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经文: 我呼求的日子，我的仇敌都要转身退后。上帝帮助我，这是我所知道的。（诗篇五十六：9）
任何言词都不可能表达这喜乐的短句所含有的意思：“上帝是帮助我的”。在世界生出以前，祂是帮助我们的。祂若不是帮助我们的，就不会把爱子赐给我们。当祂将震怒的全部重量放在祂独一爱子身上以致祂受伤时，祂是帮助我们的。虽然祂违背自己，也是为了帮助我们。当我们因堕落而毁灭时，祂是帮助我们的，不论任何光景祂都爱我们。当我们大胆悖逆祂时，祂仍然帮助我们。祂是帮助我们的，否则祂不会带领我们谦卑地寻求祂的面。在许多挣扎中，祂也一向帮助我们。若不是祂一直都帮助我们，我们如何能保持至今、不被伤害呢？以祂所有无穷尽的本性、以祂所有全能的大爱、以祂所有绝对可靠的智慧，祂现在仍然帮助我们。以祂所有神圣品性之内涵，祂永远不变地帮助我们。因为祂是帮助我们的，向祂祈求，就能保证我们得到祂的帮助。“我呼求的日子，我的仇敌都要转身退后。”这是完全肯定的盼望，有充分根据的保证：“这是我所知道的”。我的祈求直接向上帝诉说，仰望祂的应允，并肯定必蒙答应。我的仇敌必败，因为上帝是帮助我的。信徒啊，有万王之王在你一方何等幸福啊！有这样一位保护者是何等安全啊！有如此一位中保的代求，你的目标是何等肯定啊！上帝若帮助你，谁能敌挡你呢？
Evening, July 13
Scripture: “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.”(Psalm 56:9)
It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, “God is for me.” He was “for us” before the worlds were made; he was “for us,” or he would not have given his well-beloved son; he was “for us” when he smote the Only-begotten, and laid the full weight of his wrath upon him－he was “for us,” though he was against him; he was “for us,” when we were ruined in the fall－he loved us notwithstanding all; he was “for us,” when we were rebels against him, and with a high hand were bidding him defiance; he was “for us,” or he would not have brought us humbly to seek his face. He has been “for us” in many struggles; we have been summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by temptations from without and within－how could we have remained unharmed to this hour if he had not been “for us”? He is “for us,” with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of his love; with all the infallibility of his wisdom; arrayed in all his divine attributes, he is “for us,”－eternally and immutably “for us”; “for us” when yon blue skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; “for us” throughout eternity. And because he is “for us,” the voice of prayer will always ensure his help. “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies be turned back.” This is no uncertain hope, but a well grounded assurance－“this I know.” I will direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up for the answer, assured that it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, “for God is for me.” O believer, how happy art thou with the King of kings on thy side! How safe with such a Protector! How sure thy cause pleaded by such an Advocate! If God be for thee, who can be against thee?