Daily Devotion 每日灵修

Psalm 33:21 - In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.

Rejoicing is always a decision that you can make. Many of times, when you keep yourself apart from Jesus Christ, and choose to stay connected with your feelings, your surroundings, what your five senses have been consistently feeding you, you cannot rejoice! Because all the more you focus on your circumstances, all the more you will reason yourself to be sorrow and depressed over that issue. Therefore, as a child of God, we have to know that our identity and our inheritance are found in Christ, Jesus is the one that we should look to. It is only when you are In Him, when you are connected to His Word, when you keep yourself eyeing on Him, then your heart is able to rejoice! We live by faith and not by sight, we should be focus on what is unseen instead of what is seen, when you choose to rejoice in Christ, rejoice is an action of faith! You know what, it is according to your faith that it shall be done for you! Today, instead of trusting yourself or trusting what the world can bring to you, trust in the name of Jesus. For you hold the power to use this name, and as you trust in Him and choose to remain in Him, He will never put you to shame!

以赛亚书58：11 耶和华也必时常引导你，在干旱之地，使你心满意足，骨头强壮。你必像浇灌的园子，又像水流不绝的泉源。
以赛亚书44：3因为我要将水浇灌口渴的人，将河浇灌干旱之地；我要将我的灵浇灌你的后裔，将我的福浇灌你的子孙。

自然界里，雨水可以使貧瘠的地方不再乾燥，它们需要雨水的浇灌，才能得着滋润，带來新的生命力。当大雨来临之际，它能使枯干的得已甦醒，開花，并蓬勃發展。

你可能會感受到生命有時候就像這样，已经走到尽头，毫無盼望了，感觉不到爱的存在，已经失去了一切，感觉到空虛和孤独。不過沒有关系，在神那里永远有盼望，耶稣已经为你开了一条又新又活的路（希伯来书10：20），雨水要降到貧瘠的地方。這不是結束，当恩雨降下，必带来新的机遇，新的关系，新的创意和夢想。

如果你正处在乾旱无水之地，你要欢呼喜乐，因喜乐的泉源來到了。這是全新的开始，当你把指望放在一个可以信靠的对像，你必看到新的增長和给予。【因為，祂的怒氣不過是转眼之間；祂的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿雖然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼】。（詩篇30:5）啊们！

加 2：20 - 。。。祂是爱我，为我舍己。

爱，不是形容词，而是动词，因为爱是带着行动的。很多时候，人常常把爱挂在嘴边，却没有行动，这样的爱并不是真的爱。在我们的生命里，有个很好的榜样，是值得我们学习的对象。祂爱我们到一个地步是把祂所有的都给了我们，代替我们承受我们本当承受的酷刑，替我们担当了我们所担当不起的罪，最后还为了我们被钉死在十字架上。而这所有的一切，只单单出于“爱”，因为祂爱我们，所以祂愿意背负我们所有的一切罪孽，背负了我们一切的不好，换来上好的福分给了我们。而这份爱就是基督的爱，是在这世上无人能比的爱。

朋友们，你可否知道？耶稣基督为了我们的病痛，祂先为我们承受了鞭伤（赛 53:5）；耶稣基督为了我们的贫穷，祂已代替了我们，好叫我们可以因着祂而富足（林后 8:9）；耶稣基督为了我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦，祂受了刑罚，给了我们平安（赛53:4-5）。不但如此，祂也为了我们预备了一切的我们所需要的，使我们在基督里所需用的都充足。（腓 4:19）这一切的一切，只因祂爱我们，祂不愿意看见祂的孩子们活在痛苦中，活在缺乏中，活在悲伤中。

这份爱，是我们在这世上最大的福分。因为耶稣的爱，是那没有盼望的人，有了新的盼望；因着耶稣的爱，使我们能胜过一切仇敌的诡计；因着耶稣的爱，使我们在这世上能过着丰盛的生命；因着耶稣的爱，使我们能拥有战胜恶者的权柄；因着耶稣的爱，我们是得胜有余的！因此，让我们把这恩典，这美好的福音传给我们身边的每一个人，好让他们也享受在神的爱里，经历祂的恩典。阿门！

