12月23日 安稳在耶稣怀中
12月23日，周二
安稳在耶稣怀中
“我们知道凡从神生的就不犯罪，而且从神生的那一位也必保守他，连那恶者也不能碰他”（约翰壹书5:18）
主耶稣曾这样为门徒祷告说：“我不求你使他们离开世界，只求你保守他们脱离那恶者。”（约17:15）——这正是约翰在这节经文中所表达的真理。毫无疑问，我们在此所面对的正是这一事实。犹大书也曾提醒我们同样的事：“祂能保守你们不至跌倒，使你们毫无瑕疵、欢然站在祂荣光之前”（犹24节）。正是如此！
我们在圣诗中一再看到这样的主题——威廉·威廉斯（William Williams）颂扬那位在过去保守、扶持祂子民的神，今日依然是我们的神。
“耶和华，求你带领我，
走过今世旷野路；
我虽软弱主有权能，
愿主圣手常扶助；”
托普雷（Augustus Toplady）的信心同样在于：基督是他的保守者；祂看顾他。
“我有护卫者，至高掌主权；
虽未眼能见，永远在身边。
救恩极信实，恒久不改变；
全能管万有，统领天地间。
祂若展慈颜，安慰满心田；
恩典如甘露，沛然降人间。
救恩为城墙，四面常环绕；
亲护喜悦魂，稳妥又保全。”
默想主题：
那位在过去保守、扶持祂子民的神，今日依然是我们的神。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：代下27-28章，启14章
个人灵修：亚10章，约13章
December 23, Tuesday
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
We know that whosoever is born of God sinnethnot;but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. (1 JOHN 5:18)
Jesus prayed, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil” (John 17:15)—the very thing John says in this verse. Surely, then, we are confronted here by that statement. It is the same thing of which Jude reminds us: “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” (24). That is it!
This is the thing we find so constantly in our hymns—the celebration of the fact that the God who has kept and held His people in the past is still our God.
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS
Augustus Toplady’s confidence, too, is that Christ is his keeper; He looks after him.
A sovereign Protector I have,
Unseen, yet forever at hand,
Unchangeably faithful to save,
Almighty to rule and command.
He smiles, and his comforts abound;
His grace as the dew shall descend,
And walls of salvation surround
The soul He delights to defend.
A Thought to Ponder: The God who has kept and held His people in the past is still our God.