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经文: 祂为我们选择产业。（诗篇四十七：4）
信徒啊，即使你的产业很少，也应当满足于这属地的产业了。你可以确信那是于你最好的。全智者定规你的境遇，为你选择最安全和最佳的环境。假设一艘巨大商船必须驶入一条河里，而河流中有一沙洲。有人问道：“何以船长要驶入河道之深处，偏离直线航道呢？”他的回答是：“倘若我不将船保持在水深之处，便不能把船开进港口。”在沙洲附近，可怕的浪快速地一个接一个扑向船只。神圣的船长若不领你避开沙洲，你可能搁浅并遭难了。你可能被栽种于阳光稀少之处，是那位爱你的园丁将你植于该处，因为唯有在那样的情况下，你才能结出果实，倘若有其它环境比你目前所处的为佳，上帝的爱就会将你移至该处。上帝将你置于最适合的环境中。你若必须选择，也必定会求：“主啊，求祢为我选择产业，因为过去按我自己的意愿，已经被许多忧伤刺透了。”应当满足于你所有的，因为上帝安排各样事乃是为了你的好处。天天背起你自己的十字架吧！那是最适合你肩膀的负担，也是对你最有益的，让你能在各样善工上归荣耀给上帝。
Evening, November 11
Scripture: “He shall choose our inheritance for us.”(Psalm 47:4)
Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition. A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask, “Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and deviate so much from a straight line?” His answer would be, “Because I should not get my vessel into harbour at all if I did not keep to the deep channel.” So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer shipwreck, if your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction where waves of trouble follow each other in quick succession. Some plants die if they have too much sunshine. It may be that you are planted where you get but little, you are put there by the loving Husbandman, because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit unto perfection. Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances, and if you had the choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, “Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows.” Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God. Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love!
“Trials must and will befall－
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me.”
