word of God itself has power that heals. The health and wholeness of Jesus is in the Word, why? Jesus is the Word made flesh. If the flesh of Jesus is flowing with health and wholeness, with power to heal the sick, the blind, the leprosy, the woman with the issue of blood; then, the Word of God too is flowing with health and wholeness, with power to heal the sick, the blind, the leprosy, and just like the woman with the issue of blood, as you touch the Word, power flows out into your body!

What are the health issues that you face today? Regardless how serious it is in the eyes of the doctor, but you have the best medicine in hand. We are created by God, He is our Creator, so if there is something wrong with this body, we will need medicine from our Creator, our Manufacturer, our Source! The Word itself is our medicine, it can complete our body. Not just a part, but whole body! Regardless it is just a pimple, or a tumor, in the eyes' of God, no sickness is too big that He cannot heal! Therefore, start to seek, to find, to meet with and get hold of the Word today, until you see the health and wholeness in the seed manifests in your body!

Colossians 2:15 - And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

During the times of Rome, when Rome conquered another nation they would strip the king and all his dignitaries of their royal garments, jewelries, crowns, and anything that symbolized their former authority. Then they would parade them through the streets of Rome for all the Romans to insult and mock. Do you know that when Jesus triumphed at the cross, the same applies to the devil?

Jesus disarmed all the powers and authorities that were used to be over you! Therefore in Colossians 1:13 says that for he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. You are no longer under the dominion of the darkness, because all these dominion, powers and authorities has been disarmed! In other word, it means that the dominion of sickness, powers of curses has been broken off. The right and authority that Adam sold to the Devil has been taken back right now! Disarmed means demobilize, demilitarize, and it means take the weapon away from the enemies.

All the weapon that enemies use against you have been taken away, how wonderful! Not only that, Jesus stripped the enemies from all its dignitaries, from all things that symbolizes its power, and make a public spectacle of them! Therefore, the enemies has no right over you now, he absolutely has no authority over you! The moment when you meditate and let this truth to sink and rooted in your heart, you will realize that no power can be above the power of Jesus, and since you are already holding the authority, why are you afraid of the schemes of devil?

The devil can only manipulate the truths, giving you lies and hoping that you will buy it. But many of times, we tend to buy his lies and sink into deep depression and condemnation, we tend to believe in what the devil is telling us, and allowed our lives to be defeated. But as you sit down and think about it now, the real one who is in power and authority is you, not the devil anymore. Hence, when you resist the devil, the devil has no choice but to flee from you! (James 4:7)

Therefore, be fearful no more, you are now sitting at the right hand of the King, the authority that Adam gave away to Satan is now back in your hand, you have the whole heaven back you up, you have all the heavenly resources, you are the precious child of the King Most High! Where is your enemy? The Devil has been stripped off from his power and authority, he has no dignity, he is being mocked and jeered in the public, and you know what? You just need to eat at the table of your Father in heaven, in the presence of your enemies (Psalm 23:5)!!!

诗 68:19 天天背负我们重担的主，就是拯救我们的神，是应当称颂的。

哈罗朋友，你好吗？不管今天是雨天，阴天或是晴天，每一天都是神所创造的好天，所以，我们能够在其中高兴欢喜。
今天，不论有什么重担缠绕着你，在耶稣基督里你能有有盼望。
你知道吗，耶稣已经代替你处于咒诅的地位好叫你现在能享受在公义和蒙福的地位。
借着他被掰开的身体他已担当你一切的病痛，好叫你现在能领受超自然的医治和完全。
耶稣代替你贫穷的地位好叫你现在能够享受一切他所为你预备的福份和富足。
耶稣被羞辱好叫你今天能够带着荣耀地抬起头。
耶稣被拒绝好叫你能够被接纳。

所以，当知道耶稣为了你的缘故牺牲了一切。
现在是你领受的时候了。
把一切烦恼交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受解决。
把一切捆绑交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受自由。
把一切忧虑交给耶稣并且从业素哪里领受平安。
把一切病痛交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受医治。
把一切不可能交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受可能。
把一切不足交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受充足。
把一切缺乏交给耶稣并且从耶稣那里领受供应。

亲爱的，我们现在得以享受一切祝福和好的东西都是因为耶稣已为我们担当成就了一切。
所以，不要再犹豫，当全心地相信耶稣。
当你相信时，你就必定领受！

彼前 3：12 - 因为主的眼看顾义人，主的耳听他们的祈祷；。。。

很多时候，人们总会觉得自己所谓的运气，好的事从来不会发生在自己身上，眼睁睁的看着别人得到，自己却没有。也有些人说，他们祷告了那么久，却依然没有看见什么改变，或是没有得到他们所要的等等，不懂神有没有在听他们的祷告。其实，人得不到不是因为神有没有在听，而是关乎他自己有没有信心。我们信的有多快，得到就有多快。因为经上记着说，凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得着的，就必得着。（可 11:24）所以当我们相信，我们肯定得着。

