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经文: 耶和华也必时常引导你。(以赛亚书五十八:11)
“主必引导你”。不是天使,乃是耶和华必引导你。祂说天使将在百姓前面引导他们经过旷野。但是摩西说:“祢若不亲自和我同去,就不要把我们从这里领上去。”(出三十三:15)天父亲自引导你走过世上的旅途。你可能看不到云柱和火柱,但是耶和华永不撇弃你。请注意“必”这个字──“耶和华必引导你”。我们能十分确信上帝不会撇弃我们!祂宝贵的“必”和“要”比世人的应许强得多。“我总不撇下你,也不丢弃你。”(来十三:5)上帝不只是在某些时候引导我们,祂的引导是永恒的。我们会不断地听到伟大牧者的引导之声。我们若紧紧跟随在祂身旁,祂将引导我们行在正路上。你若要改变生活中的地位、你若要移居到遥远的地区、你若突遭贫困或突然升迁、你若面对陌生人或被敌人围困,不必惊恐,因为“主必时常引导你”。你若靠近主而活,你的心被祂的圣爱所温暖,就必蒙拯救脱离各样苦难。与上帝同行,你必不复迷失,因为永不失误的智慧在引导你,永不改变的爱在安慰你,永恒之大能在保护你。
Evening, December 27
Scripture: “And theLORDshall guide thee continually.” (Isaiah 58:11)
“The Lord shall guide thee.” Not an angel, but JEHOVAH shall guide thee. He said he would not go through the wilderness before his people, an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said, “If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.” Christian, God has not left you in your earthly pilgrimage to an angel’s guidance: he himself leads the van. You may not see the cloudy, fiery pillar, but Jehovah will never forsake you. Notice the word shall-“The Lord shall guide thee.” How certain this makes it! How sure it is that God will not forsake us! His precious “shalls” and “wills” are better than men’s oaths. “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Then observe the adverb continually. We are not merely to be guided sometimes, but we are to have a perpetual monitor; not occasionally to be left to our own understanding, and so to wander, but we are continually to hear the guiding voice of the Great Shepherd; and if we follow close at his heels, we shall not err, but be led by a right way to a city to dwell in. If you have to change your position in life; if you have to emigrate to distant shores; if it should happen that you are cast into poverty, or uplifted suddenly into a more responsible position than the one you now occupy; if you are thrown among strangers, or cast among foes, yet tremble not, for “the Lord shall guide thee continually.” There are no dilemmas out of which you shall not be delivered if you live near to God, and your heart be kept warm with holy love. He goes not amiss who goes in the company of God. Like Enoch, walk with God, and you cannot mistake your road. You have infallible wisdom to direct you, immutable love to comfort you, and eternal power to defend you. “Jehovah”-mark the word-“Jehovah shall guide thee continually.”