切莫絕望 Never Despair

經文: 「但向你們敬畏我名的人必有公義的日頭出現，其光線有醫治之能。」(瑪拉基書四：2)

聖經的預言，藉著榮耀的主第一次的降生，得以應驗，第二次的降臨，將是更完全的成就；這些恩慈的話語，對我們今日仍然有用。難道讀者還不明白﹖黎明前的夜，總是最黑暗，但我們不用絕望，漫漫長夜終必過去，太陽終必升起。         這太陽非比尋常，祂就是這太陽──公義的太陽，照射出聖潔的光芒。祂以公義、慈愛來拯救我們，激勵我們。祂彰顯祂的慈愛，也同時彰顯祂的聖潔。因著祂的公義，當日頭照臨，我們就得著釋放與自由。         我們必須捫心自問：我們敬畏上帝的名嗎﹖我們敬畏這位真活的上帝，並走在祂的道路上嗎﹖若是，這黑夜必短暫，清晨必速臨，所有的疾病、憂傷必過去。陽光、溫暖、喜樂及清楚的異象必來到；心理內在的醫治，和疾病的痊癒，也必隨之而來。         耶穌可曾像太陽般為你升起﹖或是掩住祂榮臉﹖讓我們等候祂的升起，並仰望祂的榮臉，祂必會像太陽般照耀我們。 Scripture: "But unto you that fear My Name shall the Sun Of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings"(Malachi 4:2).         Fulfilled once in the first advent of our glorious LORD, and yet to have a fuller accomplishment in His second advent, this gracious word is also for daily use. Is it dark with the reader? Does the night deepen into a denser blackness? Still let us not despair: the sun will yet rise. When the night is darkest, dawn is nearest.         The sun which will arise is of no common sort. It is the Sun — the Sun of Righteousness, whose every ray is holiness. He who comes to cheer us, comes in the way of justice as well as of mercy, comes to violate no law even to save us. Jesus as much displays the holiness of God as His love. Our deliverance, when it comes, will be safe because He is righteous.         Our one point of inquiry should be — "Do we fear the name of the LORD? Do we reverence the living God and walk in His ways?" Then for us the night must be short; and when the morning cometh, all the sickness and sorrow of our soul will be over forever. Light, warmth, joy, and clearness of vision will come, and healing of every disease and distress will follow after.         Has Jesus risen upon us? Let us sit in the sun. Has He hidden His face? Let us wait for His rising. He will shine forth as surely as the sun.

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