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经文: 我就常与你们同在。（马太福音二十八：20）
主耶稣在祂的教会之中。祂今日与我们同在，如同当日与门徒一同在湖边吃鱼和饼一样。耶稣所在之处，爱就被激起。世上所有能燃烧人心之事物，没有一件能及得上耶稣的同在！祂的一瞥将我们折服，教我们不得不“求祢掉转眼目不看我，因祢的眼目使我惊乱。”（歌六：5）甚至从祂芳香衣服发出的沉香、没药和肉桂的香气，也能使病者和软弱者强壮。将头靠在祂恩典的胸怀片刻，祂的圣爱就缓流进我们贫困冷酷的心灵，教我们因祂的爱火燃烧起来。我们若知道耶稣与我们同在，就必全心、全性并全力投身于事奉祂的工作中。因此，我们对基督同在的渴慕应当是超越对一切事物的渴求。那些最喜爱祂的人最能得到祂的同在。你若渴望得见基督，就必须愈来愈像祂。藉圣灵的能力使你自己与基督的愿望、祂的行动和工作的计划联合，那么，你必因祂的同在而蒙福。祂的应许是永久真实的。祂喜爱与我们同在。祂若不与我们同在，是因为我们的冷漠阻碍祂的前来。我们若恳切祷告，祂必垂听，向我们启示祂自己，并因我们的恳求及眼泪，恩慈地留下与我们同在。这些恳求与泪珠就是将耶稣连于祂百姓的金链子。
Evening, December 26
Scripture: “Lo, I am with you alway.”(Matthew 28:20)
The Lord Jesus is in the midst of his church; he walketh among the golden candlesticks; his promise is, “Lo, I am with you alway.” He is as surely with us now as he was with the disciples at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon and bread. Not carnally, but still in real truth, Jesus is with us. And a blessed truth it is, for where Jesus is, love becomes inflamed. Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus! A glimpse of him so overcomes us, that we are ready to say, “Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me.” Even the smell of the aloes, and the myrrh, and the cassia, which drop from his perfumed garments, causes the sick and the faint to grow strong. Let there be but a moment’s leaning of the head upon that gracious bosom, and a reception of his divine love into our poor cold hearts, and we are cold no longer, but glow like seraphs, equal to every labour, and capable of every suffering. If we know that Jesus is with us, every power will be developed, and every grace will be strengthened, and we shall cast ourselves into the Lord’s service with heart, and soul, and strength; therefore is the presence of Christ to be desired above all things. His presence will be most realized by those who are most like him. If you desire to see Christ, you must grow in conformity to him. Bring yourself, by the power of the Spirit, into union with Christ’s desires, and motives, and plans of action, and you are likely to be favoured with his company. Remember his presence may be had. His promise is as true as ever. He delights to be with us. If he doth not come, it is because we hinder him by our indifference. He will reveal himself to our earnest prayers, and graciously suffer himself to be detained by our entreaties, and by our tears, for these are the golden chains which bind Jesus to his people.