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Devotional: The Example of Mordecai 2019-08-09

The Example of Mordecai (by T. Austin-Sparks, 1888-1971)

Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. (Esther 9:4)

“The man… waxed greater and greater.” You see how this little phrase “the man” in every connection is related to stature, to growth, to greatness. “The man Mordecai waxed and greater.” Why? What was the secret of his greatness? Why did God sovereignly act to bring that man right up, in that startling way, from sitting at the door as a kind of eavesdropper and beggar, bring him up and up and up, until at last this could be said of him: “the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater”

Why? There is only one reason. Here was a man who at any cost was devoted to the interests of the Lord’s people and to the Lord’s testimony as vested in the Lord’s people. That is the answer. You know the story of Mordecai and of Esther. Here is a man whose whole story is summed up in this deep, overwhelming concern for the Lord’s people, because they embodied the Lord’s testimony.

We need, of course, to go over that whole ground of how Israel, chosen of God, was chosen as a people in the earth to be the vessel of His testimony, and here these people are at the point of being wiped out to the last child by this cunning, evil work, the devil-inspired device of Haman, “this wicked Haman”, the Agagite. This man Mordecai set himself right in the full tide and flood of that iniquity, which was nothing less than the destruction of the life of the people of God in order to carry away the Lord’s testimony from the earth. He set himself, and the tide broke on him, and God honored him and raised him up and saw to it that he became great. His greatness was not the mere turn of fortune in his favor. It was because of what God was in him; and it is ever like that. Whatever other people try to do, however much they try to keep us down and under and out, spiritual greatness will be brought about by the Lord in us, if only we have this overwhelming concern for His interests in His people.

Devotional: Confidence Not Misplaced 2019-08-08

Confidence Not Misplaced (by C. H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892)

The Lord God will help me. (Isaiah 50:7)

These are in prophecy the words of Messiah in the day of His obedience unto death, when He gave His back to the smiters and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. He was confident in divine support and trusted in Jehovah.

O my soul, thy sorrows are as the small dust of the balance compared with thy Lord‵s! Canst thou not believe that the Lord God will help thee? Thy Lord was in a peculiar position; for as the representative of sinful men - their substitute and sacrifice - it was needful that the Father should leave Him and cause Him to come under desertion of soul. No such necessity is laid upon thee: thou art not bound to cry, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Did thy Savior even in such a case still rely upon God, and canst not thou? He died for thee and thus made it impossible that thou shouldst be left alone; wherefore, be of good cheer.

In this day‵s labors or trials say, "The Lord God will help me." Go forth boldly. Set your face like a flint and resolve that no faintness or shamefacedness shall come near you. If God helps, who can hinder? If you are sure of omnipotent aid, what can be too heavy for you? Begin the day joyously, and let no shade of doubt come between thee and the eternal sunshine.

Audio:
https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=fcb0808

略談婚前預備 2019-08-07

妳好，今天想和妳談談婚前預備。

筆者在屬靈書藉方面，投入許多心力。但因著對婚姻的渴望，也積極閱讀婚前輔導的相關叢書，實在獲益良多！西方世界的基督徒，在婚前輔導這個領域，是非常進步的。現在已有許多專業的婚輔書籍，被譯為中文，可供閱讀。

令人印象深刻的是，在許多兩性交往的失敗案例中，敗因時常很早就出現了。主要是當事人本身，還沒有準備好，處在各方面都不成熟的情況下，尚未對婚姻和其責任，有健全的認識，就貿然進入其中。因此，在婚前好好預備自己，是十分重要的！

多數人對愛情的憧憬是，一見鐘情，談一場轟轟烈烈、羅曼蒂克的戀愛，辦一場令人稱羨的婚禮，從此以後，王子與公主，就過著幸福快樂的日子！然而，這並非婚姻生活的真實情況！實情是：婚姻中至少有90%以上的時間，是活在非常不羅曼蒂克的處境中，而浪漫和親密關係的時刻，只有約10%。