有时候，人们总会怀疑，到底我们的神是不是二十四小时都在看顾我们？祂不需要休息吗？不需要放假吗？或是信主的人那么多，祂会看得见我的需要吗？很多的疑问在人的脑中浮现，总觉得我们的神可能并不能时时刻刻都在看顾我们。其实，在圣经里说到，我们的神是不打盹，也不睡觉的，因祂是时时刻刻的保护我们，看守我们。（诗 121:4） 所以我们可以放心，无论我们在哪里，做着什么，神都不会遗忘了我们。

朋友们，我们有个爱我们的主，眷顾我们的神。祂的爱是对我们不离不弃的，是爱我们到底的。你知道吗？在这世上，就算再爱你的人，他们的爱是有一定的限度，他们所能给的也有限。唯有我们的主耶稣基督，祂的爱是永无止息，祂把一切都给了我们，只要我们相信，就必定得着。让我们勇敢的往前走，知道祂对我们的旨意是好的，祂要给我们的祝福更是又大又新的福分，好让我们的生命能够把荣耀归于祂。阿门！

Matthew 16:24-25 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever losses his life for me will find it."

As you read through the whole chapter of Matthew 16, you will realize that before Jesus said this, Peter recognized Jesus is the Son of the Living God, he knows that He is Christ, the One whom God sent for mankind. Jesus said Peter knew it not by flesh, but by the revelation of God. However, the next thing is when Jesus started to reveal on His redemption plan to the disciples, again Peter took him aside and began to rebuke Jesus saying that "This shall not happen to you!"

You see, as a man live by natural perspectives, whatever he sees tend to be limited. He will not grasp the power and the plan of God, and it causes him unable to move in the power of God. Peter in a sense was trying to stop Jesus from fulfilling the plan of God, though his intention was to protect Jesus. Jesus then said whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Jesus will find it. He doesn't mean to die, but He means if you esteem your own life more than the plan and the Word of God, you will lose the real life that you could enjoy! And many of times if we are to live in our own natural perspectives, we are bound by limit. And the will of God is that we to live in Him, and in Him there is limitless! That's why we lose the real life that Jesus wants us to live, we missed the full potential!

However, Jesus said but if we will esteem His Word more than our own selfishness in life, we will find life! The matter lies on how much we weigh His Word, just like Peter, a moment before that he esteemed Jesus as Christ, but the next moment he stopped Jesus from fulfilling the plan of God. Therefore, many of times, the devil will try all sorts of way to trigger us to live in flesh, selfishness, and in natural senses rather than living in the very Word of God. The natural tends to hinder us from moving into supernatural, however, we are to be like Jesus, rebuke all the things that are not in line with the Word of God, and start to esteem Him more than ourselves.

For it is not I who live, but Christ lives in me, Paul said (Galatians 2:20). So it is not we who live now, but Christ in us.

诗 42:5 - 我的心哪！你为何忧闷？为何在我里面烦躁？应当仰望神，因他笑脸帮助我，我还要称赞他。

每一天，我们会为了许许多多的事情而烦躁、不安，甚至郁闷。与其被这些事情所困扰，为何我们的眼目不定睛在那能使我们心情愉快，并且乐在其中的事情呢？肯定的，我们活在这世上会面对许多的问题，有些问题甚至会把我们给打倒了，但是，要记得我们有个爱我们的主，全能的神在我们的生命里掌权。当我们有了神的大能彰显在我们生命中，我们就能胜过一切仇敌的诡计。你知道吗？我们的神无时无刻都在我们身边帮助我们，不但如此，无论我们面对再难的问题，祂都能笑脸应对，因为在这世上没有什么东西是比神还大。因此，耶稣祂如何，我们在这世上也如何。（约一 4:17）耶稣能笑脸面对问题，我们也能；耶稣能站在问题之上，我们也能；耶稣是得胜的神，而我们是得胜有余的子民！（罗 8:37）

朋友们，当我们的眼目是看向耶稣，仰望祂的时候，断没有什么能拦阻我们前进。因为当我们把这宝贝耶稣基督放在瓦器里，就是我们的生命中，要显明这莫大的能力，是出于神，不是出于我们。我们四面受敌，却不被困住。心里作难，却不至失望。遭逼迫，却不被丢弃。打倒了，却不至死亡。（林后 4:7-9）所以，我们无论在什么样的情况中，我们都是不至死亡的，因为有神的笑脸帮助我们。正所谓：喜乐的心乃是良药（箴 17:22），很多时候我们的忧虑会把我们压得喘不过起来，会使我们的灵枯干，进而影响到我们的外在了。

若我们的心常称颂耶和华为大，把我们所面对的问题放小，那么我们的生活肯定过的亨通顺利的。让我们的心思意念是让神的话充满，让我们的灵是被圣灵所牵引，让我们的生命是神所带领的。当我们把神的话刻在心版上，昼夜思想，我们的生命肯定是居上不居下，作首不做尾的。阿门！

Psalm 119:91 - Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.

