1月21日想想神記得什麽？

你幼年的恩愛……我都記得。（耶二2）

我愛神是否像昔日一樣甘心自發？還是只指望以仁慈對待我？我有沒有許多微小的事可以討他歡心？還是因路不順遂而唉哼怨嘆？你心若忘記了神所看爲寶貴的，就不會喜樂。試想主耶穌需要我－－“請給我水喝”，這是多麽美妙的事！過去的一個禮拜裏，我怎樣表示愛他呢？在我的生活中，有沒有彰顯他的名呢？

神對他子民說：“你現在不再愛我了，但我很記得你愛我的那段日子。”“我記得……你婚姻般的愛情。”當日我怎樣撇開一切，表明誠心愛他；如今，我是否仍對他有這不斷涌流的愛情？我除了他別無眷戀的日子，是否要在回憶中去追尋？我如今還在那境地，還是懂得怎樣去愛他？我是否深深地愛他而不管前途如何？還是在注視自己該得的地位，估計著該擺上多少事奉？假若我想起神紀念我的日子，却發覺他在我心中已不復昔日重要的地位，就叫我羞愧自卑，因爲羞愧會帶來憂愁，叫我悔改。

祈禱◆主啊，我何等渴望你帶領我與你面對面！我的靈渴想著你、你恩典的觸動和你聖靈的氣息。

January 21 Recall What GOD Remembers

“I remember . . . the kindness of thy youth.” Jeremiah 2:2

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. It is a great thing to think that Jesus Christ has need of me – “Give Me to drink.” How much kindness have I shown Him this past week? Have I been kind to His reputation in my life?

God is saying to His people – You are not in love with Me now, but I remember the time when you were – “I remember . . . the love of thine espousals.” Am I as full of the extravagance of love to Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He find me recalling the time when I did not care for anything but Himself? Am I there now, or have I become wise over loving Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no account of where I go? or am I watching for the respect due to me; weighing how much service I ought to give?

If, as I recall what God remembers about me, I find He is not what He used to be to me, let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that works repentance.