婚姻和家庭生活是很實際的，離不開柴米油鹽醬醋茶，誰去倒垃圾、誰去刷馬桶、半夜三點誰起來餵奶、換尿片、做不完的家事、準備三餐...。此外，婚姻關係中，也必須與另一半，共度人生中的生老病死、酸甜苦辣、喜怒哀樂、悲歡離合，經歷無數的試煉、爭戰、挫折、失敗、成功、喜悅、決定、困難...。

若是沒有在婚前培養美好的靈性、成熟的性格、穩固的身心、健康的情緒、充足的認知、化解衝突的能力、良好的溝通...，就倉促結婚，無疑是趕鴨子上架，終將無法承受婚姻中，長期卻又多面向的壓力。

婚姻生活是不是和妳想的不太ㄧ樣呢？願我們在婚前，認真與主同行，並在各方面，積極預備自己，好讓聖靈引導我們，進入神聖的婚姻中，求主幫助我們！

同樣地，我想推薦ㄧ本婚前輔導叢書。《神啊，誰是我的理想伴侶》，其作者是諾曼萊特 (H. Norman Wright)。這本書能夠矯正、釐清許多的錯誤觀念，並點出應該小心留意的地方，以避免重蹈覆轍，更提供了不少正面、積極的看法和建議，相信閱讀過後，必會為妳帶來莫大的益處。

書籍資訊如下。
https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010764508

基督徒的婚姻，所涵蓋的議題，實在太廣闊了，今天只能略談ㄧ點。主若許可，往後有機會，再與妳分享我的發現和心得。

註：妳好！我在心情日記和花園論壇中，所撰寫和編輯的婚姻輔導相關文章，也都同步放在我的部落格裡面。歡迎妳隨時進入，閱讀各類有益的信息，得到更多造就。大衛的圖書館網址如下。

https://davidoulibrary.blogspot.com/

Hymn: Abide with Me 2019-08-06

Hymn: Abide with Me
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)

Vocal:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTQoPg856Ow

Instrumental:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VmEpVDnu664

Sheet Music of Hymn:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xu7af55i1gekiue/AAC9GCDFEiOCXxxHQSo5cZn8a?dl=0

Lyrics:

1. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2. Swift to its close ebbs out life‵s little day;
Earth‵s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me.

3. I need thy presence every passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter‵s power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

4. I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death‵s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5. Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:
Heaven‵s morning breaks, and earth‵s vain shadows flee:
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

A Quote from A. W. Tozer (2) 2019-08-05

妳好，今天我將繼續談到陶恕 (A. W. Tozer)。

這位主僕，他的學歷不高，只有小學畢業，但卻有ㄧ顆極度渴慕神的心。他藉著殷勤讀經、博覽屬靈名著、好學不倦地自修、恆切禱告，得以釋放極具屬靈深度的信息，來幫助教會，使教會低沉的光景，得到莫大的提昇。

陶恕認為當代的基督徒，靈命問題百出，可歸因於失去對神的熱切渴慕，並且直接反映在閱讀習慣上。當代基督徒似乎容易滿足於一些膚淺、價值不高的文章，對於那些真正經過時間考驗過，而給人許多幫助的屬靈名著，卻是興趣缺缺。

筆者在此鼓勵妳，學習去認識、閱讀好的屬靈書報，將會改變、提升我們的靈命，願主幫助我們！

陶恕的作品《渴慕神》(The Pursuit of God) 是公認的經典之作，簡介如下。
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=plq7nPG0QIE

A Quote from A. W. Tozer (1) 2019-08-04

妳好！今天我想介紹ㄧ位重要的傳道人，給妳認識。

他是陶恕 (A. W. Tozer, 1897-1963)。
他是上個世紀，在美國宣道會中，神所興起的主僕。
人們稱他是二十世紀的先知、牧師的牧師。

他的信息，往往能夠ㄧ針見血地，指出當代基督徒的弊病，喚醒人們沉睡的良心，督促聖徒們過分別為聖、討主喜悅的生活，並提醒教會要與世界有別，因彼此水火不容。誠如使徒約翰所告訴我們的：不要愛世界，和世界上的事。人若愛世界，愛父的心就不在他裡面了。