12月10日 安息在基督里
12月10日，周三
安息在基督里
耶和华的名是坚固的高台，义人投奔，就得安全。（箴言18:10）
接着昨天的故事，那位基督徒对那人说：只要他仰望基督、倚靠基督，就必能胜过自己被酒捆绑的光景。那人是个单纯的、没有受过教育、也不识字的人，他心里只急着想弄清楚：你说的那位能够帮助我的人，到底叫什么名字？于是，他被告知，那名字就是“耶稣”。
故事接着说：那可怜的农夫回去以后，继续做工，后来又一次来到同一个地方卖谷粮。那些引诱他喝酒的人又出现了，但这一次，他没有再跟他们走。他的妻子和孩子都大大惊奇。过了一年多，这位基督徒访客再一次回到那个地方，发现这位农夫整个人已经完全不一样了。他便和他谈起话来，问他，这是怎么发生的。
那人就这样单纯地作见证说：“我第一次回去的时候，朋友们又来引诱我，我觉得自己很软弱、快要顶不住了。忽然，我想起你告诉我的那个名字——‘耶稣’。我什么也做不了，只能在心里一遍一遍地说：‘耶稣，耶稣。’我向耶稣呼求，求祂照你所说的那样来帮助我。”他的信心就这么简单，却已经足够。他就这样得胜了。他没有再回到从前的生活中去，他从那捆绑里得了释放。
这就是我所说的“直接的信心”的意思；这就是单单安息在基督身上，而我们必须这样做。这就是“变成像小孩子一样”，承认我们完全的软弱、完全的无能、完全的无望。当争战正激烈、仇敌就在眼前，而我们觉得自己快要跌倒的时候，我们只要简单地呼喊：“耶稣”，并且相信、确知祂正在看顾我们，祂就在这里，预备要拯救我们、保护我们。“耶和华的名是坚固的高台，义人投奔，就得安全。”（箴18:10）
默想主题：
直接的信心，就是单单安息在基督身上。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：代下10章，启1章
个人灵修：番2章，路24章
December 10, Wednesday
RESTING ON CHRIST
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it and is safe. (PROVERBS 18:10)
To continue yesterday’s story, the Christian told the man that if only he looked to Christ and relied upon Him, he would be enabled to overcome his being captive to drinking. The man was a simple, illiterate man, and all he was anxious to do was to find the name of this person about whom this Christian was speaking, and he was told the name was Jesus.
The story went on to say how that poor man went away and, having worked again, came back to this same place to sell his grain. There again the tempters came, but he did not go with them, and his own wife and children were amazed. This Christian visitor came back in a year or so to find the man entirely changed. He began talking to him and asked him how it had happened. And the man’s simple testimony was this: “I went back the first time, and my friends came and tempted me, and I felt weak. But suddenly I remembered the name Jesus. I could do nothing but keep on saying to myself, ‘Jesus.’ I cried to Jesus to do what you told me He would do.” His faith was as simple as that, but it was enough, and he overcame. He did not go back; he was emancipated.
That is what I mean when I talk about this direct faith; it is simply resting upon Christ, and we have to do that. That is becoming as a little child, realizing our utter weakness and helplessness and hopelessness. When the fight is yet strong and the enemy is there and we feel we are on the point of falling, we must simply cry, “Jesus” and believe and know that He is looking upon us and that He is there and is ready to deliver us and protect us. “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it and is safe” (Proverbs 18:10).
A Thought to Ponder: Direct faith is simply resting upon Christ.