1月13日 神悦纳你软弱的信心
神悦纳你软弱的信心
你的天父何等乐意照顾你：当你怯怯地只求那一丁点平安与喜乐时，祂却盼望你大大张口，好让祂亲自充满你。
也许你觉得自己蒙召当尽的本分，对你软弱的信心来说太沉重；那就仰望神求力量。当你厌倦手中的工，像约拿那样想逃跑时，要用神对基甸的话来鼓励自己：“你靠着你这能力去……不是我差遣你去的吗？”（士6:14）你一开始去做神交给你的工，就等于把神的能力“请来”替你争战；你若逃避你该做的工，就等于把神的能力“请来” 管教你。祂会差遣这样或那样的风暴，追赶祂逃跑的仆人，把他带回家。
你是否蒙召受苦？不要因惧怕而退缩。神知道你力量的限度；祂能把担子放得恰到好处，使你几乎感觉不到重量。但祂仍不止于此：祂警醒的眼目常在你身上；当你踉跄跌倒时，祂就把你连同担子一并抱起，带你到达目的地，使你安稳地躺在祂应许的怀中：“你们所遇见的试探，无非是人所能受的。神是信实的，必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的；在受试探的时候，总要给你们开一条出路，叫你们能忍受得住。”（林前10:13）你既被祂的约所环绕遮盖，还忧虑什么呢？你的天父何等乐意照顾你：当你怯怯地只求那一丁点平安与喜乐时，祂却盼望你大大张口，好让祂亲自充满你。你求得越频繁越好；你求得越多，祂越欢迎你。
现在就快去：把你的心从头到尾细细查验，把一切软弱都收集起来，摆在全能者面前，就像寡妇把空器皿摆在先知面前一样。要期待神藉着祂无穷的丰富，施行拯救的神迹；你若还有更多的器皿带来，祂也能把它们通通装满。
神有足够的力量可以赐下，但祂却“没有力量”拒绝——在这一点上（我存着敬畏的心说）全能者反倒显得“软弱”了。甚至就连一个小孩子——祂家中蒙恩最软弱的一个——只要能低声呼唤一句“父啊”，就足以“赢得”祂的心。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创14章，太13章，
个人灵修：尼3章，徒13章
JANUARY 13, TUESDAY
GOD ACCEPTS YOUR WEAK FAITH
Your heavenly Father is so eager to care for you, that while you are timidly asking for a nibble of peace and joy, He islonging for you to open your mouth wide so He can fill it.
Perhaps you find the duty of your calling too heavy for your weak faith. Look to God for strength. When you are sick of your work and ready like Jonah to run away, encourage yourself with God’s words to Gideon: “Go in this thy might … have not I sent thee?” (Judges. 6:14). Begin the work God has given you, and you will engage His strength for you; run from your work, and you engage God’s strength against you. He will send some storm or other after you to bring His runaway servant home.
Are you called to suffer? Do not flinch in fear. God knows the limits of your strength. He can place the load so evenly on your shoulders that you will scarcely feel it. But still He is not satisfied. His watchful eye is always on you, and when you stagger He picks you up—burden and all—and carries you to your destination nestled in the bosom of His promise: “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape…” (1 Corinthians 10:13). How can you fret when you are wrapped in His covenant? Your heavenly Father is so eager to care for you, that while you are timidly asking for a nibble of peace and joy, He is longing for you to open your mouth wide so He can fill it. The more often you ask, the better; and the more you ask for, the more He welcomes you.
Go quickly now. Search your heart from one end to the other and gather up all your weaknesses. Set them before the Almighty, as the widow placed her empty vessels before the prophet. Expect a miracle of deliverance from the limitless resources of God. If you had more vessels to bring, you could have them all filled.
God has strength enough to give, but He has no strength to deny. Here the Almighty Himself (with reverence I say it) is weak. Even a child, the weakest in grace of His family, who can but whisper “Father,” is able to overcome Him.