一月十六日

耶和華說：我必幫助你。（賽41:14）

今晨讓我們聽主耶穌對我們每個人說：“我必幫助你。”“幫助你”，在我——你的神，實在是一件小事。你想想我已經為你所作的，還會不幫助你嗎？我曾用自己的血把你買了來。為什麼會不幫助你呢？我曾為你死，我曾為你完成了更大的事，還不為你作這小事幫助你嗎？我為你作的這一件事。並算不得什麼，我曾為你作過很多，而且還要作很多的事。在創世之先我揀選了你，我為你立了約，我為你撇棄了榮耀成為一個人，我為你舍生；我既為你作了這樣的事，我現在當然要幫助你的。為了幫助你，我把我所為你買來的都給了你。若你需要千萬倍的幫助，我必准你；你所要的，比起我所預備要給你的，實在是太倉一粟，並算不得什麼。要“幫助你”嗎？不要怕！若是一隻螞蟻到你的倉房門前討一粒穀，你扔給他一把麥，那並不會使你破產的；你在我全備的門前也不過是一隻小蟲子。“我必幫助你！”

我的心哪！這還不夠嗎？三位一體之神的全能還不夠你用的嗎？父所有的智慧，子所彰顯的愛，或是聖靈所現出的能力還不夠你需用的嗎？你的需要會超過這些之外嗎？把你的空瓶帶來！這個泉源的水一定會給你充滿的。快，把你一切的需要都帶到這裡來——你的空虛，你的悲哀，你的需要。看哪！神的江河足夠供給你的需要，除此之外你還要什麼呢？我的心哪！這樣你只管向前進吧！永生的神是你的幫助！“莫怕，我與你同在，勿驚惶失措！我，我是你的神，我仍然賜你幫助。”

January 16

"I will help thee, saith the Lord." --Isaiah 41:14

This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: "I will help thee." "It is but a small thing for Me, thy God, to help thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not help thee? Why, I bought thee with My blood. What! not help thee? I have died for thee; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee! It is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began I chose thee. I made the covenant for thee. I laid aside My glory and became a man for thee; I gave up My life for thee; and if I did all this, I will surely help thee now. In helping thee, I am giving thee what I have bought for thee already. If thou hadst need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it thee; thou requirest little compared with what I am ready to give. 'Tis much for thee to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. 'Help thee?' Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of thy granary asking for help, it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy wheat; and thou art nothing but a tiny insect at the door of My all-sufficiency. 'I will help thee.'"

O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste, gather up thy wants, and bring them here--thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. Behold, this river of God is full for thy supply; what canst thou desire beside? Go forth, my soul, in this thy might. The Eternal God is thine helper!

"Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismay'd!

I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid."