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经文: 祂的队伍甚大。（约珥书二：11）
请思想主的大能，祂是你的荣耀和你的保障。祂是战士，祂的名字是耶和华。天上众军皆听命于祂。基路伯和撒拉弗，守卫者和圣洁者，君权与能力，也都听候祂的旨意。我们的眼睛若没有被肉体之短视所蒙蔽，就能见火车火马围绕着主所爱的人。自然界的能力都服从造物者的绝对控制。暴风雷轰、闪电豪雨、霜雪冰雹、柔细的露珠和欢乐的阳光，都听祂的呼唤而来去。大地、海洋、空气、甚至地底下，都是耶和华的伟大军队扎营之处。太空是祂的营地，光是祂的旌旗，火焰是祂的刀剑。当祂前进作战时，饥荒蹂躏大地、瘟疫击打百姓、暴雨横扫海洋、旋风震撼高山、地震使坚固的世界战栗。请注意你在大能的君王中满有平安。要肯定你是投在祂的旌旗下，与祂敌对是疯狂的行为，服事祂才是荣耀。耶稣已准备好为耶和华的军队招募新兵。你若尚未入伍，今晚就寝前到祂跟前，藉着祂的功勋求祂接纳你。你若已经是十字架的精兵，鼓起勇气，奋勇向前。与你的主相比，敌人是无能的，因为耶和华的队伍极大。
Evening, July 24
Scripture: “His camp is very great.”(Joel 2:11)
Consider, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who is thy glory and defence. He is a man of war, Jehovah is his name. All the forces of heaven are at his beck, legions wait at his door, cherubim and seraphim;, watchers and holy ones, principalities and powers, are all attentive to his will. If our eyes were not blinded by the ophthalmia of the flesh, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire round about the Lord’s beloved. The powers of nature are all subject to the absolute control of the Creator: stormy wind and tempest, lightning and rain, and snow, and hail, and the soft dews and cheering sunshine, come and go at his decree. The bands of Orion he looseth, and bindeth the sweet influences of the Pleiades. Earth, sea, and air, and the places under the earth, are the barracks for Jehovah’s great armies; space is his camping ground, light is his banner, and flame is his sword. When he goeth forth to war, famine ravages the land, pestilence smites the nations, hurricane sweeps the sea, tornado shakes the mountains, and earthquake makes the solid world to tremble. As for animate creatures, they all own his dominion, and from the great fish which swallowed the prophet, down to “all manner of flies,” which plagued the field of Zoan, all are his servants, and like the palmer-worm, the caterpillar, and the cankerworm, are squadrons of his great army, for his camp is very great. My soul, see to it that thou be at peace with this mighty King, yea, more, be sure to enlist under his banner, for to war against him is madness, and to serve him is glory. Jesus, Immanuel, God with us, is ready to receive recruits for the army of the Lord: if I am not already enlisted let me go to him ere I sleep, and beg to be accepted through his merits; and if I be already, as I hope I am, a soldier of the cross, let me be of good courage; for the enemy is powerless compared with my Lord, whose camp is very great.