Daily Devotion 每日灵修

In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. (Psalm 33:21 NIV)

Your heart may be crying in tears now, remembering that past and that hurt which had crushed you so much, but do you know that God longs to give you a new life? It's a life of joy, no longer tears. Be assured today that as you have Jesus in your life, regardless how big is the storm, regardless how painful that past may be, He is able to turn death into life, curses into blessings, tears into joy! He is always there to restore you. But, you are to be in Him, and to be In Him you need to be In His Word! The moment when you are in His Word more than that hurtful past, His Word is able to give you life, and joy! Therefore, trust in His holy name, the name of Jesus is far above all powers and principalities. The moment when you call His name, you shall be saved! My dear friends, rejoicing is a choice that you can make when you know who is your supporter; when you truly trust that Jesus' name is higher than any other names, your heart will bounce with joy, your tongue will be full of praise, for you know that when all problems bow under the name of Jesus, they shall too bow down to you! :)

朋友们，当我们口里承认耶稣为主，心里信神叫祂从死里复活那一刻开始，我们终身的事就在神的手中了。（诗 31：15）很多时候，当在我们的生命中发生问题，或是面临问题的时候，我们总喜欢把一切问题推在恶者的身上。要知道，当我们成为神的儿女，与神彼此相交，就不再与恶者打交道了。恶者在我们的生命中是毫无能力的，它不能影响我们一丝一毫，更不能伤害我们一根汗毛。虽说这世界是恶者在掌权，因此很多的天灾人祸发生。但是身为神儿女的我们不要担心，因为早在两千多年前，恶者就已被打败了。因此耶稣说，在世上虽有苦难，但是你们可以放心，因为我已胜了这世界。（约 16:33）虽有千人仆倒在你旁边，万人仆倒在你右边，这灾却不得临近你。（诗 91:7）只因我们是神所爱的，是祂的至宝。

你知道吗？一个失败者是不能对我们造成任何的伤害的，因为它已经输了，它没有能力了。所以我们不要怕恶者，它只不过是一只纸老虎，只能吼叫吓人，却不能实际的伤害我们。并且，我们不是与恶者眼对眼看，因为它已被打败，在我们的脚底下了，不要把它抬举与我们平等，因为它是失败者，而我们是得胜有余的子民。今天，神的儿子显现，为要除去魔鬼的作为，（约一 3:8）因此当耶稣打了胜仗，恶者就被除去了，在我们的生命也没有恶者可以讲话主宰我们的地步。

所以，让我们紧抓着神的话，跟随祂的每一个脚步，更要清楚地知道今天在我们生命中掌权的是耶稣基督而不是其他的。这样，我们的道路就能勇往直前，是吃地上的美物（赛 1:19），是作首不做尾，居上但不居下的。阿门！

Exodus 15:11 - Who among the gods is like you, O Lord? Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

No one can understand you, love you and care of you like Jesus did. The purpose of His coming, His death and His resurrection, He did everything solely because of you. He did not do it out of unwilling, but out of love, He displayed His love through every single deeds of Him. How awesome to know that even when you were still a sinner, He chose to die for you. No love can compare to the love of Christ, this agape love is above feelings, regardless how much failures that you have gone through, or how many times that you were faithless, He still sees the best of you. He sees the potential in you, that treasure in you, that wonderful future and power in you. Therefore, come to have an assurance today that God wants to work wonders in your life, and the very access to this encounter is by faith. Believing the finished work of Jesus Christ today, that He loves you and longs to have intimate relationship with you, no one can be like Him, full of glory and awesome in working wonders. And, the good news is, He loves you! Walk in His love today, you will be surprised!

Genesis 28:15 - I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.

There might be thousands and thousands of things that you planned to achieve in life, regardless what have you planned, remember that you are to trust Jesus in doing what you could never do for yourself in life. It is such a deep comfort to know and realise that Jesus is with you always, not just here on earth, but everywhere and at anytime. Instead of knowing this great truth by your head only, learn to practice His presence at all times. He is watching over you wherever you are, wherever you go, providing you and sustaining you with His grace. The reality is not God is far away and will never want to draw close with you, the reality and the truth is, He loves you, He is with you and in you, and He longs to draw close to you more than yourself! Therefore, build your life on this truth today, knowing that Jesus will not leave you, He is always there ready to hear from you, to help you, to provide you, to bring you through and to be your every present help!

Psalm 46:10 - Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Every morning you are to let your mind focus on Christ, let your thoughts and feelings subjected to you and let the Word of God massage your whole being. There are moments where you need to cease striving and be still, instead of striving without knowing what is your very focus. Let Christ be the centre, and all things shall fall into its place. You are created to enjoy God, know God and to have your life revolves around Him. The world may be pulling you down and giving you a lot substitute, but do know that none can satisfy you like Christ does. He wants you to come to the acknowledgement of Him, remembering that He is with you, and know that He is your God. Hence, be still today, and know that you have Him as your God; and when He is with you, all things are possible.

