九月二十二日
願以色列因造他的主歡喜。（詩149：2）
信徒啊！你的心要快樂，但要留意這快樂乃是源于神！你有很多理由可以在神裏面快樂，因爲你能和大衛一樣地說：“我最快樂的神”。（應譯“神，我所最快樂的。”）要快樂，因爲神掌王權，耶和華是大君王！要歡喜，因爲他坐在寶座上，治理萬物！
神每一種屬性都成爲我們所快樂的太陽的祥和光綫。他是智慧的，當我們知道自己的愚妄時便使我們快樂起來；他是大能的，當我們軟弱得發抖的時候便使我們喜樂起來；他是永生的，當我們知道我們必枯萎如草一樣的時候，常作我們快樂的主題；他是不改變的，但我們卻時時改變，便永遠作爲我們的歌聲。他滿有恩典，他的恩典涌流而出，他把約中所定的恩典賜給了我們；爲要潔淨我們，保守我們，分別我們，使我們完全，幷把我們帶到榮耀中——這一切都使我們在他裏面快樂。這種快樂在神裏面好像一條深河一樣，我們現在所接觸的不過是浮面，我們還不知道屬天之河有多麽澄清美妙，但越往前越深，快樂的水流也越湍急。基督徒不僅在神所有的裏面快樂，而也在一切他過去所作的事裏快樂。詩篇使我們知道古時神的民多想到神的作爲，幷爲神所行的每一件事作一首詩。現在神的民也當歌頌神的行事！傳揚他的大能，幷“向耶和華歌唱，因他大大戰勝”。不要使歌聲中止，因爲天天都有新的恩典臨到，願他們在神慈愛的行事、在他的眷顧、在他的恩典中快樂，幷且不斷地感謝他。錫安的民哪！應當快樂，應當在你的神裏面歡喜。
September
22
“Let
Israel rejoice in him.” — Psalm 149:2
Be glad of heart, O believer, but take care that thy gladness has its
spring in the Lord. Thou hast much cause for gladness in thy God, for thou
canst sing with David, “God, my exceeding joy.” Be glad that the Lord
reigneth, that Jehovah is King! Rejoice that He sits upon the throne, and
ruleth all things! Every attribute of God should become a fresh ray in the
sunlight of our gladness. That He is wise should make us glad, knowing as we do
our own foolishness. That He is mighty, should cause us to rejoice who tremble
at our weakness. That he is everlasting, should always be a theme of joy when
we know that we wither as the grass. That He is unchanging, should perpetually
yield us a song, since we change every hour. That He is full of grace, that He
is overflowing with it, and that this grace in covenant He has given to us;
that it is ours to cleanse us, ours to keep us, ours to sanctify us, ours to
perfect us, ours to bring us to glory–all this should tend to make us glad in
Him. This gladness in God is as a deep river; we have only as yet touched its
brink, we know a little of its clear sweet, heavenly streams, but onward the
depth is greater, and the current more impetuous in its joy. The Christian
feels that he may delight himself not only in what God is, but also in all that
God has done in the past. The Psalms show us that God’s people in olden times
were wont to think much of God’s actions, and to have a song concerning each of
them. So let God’s people now rehearse the deeds of the Lord! Let them tell of
His mighty acts, and “sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed
gloriously.” Nor let them ever cease to sing, for as new mercies flow to
them day by day, so should their gladness in the Lord’s loving acts in
providence and in grace show itself in continued thanksgiving. Be glad ye
children of Zion and rejoice in the Lord your God.
