永不失信的神
作者：章伯斯 (Oswald Chambers, 1874-1917)
因為主曾說：我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。(來13:5)
我思想的方向如何？是轉向神的話，還是轉向自己的恐懼？我有沒有學習不去講述神說什麼，而是先聽祂說些什麼，然後才開口？主曾說：我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。所以我們可以放膽說，主是幫助我的，我必不懼怕，人能把我怎麼樣呢？
神總不失信。無論是我的罪汙、自私、固執、背逆，都不能讓神失信於我。我真有讓神對我說："我總不失信"嗎？若我曾經聽神如此說過，如今讓我再聽祂說一次吧。
神總不丟棄你。有時並非是困難，叫我覺得神丟棄了我，而是枯燥乏味的生活。沒有困難的高山可以攀登，也沒有異象賜下，更沒有什麼興奮美麗的東西，只是日復一日的平凡生活，在這樣的景況下，我有聽見神說："我總不丟棄你"嗎？
在我們的意念中，總以為神會行奇事，裝備我們將來成就大事。可是，我們若在神的恩典中生活，便會發現，神就在此時此地，榮耀祂自己。我們若有"神如此說"作為後盾，就會有奇妙的能力臨到，使我們在平凡的生活中，得以歡呼歌唱！
Devotional: The Never-Failing God
Author: Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5)
What line does my thought take? Does it turn to what God says or to what I fear? Am I learning to say not what God says, but to say something after I have heard what He says? "He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."
"I will in no wise fail thee"—not for all my sin and selfishness and stubbornness and waywardness. Have I really let God say to me that He will never fail me? If I have listened to this say-so of God’s, then let me listen again.
"Neither will I in any wise forsake thee." Sometimes it is not difficulty that makes me think God will forsake me, but drudgery. There is no Hill Difficulty to climb, no vision given, nothing wonderful or beautiful, just the commonplace day in and day out—can I hear God’s say-so in these things?
We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing, that He is preparing and fitting us for some extraordinary thing by and by, but as we go on in grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, in the present minute. If we have God’s say-so behind us, the most amazing strength comes, and we learn to sing in the ordinary days and ways.
