1月2日 你属于基督的军装
你属于基督的军装
神亲自为你的争战作保，并已设立祂自己的儿子作“救你们的元帅”（参 来 2:10）
你应该从“你的差遣是出于神”这一认知中，获得极大的力量与鼓舞。神亲自为你的争战作保，并已设立祂自己的儿子作 “救你们的元帅”（参来 2:10）。祂必领你进入战场，赐你勇气，也必带你满载荣誉而归。祂曾为你而活，为你而死；如今祂也必在你的生与死中与你同在。祂对麾下精兵的怜悯与温柔无人能及。史学家曾记载，图拉真（Trajan）皇帝曾撕下自己的衣服为士兵包扎伤口；但圣经告诉我们，基督为了医治圣徒的伤处，竟倾倒自己的鲜血作为膏油；祂的身体被撕裂，正是为了包裹我们。
论到英勇，无人能与我们的主相比。即便当来自地狱的仇恨与上天的公义（审判）同时倾注在祂身上，祂也绝不转身逃避危险。祂明知即将发生的一切，仍毅然上前说：“你们找谁？”（约 18:4）。撒但无法战胜祂——我们的救主从未打过败仗，即便是在祂舍命之时也没有。祂赢得了全然的胜利，并在升天凯旋的战车上，将战利品带入高天。在那里，祂公然展示了这些得胜的果子，使圣徒和天使都沉浸在无法言喻的喜乐之中。
作为基督军队的一员，你正行进在历代英杰的行列中。你的每一位战友，都是大君王的儿女。其中一些人和你一样，正身处战阵，从四面八方被苦难与试探围困；另一些人，在经历过无数次的攻坚、挫败与重振信心之后，如今已作为得胜者伫立在天城的城墙上。他们从那里俯瞰你们——这些仍在世间争战的同伴——呼唤你们跟上脚步，登上他们曾走过的山岗。他们向你呐喊：“战斗到底吧！这座城就必属于你，正如现在属于我们一样！只需经历几日的交锋，你就要得着天上的荣耀作为赏赐。那天上喜乐的瞬间，就足以抹去你所有的眼泪，医好你所有的伤痕，并让你在永恒胜利的欢欣中，全然忘却曾经战斗的惨烈与痛苦。”
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创2章，太2章，
个人灵修：拉2章，徒2章
JANUARY 2, FRIDAY
YOU ARE PART OF CHRIST’S ARMOR
God Himself underwrites your battle and hasappointed His own Son “the captain of [your] salvation ”(Hebrews 2:10).
You should find great strength and encouragement in the knowledge that your commission is divine. God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son “the captain of [your] salvation” (Hebrews 2:10). He will lead you on to the field with courage, and bring you off with honor. He lived and died for you; He will live and die with you. His mercy and tenderness to His soldiers is unmatched. Historians tell us Trajan tore his own clothes to bind up his soldiers’ wounds. The Bible tells us Christ poured out His very blood as balm to heal His saints’ wounds; His flesh was torn to bind them up.
For bravery none compares with our Lord. He never turned His head from danger, not even when hell’s hatred and heaven’s justice appeared against Him. Knowing all that was about to happen, Jesus went forth and said, “Whom seek ye?” (John 18:4). Satan could not overcome Him—our Savior never lost a battle, not even when He lost His life. He won the victory, carrying His spoils to heaven in the triumphant chariot of His ascension. There He makes an open show of them, to the unspeakable joy of saints and angels.
As part of Christ’s army, you march in the ranks of gallant spirits. Every one of your fellow soldiers is the child of a King. Some, like you, are in the midst of battle, besieged on every side by affliction and temptation. Others, after many assaults, repulses, and rallyings of their faith, are already standing upon the wall of heaven as conquerors. From there they look down and urge you, their comrades on earth, to march up the hill after them. This is their cry: “Fight to the death and the City is your own, as now it is ours! For the waging of a few days’ conflict, you will be rewarded with heaven’s glory. One moment of this celestial joy will dry up all your tears, heal all your wounds, and erase the sharpness of the fight with all the joy of your permanent victory.”