In John 1:14 clearly says that the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. Jesus is the Word and was made flesh to dwell among us, however, though today we cannot see him physically, but we have to know that He is with us, the Word is still with us. That's why we need the Word of God for our daily lives, the amount of time you spend with the Word is the amount of time spend with Jesus. How often you meditate on the Word of God equals to how often you are thinking about Jesus himself. How often you turn yourself to the Word when situations are bad, equals to how often you turn your eyes and fix upon Jesus instead of looking at the storms in life.

The Word of God sustains all things, and all things are created through His Word (Hebrews 11:3). When He called forth light, there was light. The whole universe that we are seeing right now, the sun set and sun rise, the moon, the sea and mountains, the earth and the skies, everything are organized and sustained by the Word of God. Imagine the power that can sustain the sun, the moon, the invisible power and law of the nature, which already far more than our little brain can grasp! How much if today we will let the Word of God sustains us? How much more is the power of His Word when we speak about it, when we believe in it, when we meditate on it, when we practice it?

All things serve the Lord. Therefore, the moment when you start to let the Word of God having dominion over your life, the Word of God is able to serve you too. And you shall see as you start to speak, to think, to act on His Word, all things started to serve you, the healing that you need, the supply that you long for, the breakthroughs that you want, the goodness that you seek, they shall serve you as you follow Jesus, the Word!

约一 4：4 - 小子们哪，你们是属神的，并且胜了他们；因为那在你们里面的，比那在世界上的更大。

在我们的人生中，总会遇见令我们害怕的事。有些人怕鬼；有些人怕动物；有些人怕小昆虫；有些人怕面对往事；有些人怕面对人等等，每一个人都有自己所不敢面对或怕的人事物。有时候，这些东西却成为我们的绊脚石，拦阻我们往前进。因此，经上记着说，凡信耶稣为主的，就是属神的，我们里面的比那世界上的更大。意思就是，我们的神，耶稣基督，祂是胜过这世上的一切，没有什么能大过祂，因为祂是那超乎万名之上的名。大当我们的心是一无所惧的，我们就能抬头挺胸的大步往前走。

朋友们，要清楚知道，在这世上虽然是恶者在掌握，但是永远不要忘了我们的耶稣基督是胜了这世界的，断没有什么是能在祂之上，并且祂已把祂的平安赐给了我们，好叫我们今天无论遇到什么样的问题，都能够胜过，并且是站在问题之上的。很多时候，人会害怕，会恐惧，不敢面对是因为自己的感觉，自己觉得不能胜过，甚至觉得不可能，但是当我们谦卑依靠主，晓得我们自己不能但是住在我们里面的却是凡事都能做，那么我们肯定能够战胜一切的，因为在人是不能，在神却是凡事都能。（太19：26）人之所以会害怕，不敢面对是因为他的心里靠自己的感觉，倘若今天人靠的是神的话，那么这人肯定不至于害怕，因为出于神的话，没有一句是不带能力。（路 1：37）

所以朋友们，从此刻开始，不要再靠自己的能力，乃是靠主得胜。当我们依靠祂，我们的生命肯定是得胜的，是大过这世上的一切。阿门！

Proverbs 8:35 - For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

Many are searching and finding in this world, and everyone has a different goal to achieve in life. Some are looking for prosperity, some are looking for health, some are looking for love, and some are looking for freedom. You might be one of them searching and looking all these years, and you end up wounded and found that everything just turn you down. That's why we are unable to rely on human being or even our surroundings, because whatever that we can see are all temporary and what we cannot see are eternal. That's why you just have to rely on Jesus Christ and him alone because only He is eternal and forever.

Therefore, today if you are discouraged by all the circumstances around you, remember that there is one direction that you can always run to! That is to the embrace of your Father in Heaven. It says here in Proverbs that whoever finds me finds life. So, today when you find Jesus, you will find life! Life in terms on not only breath, but also health, sound mind, peace, goodness, prosperity and good relationships with family! This is exactly the life that God wants to bless you with!

Not only that, you will receive favor from the Lord! how wonderful when you are searching for Him and beholding Jesus, you will see life and favor manifest in your life! It means wherever you are, you find favor in people's eyes. You have no idea why people will just help you and show favor on you! It is all because of God's glory are manifesting on you when you choose to find Jesus and behold His beauty all the time!

So find Him today in the Words of God, and you will find life and receive favor super abundantly!