罗马书5：8 惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明了。

生活中总是会面对不平等的情境、被误会，我们都经历过那說不出的委屈。上帝是我們最大的辩护者，为我们伸張正义。就如祂 在以赛亞书61:7承诺：【你们必得加倍的好处，代替所受的羞辱；份中所得的喜乐，代替所受的凌辱。在境内必得加倍的产业；永远之乐必归与你们】。我們只要专心仰望神，让祂来引导。祂所要賜給我們的，將超出我们所预期（以弗所书3：20）

上帝對我們的爱是显而易見的。祂賜下独生爱子來拯救我们，基督死在十架上，挪去了我們的罪愆；祂的復活，更賜給我們在祂里面全新的生命。这是何等奇異的愛！如同约翰一书3：1告诉我们的：【你看父賜給我們是何等的慈爱，使我們得称为上帝的兒女】！而当我们有了神的儿子，就必有丰盛的生命（约翰一书5：12）！

信了耶稣，並非就不会面对问题，但祂是我们能随時倚靠的对像，祂的真理引领我们的每一个步伐，賦予我們生命的意义与平安。啊们！

Psalm 42:8- By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me - a prayer to the God of my life.

Today no matter what you are doing, how do you feel, be it good or bad, remember that instead of looking at the circumstances and sighing, look up to God and know that He is Almighty! By day, He directs you with His love. How wonderful to know that every day when you wake up, He is ever ready to direct your steps with His love. Every single steps of yours are full of the love of God. Out of love He prepares the best for you, out of love He guides you and leads you, out of love He sent His angels to protect you concerning your steps, out of love He is there to supply your every single needs. How great to know that you are not alone, but you are being directed with His inexhaustible love! How sweet that the Psalmist says that's why at night, His song is with me, as a prayer to the God of my life. He is the God of our lives, He is the source and the Giver of our lives, without Him we have no life at all! Therefore, how you respond to His love and sweetness is by songs as prayers to Him every night. That is what a relationship is all about, and Christianity is all about relationship and intimacy with God! Enjoy your sweetness with Jesus today, this love is incomparable and irreplaceable!

Psalms 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Hey friend, how do you do?
Regardless how busy you are, no matter what kind of stress or challenges you are facing right now, bear in mind that you have a God who cares for you, He will sustain you with His strength and peace.
When you are surrounded by problems, do not give up! Instead, meditate on the word of God and be surrounded by the love, manifest the strength and peace the Lord has given to you.
When you are weak, do not be afraid! Instead, meditate on the word of God and be strong, manifest the strength and peace the Lord has given to you.
When you are sick, let not your heart be troubled! Instead, meditate on the word of God that He has healed you and be anxious of nothing, manifest the strength and peace the Lord has given to you.
When you are in lack, do not worry about your tomorrow! Instead, meditate on the word of God and be thankful of His supplies, manifest the strength and peace the Lord has given to you.
When you are lost, do not panic! Instead, meditate on the word of God that directs you, manifest the strength and peace the Lord has given to you.

Despite of how big your problems might be or how hard is the situation, abide in Him through the word and enjoy the strength and peace you have from God.
Dear friend, do not be stagnant and stay in the problems. Let's move on in life and experience how wonderful the strength and the peace of God can be in your daily life.
Surely, you are heading to a better and higher place to glorify Him!

