1月12日 当你被罪压得喘不过气
当你被罪压得喘不过气
你若担心自己终有一天会在试探面前跌倒，就要现在就抓住神的大能，使自己刚强起来，预备抵挡。
你可以绝对确信：没有任何罪强大到能胜过神的能力。“一位全能者”远胜过无数所谓的“强者”！神已一再显明，祂是何等乐意拯救你。当祂的百姓犯罪，把祂激怒到极点时，祂做了什么？祂反而赐下甘甜的应许！祂宣告说：“我必不发猛烈的怒气。”为什么？“……因我是神，并非世人。”（何 11:9）这仿佛是说：“我要向你显明，我的怜悯是何等全能！”
谁能怀疑神的全能呢？我们都知道，若祂愿意，祂有赦罪的权柄。但对信徒而言，还有比这更大的安慰：这安慰不只在于祂“能”赦免，更在于祂在约里“应许”要赦免。因为除了神自己，没有谁能限制神；同样，除了神自己，也没有谁能废弃祂与自己所立的约。这是祂亲口所说的：“……归向耶和华，耶和华就必怜恤他；当归向我们的神，因为神必广行赦免。”（赛55:7）换言之：“我要用我的怜悯淹没你的罪；我宁愿倾尽我所有，也不愿让人说：你的恶胜过了我的善。”
所以，当撒但用可怕的控告来恐吓你的灵魂时，你可以坦然无惧地说：“称我为义的是神。祂已应许，我若降服于祂，祂必使我复兴；祂何曾失信？因此，我把自己交托给祂，如同交托给那信实的造物主。”
你若担心自己终有一天会在试探面前跌倒，就要现在就抓住神的大能，使自己刚强起来，预备抵挡。你要深信：当你受试炼的那日，你必得胜。你的天父正细细察看你在死荫幽谷中的争战；你一呼求，祂就奔来。约沙法被仇敌围困时求告，耶和华就拯救他（代下 20 章）。当你被逼到墙角、走投无路时，你同样可以确信祂必帮助。要常常用祂的应许提醒祂：“罪必不能作你们的主。”（罗 6:14）
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创13章，太12章，
个人灵修：拉12章，徒12章
JANUARY 12, MONDAY
WHEN YOU ARE WEIGHED DOWN BY SIN
If you fear you will one day fall to temptation, grab hold of God’s strength now and reinforce yourself to resist.
You can be absolutely certain that no sin is powerful enough to overwhelm God’s strength. One Almighty is more than many “mighties”! He has shown His eagerness to rescue you over and over again. Provoked to the limit by His people’s sins, what does He do? He issues a sweet promise! “I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger,” He declares. And why not? “… For I am God, and not man” (Hosea 11:9). It is as though he said, “I will show you the almightiness of My mercy!”
Who can doubt the omnipotence of God? We know he has power to pardon if He so chooses. But there is greater comfort than this for the believer; it rests in His covenant to pardon. As none can bind God but Himself, so none can break the bond He makes with Himself. These are His own words: “[I] will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:7). In other words, “I will drown your sins in My mercy and spend all I have, rather than let it be said that My good is overcome by your evil.”
So when Satan terrifies you with his awful accusations against your soul, you can say with confidence, “It is God and no other who justifies me. He has promised to restore my life if I submit to Him. Has He ever broken a promise? Therefore, I have committed myself to Him as unto a faithful Creator.”
If you fear you will one day fall to temptation, grab hold of God’s strength now and reinforce yourself to resist. Believe you will be victorious on the day you are tested. Your Father watches closely while you are in the valley fighting; your cries of distress will bring Him running. Jehoshaphat called for help when pressed by his enemies, and the Lord rescued him (2 Chronicles 20). You can be just as sure of His help when you are pressed to the wall. Remind Him often of His promise: “Sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:14).