约14:27 我留下平安给你们，我将我的平安赐给你们。我所赐的，不像世人所赐的。你们心里不要忧愁，也不要胆怯。

亲爱的朋友，无论前一刻发生什么事情，不管你这一刻面对什么问题，记得静默守住神所给你的平安。
当你低落时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他在那里擦干你的眼泪并且给你平安；
当你生病时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他已经医治你给你健康和平安；
当你缺乏时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他有超自然且丰盛的供应来满足你一切所需且给你平安；
当你孤独时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他总不撇下你也未曾丢弃你；
当你有困难时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他总在你前头带领你走过；
当你面对生命中的风浪时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他使风浪平息且给你平安；
当你无缘无故被冤枉时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他必以双倍的祝福偿还给你且给你平安；
当你被别人看不起时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他必将你升高且叫你抬起头来永不羞愧；
当人家嘲笑你时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，他以荣耀修复你且给你平安；
当你生气时，记得耶稣为你所成就的，放手让神接手，紧握神所给你的平安。。。

所以，只管静默默想耶稣为你所成就的一切并且知道他是那一位毫无条件爱你到底的神。
你只管静默不要作声，神必为你争战！

在我们的日常生活中，总会面对许许多多的问题。而这些问题有时候缠绕着我们，使我们远离神了。其实，无论在任何问题中，我们都要把神居首位，知道祂必带领我们胜过。把神居首位的意思是无论在什么样的情况中，我们仍然选择信靠神，把自己的问题交托给祂，而不是靠我们自己的能力去解决，不是我们自己庸人自扰。应当一无挂虑，藉着祷告祈求和感谢，把我们所要的都告诉神，（腓 4:6）因为祂必顾念我们。

很多时候，靠着我们自己的能力非但问题没有解决，反而越弄越糟，到最后把自己搞得精疲力尽。圣经里清楚地记载着，非靠实力，非靠才能，唯有靠神的灵方能成事。（撒加 4:6）唯有当我们被神的灵所引导的时候，我们肯定是能胜过一切的问题，是能打胜仗的。神是我们的帮助，是我们的高台，是我们的避难所，更是我们的隐秘处。（诗 46:1）知道吗？当我们的心底是依靠神的，就必有从祂而来的力量帮助我们。祂在万有之先，万有也靠祂而立。祂也是教会全体之首，祂是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使祂可以在凡事上居首位。（西 1:17-18）因此，在这世上没有什么问题是能大过我们的耶稣基督。

所以，让我们的生命是把神居首位的，好让神的灵来指引我们的方向，让祂来引导我们走在祂的旨意里。因为一切的丰盛都居住在神里头，（西 1:19）当我们甘心听从，就必吃那地上的美物。（赛 1:19）阿门！

Philippians 3:13 - Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.

Many of times when you still want to live in the past, counting what did that person do to you, remembering that hurt that you could not get rid of, reminiscing how much pain that you've gone through, you are unable to live life to the fullest. All the more you want to stay in the past, all the more you will be robbed of from today's joy and blessing. You have to know that you cannot return to what has happened behind, but only to strain toward what is ahead. Do not let the past rob you any longer from enjoying what you can enjoy in today.

Therefore, God has called us to live not just a life but life abundantly, the fullest of life that He has called us to live is the fullest of joy, the fullest of peace, not the fullest of tears. Hence, do know that God has wiped off your tears, the past cannot hold you back, but instead, look forward to what is ahead for God has prepared great things ahead of you! Press on!

Ephesians 5:1 - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children.

Imitate carries meaning like take and follow one as a model, echo, parrot, follow and impersonate; however many of times, people will tend to see imitating God as something burdensome and it gives them great pressure in learning how to impersonate and take Christ as a model. But do know that when Paul was writing this, he did not mean that we are to be burdensome in being imitators of God, but instead there is secret lying in this verse.

Paul said "be imitators of God, as dearly loved children", he means that you can imitate God because you are God's children. You do it by natural and not by force. Children of God will act like God because it is their born again nature, which means being generous is never by force but instead this characteristic that your Father in Heaven has is already in your born again nature, being rejoicing all the time is never by force but instead this characteristic that your Father in Heaven has is already in your born again nature, the same goes with being forgiving all the time is never by force but instead this characteristic that your Father in Heaven has is already in your born again nature! Therefore, being generous, being joyful and being forgiving is not something that you are to do it by force, it is never burdensome, but the secret lies on "AS DEARLY LOVED CHILDREN". If you will realize how much you are loved by God, if you will have this revelation of who you are and what you have in Christ, you will live life imitating your Father in Heaven out of love, instead of out of fear.

Many Christians nowadays trying to live life imitating the Father in Heaven out of fear, believing in teachings like if they do not do this, if they do not behave like Him, if they are not like Him, then God will not love them anymore. Hence, fear is never a motivation, but love is. The moment you know how your Father in Heaven dearly loves you, you will live out your born again nature, you will be like Him, you will eventually talk like Him, you will react like Him, you will do what He does, you will love what He loves, you will see what He sees, you just want to be like the one you love!

The New Living Translation gives a great view of this verse "Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children." In everything you do you can imitate God just because you are His dear children!! How wonderful to know that becoming like Him, transforming from glory to glory is never relying on our effort, nor the force of fear, but instead the Father's love! Therefore, let no one deceive you that you cannot, you can, not because of you are capable to, but because it is already in your born again nature!