3月21日 神必看顾你
神必看顾你
一切权能都出于神，无论是在地上，还是在阴间。只要你的信心抓住这一真理，你就能带着十足的把握行在任何处境中，深知撒但绝不能对你造成任何永恒的伤害。
感谢神！撒但的能力固然强大，却绝不是你绝望的理由。神赐给祂儿女何等奇妙的安慰，让我们看见，我们根本不需要惧怕撒但。让那些不惧怕神的人去惧怕牠吧。基督徒啊，在你面前，牠那如山般的势力又算什么呢？你所事奉的神，能“使你成为有快齿打粮的新器具；你要把山岭打得粉碎”（赛41:15）。既然如此，祂岂不更能看顾你吗？撒但对你的勇气所能施加的最大打击，就是诱使你在心中对牠怀有过度，甚至病态的恐惧。
我听说有些野兽虽然比狮子更强壮，却仍会因狮子的吼叫而战栗。你曾有多少次在撒但显威时虚惊一场，瑟瑟发抖？然而你在基督里，本有权柄可以将其践踏在脚下。你应当竭力正确认识撒但的能力，这样，这头狮子在你眼中就不会显得那样凶猛了。每当你面临危险，甚至误以为牠的能力无所不能时，请思想以下三点以得安慰。
首先，撒但的能力是派生的。那能力不是牠天生拥有的，也不是牠凭权利拥有的，而是由另一位，就是神，所许可并赋予的。一切权能都出于神，无论是在地上，还是在阴间。只要你的信心抓住这一真理，你就能带着十足的把握行在任何处境中，深知撒但绝不能对你造成任何永恒的伤害。你岂能想象，你天上的父会将一把强大到连祂儿女都无法招架的利剑，交在祂仇敌之首的手中吗？既然仇敌的兵器也是神所提供的，你就可以确信，只要你藏身在神的保护之下，那些兵器对你根本无计可施。
当年，彼拉多想用权势威吓基督，夸口说自己有权释放祂，也有权定祂的罪；基督却回答说：“若不是从上头赐给你的，你就毫无权柄办我”（约19:11）。换句话说：“你尽管施展你所能做的一切吧；我知道是谁在你的授权书上盖了印。”撒但在攻击，人在逼迫，但最终赐下权柄的那一位，始终是神。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：出32章，约11章，
个人灵修：箴8章，弗1章
MARCH 21, SATURDAY
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
All power is of God, whether on earth or in hell. Get your faith to embrace this truth and you can walk anywhere with absolute confidence that Satan can do you no permanent harm.
Praise be to God! Satan’s power is mighty, but no reason for you to despair. What a marvelous comfort God gives His children in allowing us to see that we do not need to fear Satan. Let them fear him who fear not God. What are his mountains of power before you, Christian? You serve a God who can make a worm thresh a mountain! (Isaiah 41:15). Surely, then, He can take care of you. The greatest blow Satan can strike at your courage is to cause you to nourish too great a fear of him in your bosom.
I have been told there are wild beasts that, though stronger than the lion, yet tremble when he roars. How many needless hours have you spent trembling at the appearance of Satan when you have the power, in Christ, to trample him under your feet! Strive for a proper perspective of Satan’s power, and then this lion will not appear so fierce. Three considerations will relieve you when at any time you are in danger of thinking his power is omnipotent.
In the first place, it is a derived power. It is not his by right, but by permission from another and that other is God. All power is of God, whether on earth or in hell. Get your faith to embrace this truth and you can walk anywhere with absolute confidence that Satan can do you no permanent harm. Do you think for a moment your heavenly Father would give His archenemy a sword too mighty for you, His own child, to overcome? Since God provides the enemies’ arms, you can be sure they will be of little use against you if you place yourself under God’s protection.
When Pilate tried to frighten Christ by boasting of his power to pardon or condemn his prisoner, Christ replied that Pilate could do nothing “… except it were given thee from above” (John 19:11). In other words, “Do your worst, I know who sealed your commission.” Satan buffets, man persecutes—but God is the One who gives them both power.