列王紀上 18:41 以利亞对亞哈說：「你現在可以上去吃喝，因為有多雨的响声了。」

在列王纪上第18章里叙述，撒瑪利亞当时的飢荒非常严重,三年半的時間，没有雨水。可以想像，人民的生活是多么困苦,勉強存活。直到先知以利亞出現，对亞哈王說：「我听到豪雨的响声了！」(列王纪下18:41)。 当他这么说时，天空沒有一朵雲,沒有任何下雨的征兆，但他选择了相信灵里听到的声音。凭眼所見，是一片荒芜，飢荒和貧困，但在灵裡，卻已得富足。(参阅列王纪下18:41-46)

這就是信心的彰显。

你一定要相信神所说的一切话，即使你眼前所見是与现在遭遇相反的。你在圣经里看见丰盛，但眼裡所見可能是缺乏；圣经说我们是灵魂体都兴盛的，但你却是病痛缠身。你在灵里听见雨声，但你环顾四周，看到的卻是旱災。该如何呢？
以利亞就在迦密山山顶。他叫仆人去看看在山的另一边，是否有下雨的跡像。他將信心放在一切行动之上，他渴望改变。仆人回來說：【我什么都没有看见，不会下雨了】。以利亞並沒有氣馁。他沒有认为：【哦，一定是我听错了】。他叫仆人回去再看看。他去了，回來說了同样的话：【毫無雲彩】。來來回回共六次。终于在第七次，才看见一小片云从海里上来，不过如人手那样大而已。

约翰福音20:29耶稣也告诉我们：【你因看见了我才信，那没有看见就信的有福了】！啊们！

如果要看到生命大大的突破，就应当留心听神的話，不是人的话。不要让沮丧和消极的話生根发芽，反而要让神的话扎根建造。人不能決定你的命运，你的生命在神手中（诗篇31：15）。上帝不要你留在原地，祂有一個新的眼光。相信祂，雨後必帶來祝福。哈利路亚！

Ephesians 2:8 - For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves but it is the gift of God.

The kingdom of God is never about earning and deserving, but it is about believing and receiving. Do you know that it is never by your effort that you have salvation? You are never good enough to deserve the kingdom of God if you are going to earn it by your hard work. If it is by work, it will no longer be grace. If you get it by effort, you have to sustain it by your effort. However, thanks be to God that we have Jesus! Because of Jesus' accomplishment, because of this one man who died for us, we are now sure that we are saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8), and therefore, now it is a matter of believing and receiving! Jesus has perfectly done it at the cross, and our work now is to believe (John 6:29). Therefore, instead of trying on your own, start to depend on His grace and believe in Him. Let Him be the centre of your life, and encounter His grace and love each day! Now is the matter of believing, receiving and thanking Him!

在新約中，有一個关于一个行淫时被捉的女人的事件。当時的宗教領袖都认定她应该被石頭砸死。他們好奇耶穌會如何做，为要试探耶稣，要找到告祂的把柄。於是把她带到耶稣面前，但耶穌的反应卻让眾人大吃一惊。
耶稣没有谴责那個女人，也没有定她的罪，反而表明出爱與怜悯。耶穌对眾人說：【你們當中誰沒有犯過罪，誰就先拿石頭打她】。他們听見这话，就一个一个地走了，從老到少，最后只剩下耶穌和那女人在那里。
耶穌就对那女人说：【妇人，他們都哪里去了？沒有人定你的罪吗】？她回答說：【主啊，沒有】。耶穌說了一句意义深长的话：【我也不定你的罪。去吧!別再犯罪了】！ 这说明，也許世人為你貼上許多标签，但我（耶稣）卻是那位可以释放妳，使妳自由的神。
参阅約翰福音8：1-11

你都会到要拿石頭砸你的人，但那绝对不是神。祂永远不会对你指指点点，数算你的罪。祂爱你，賜你自由的生命。也許你犯了錯誤，也许做了一些事情令你感到羞愧，也許你已经饱受伤害与指控。但今天你可以释放那些傷害，敞开心房接受爱和寬恕。
只要我們活着，就会有指责的声音临到。當負面声音來的时候，我們可以选择相信它們，並一直深陷在谴责里，又或者我們可以选择相信上帝，走在自由的道路上。我們有选择的权利（申命记30：19）。
明白你的价值在哪裡，也明白上帝所賜予給你的（创世记30：17，约翰福音10：10）。生命太短暫，不要將恐惧和谴责浪費了你的生命。你应该放下那些傷害，选择住在神的爱与真理中，去信靠祂，因為在祂里面你才能得着真自由（约翰福音8：32）。