6月24日 祂不可动摇的爱
祂不可动摇的爱
人心中最炽热的情感也会很快冷却。他的爱就像炉中的火，先是熊熊燃烧，接着忽明忽暗，最后归于熄灭。
正如在神的本体中没有“转动的影儿”，照样，祂对我们的爱也绝不转离。祂的爱没有日中而落的时刻，祂的爱永远屹立不动。宛如停在基遍的太阳，不西沉，不衰退，而是永远保持在完全的烈度与能力之中。“我却要以永远的慈爱怜恤你。这是耶和华你的救赎主说的。”（赛54:8）
人心中最炽热的情感也会很快冷却。他的爱就像炉中的火，先是熊熊燃烧，接着忽明忽暗，最后归于熄灭。但神的爱却像太阳中的火，永不衰残。在受造物身上，爱像河水，有涨有落；在神里面，爱像海水，永远充盈，不知何为潮起潮落。只要祂降下这爱，就没有什么能摧毁或改变这爱；这爱既不会被腐化，也不会被征服。
神的爱不能被腐化。历来总有人狂妄地妄图贿赂神，要使祂离弃祂的百姓。因此，当巴兰试图将神拉拢到巴勒那一边时，他不惜任何代价。他一座又一座地筑坛，一层又一层地献祭，企图迫使神开金口咒诅祂的百姓。然而，父神依然对祂的儿女信实到底，并因那个国家雇佣巴兰、差遣他执行这样愚昧的使命，而将祂的不悦重重地烙印在他们身上。与此同时，神仍不断劝导祂的百姓相信祂那坚定不移的爱：“我的百姓啊，你们当追念摩押王巴勒所设的谋和比珥的儿子巴兰回答他的话。”他们为什么要追念这些事呢？“好使你们知道耶和华公义的作为。”（弥6:5）
重提这段历史，是为了提醒我们神向祂选民所显明的信实。若你想要自己对神的爱不被腐化，就要用祂对你那纯全之爱的馨香香料来膏抹并保存它；这爱是不朽的，也必不朽坏。若你相信神向你是真实的，你怎能再向祂行虚伪之事呢？在爱中以虚伪来回报信实，是极其残忍的。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：申29章，诗119:49-72，
个人灵修：赛56章，太4章
JUNE 24, WENDESDAY
THE UNMOVABLENESS OF HIS LOVE
The most flaming affections can quickly cool in the heart of the man. His love is like fire in the hearth—it blazes, flickers, and then goes out.
As there is no “shadow of turning” in God’s being, so there is no turning away of His love for us. There is no vertical point—His love stands still. Like the sun in Gibeon, it does not go down or decline but continues in its full strength. “With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer” (Isaiah 54:8).
The most flaming affections can quickly cool in the heart of the man. His love is like fire in the hearth—it blazes, flickers, and then goes out. But God’s love is like fire in the sun. It never fails. In the creature, love is like the waters of a river, rising and falling again; in God, like the waters of the sea, which is always full and knows no ebb or flow. Nothing can destroy or change His love where He has sent it; and neither can it be corrupted or conquered.
God’s love cannot be corrupted. There have always been people presumptuous enough to bribe God to desert His people. Thus when Balaam tried to win God over to Balak’s side he spared no cost. He built altar after altar and heaped sacrifice upon sacrifice, hoping to force a word from God’s mouth against His people. Yet the Father stayed true to His children and branded displeasure upon that nation for hiring Balaam and sending him on such a foolish mission. All the while, God continued to persuade them of His steadfast love: “O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him.” Why should they remember this? “That ye may know the righteousness of the Lord” (Micah 6:5).
This story is mentioned to remind us of God’s faithfulness toward His chosen ones. If you want your love for God to be incorruptible, embalm it with the sweet spices of His sincere love for you, which is immortal and cannot see corruption. If you believe God is true to you, how can you ever be false to Him again? It is cruel to return falseness for faithfulness in love.