對付已往

經文: 「你們信我能作這事麼？」（太九28）

        我們的上帝是專門對付「不可能」的上帝。在祂是沒有「太遲的」。一件不可能的事帶到祂面前來，只要是用完全的信心帶來的，總是有辦法的。許多生活上、環境上的「不可能」，都是為要叫上帝得著榮耀。如果在我們已往的生活上，有了叛逆、不信、罪惡、不幸，只要我們肯完全降服、信靠，上帝決不會說「太遲」的，因為上帝有辦法對付這些悲劇。常有人說基督教是惟一能對付人已往的宗教；這話是眞實的。上帝能「將蝗蟲….所喫的那些年補還」（珥二25，直譯）；當我們把環境和自己完全用信心絲毫不留地交在祂手裡的時候，祂必補還我們以前失敗的那些年日。這並不是因著我們，乃是因著祂自己。上帝是赦免的上帝、醫治的上帝、補還的上帝、「賜諸般恩典的上帝」（彼前五10）。讓我們讚美祂、信靠祂罷！──譯自主日學報（Sunday School Times）

        我們有一位上帝，是專門對付「不可能」的。在祂沒有「太難」。──慕安得烈（Andrew Muray） 

Dealing With the Past

Scripture: "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" (Matt. 9:28).

        God deals with impossibilities. It is never too late for Him to do so, when the impossible is brought to Him, in full faith, by the one in whose life and circumstances the impossible must be accomplished if God is to be glorified. If in our own life there have been rebellion, unbelief, sin, and disaster, it is never too late for God to deal triumphantly with these tragic facts if brought to Him in full surrender and trust. It has often been said, and with truth, that Christianity is the only religion that can deal with man's past. God can "restore the years that the locust hath eaten" (Joel 2:25); and He will do this when we put the whole situation and ourselves unreservedly and believingly into His hands. Not because of what we are but because of what He is. God forgives and heals and restores. He is "the God of all grace." Let us praise Him and trust Him. --Sunday School Times

        "We have a God who delights in impossibilities." Nothing too hard for Me. --Andrew Murray