二月二十六日
救恩出于耶和华。（拿2:9）
救恩是神的工作。惟有他能苏醒那“死在过犯罪恶中”之人的灵魂，也惟有他能保守人属灵的生命。他是“阿拉法”，也是“俄梅戛”。“救恩出于耶和华。”若我到过，是因神使我祷告；若我得到什么恩惠，那是神所赐的；若我持守自己的生活，那是因为他的手扶持着我。若神不先在我里面作工，我就不能作什么！我所有的，我的一切善良都是神的。我的罪行，是我自己的；但我的义行，却整个的，完全的属神。若我打退了属灵的仇敌，那是因为主的力量加在我的膀臂上。我在人面前过著一种分别为圣的生活吗？那不是我，乃是在我里面活着的基督。我圣洁了吗？我不能洁净自己，乃是神的圣灵使我成为圣洁。我与世界隔绝了吗？那是因为神为我的好处责罚了我，才使我隔绝的。我在知识上有长进吗？那是大教师训诲了我。我一切的珍宝都是属天的匠人所琢磨成的。我在神里面找到了我一切所需要的，但在我里面除了罪污可怜之外别无所有。“惟独他是我的磐石，我的拯救。”我曾饱食神的话吗？若神不使它作我灵魂的食粮并帮助我吃，我吃了也是没有用的。我是靠着自天而降的吗哪生活吗？那吗哪不就是成为肉身的耶稣基督，使我得以吃喝他的血肉吗？我继续不断地重新得力吗？我的力量是从那里来的？我的帮助是从创造天地的主而来的！若没有耶稣我什么也不能作，枝子若不在葡萄树上就不能结果子，我若不住在他里面，也是不能。约拿在深渊中所学的功课，今晨让我也学会吧：“救恩出于耶和华。”
February
26
“Salvation
is of the Lord.” –Jonah 2:9
Salvation is the work of God. It is He alone who quickens the soul
“dead in trespasses and sins,” and it is He also who maintains the
soul in its spiritual life. He is both “Alpha and Omega.”
“Salvation is of the Lord.” If I am prayerful, God makes me
prayerful; if I have graces, they are God’s gifts to me; if I hold on in a
consistent life, it is because He upholds me with His hand. I do nothing
whatever towards my own preservation, except what God Himself first does in me.
Whatever I have, all my goodness is of the Lord alone. Wherein I sin, that is
my own; but wherein I act rightly, that is of God, wholly and completely. If I
have repulsed a spiritual enemy, the Lord’s strength nerved my arm. Do I live
before men a consecrated life? It is not I, but Christ who liveth in me. Am I
sanctified? I did not cleanse myself: God’s Holy Spirit sanctifies me. Am I
weaned from the world? I am weaned by God’s chastisements sanctified to my
good. Do I grow in knowledge? The great Instructor teaches me. All my jewels
were fashioned by heavenly art. I find in God all that I want; but I find in
myself nothing but sin and misery. “He only is my rock and my
salvation.” Do I feed on the Word? That Word would be no food for me
unless the Lord made it food for my soul, and helped me to feed upon it. Do I
live on the manna which comes down from heaven? What is that manna but Jesus
Christ himself incarnate, whose body and whose blood I eat and drink? Am I
continually receiving fresh increase of strength? Where do I gather my might?
My help cometh from heaven’s hills: without Jesus I can do nothing. As a branch
cannot bring forth fruit except it abide in the vine, no more can I, except I
abide in Him. What Jonah learned in the great deep, let me learn this morning
in my closet: “Salvation is of the Lord.”
