三月十四日
所以，自己以为站得稳的，须要谨慎，免得跌倒。（林前10:12）
属灵的骄傲真是一件奇怪的事，但世上竟有人为自己的德行（与恩典为一字）夸口。一个人说：“我有很大的信心，我不会跌倒；可怜小信的人能够跌倒，但我是永不会跌倒的。”；另一个人说：“我有很大的爱心，我能站立得住，我走到岔路上是没有危险的。”凡为自己的德行夸口的，实际上他的德行并无可夸之处。有人想他们的德行可以保守他们，但并不知道溪流必须时时与源头相接，不然溪水就会干了。若油不源源不绝地涌上灯芯，虽然它今天很明亮，可是明天就会冒烟，发出熏人的臭气。要留心不要把荣耀归给你的德行，而要把一切荣耀和尊崇都归给基督和他的能力，因为只有这样才能保守你不从恩典中堕落。要多祷告，要多用功夫。在灵修方面要热心，并常常读经。要当心自己的生活，要多亲近神，要使你的行事能成为最好的模范，要使你的话语有天上的香气，要使你的心为别人得灵魂发出爱的芬芳之气，这样好叫人知道你曾与耶稣常在一起，并学了耶稣。当那快乐之日来临，当你所爱的召你上去的时候，愿你听到他说：“那美好的仗你已经打过了，当跑得路你已经跑尽了，所信的道你已经守住了。从此以后，有公义的冠冕为你存留。”
基督徒呀！要在意，要小心，往前走吧！战兢恐惧地往前走吧！往前走时要一心相信耶稣，并以“愿主照你的话保守我”作你时时的祷告。他能，惟有他能“保守你们不失脚，叫你们无瑕无疵、欢欢喜喜站在他荣耀之前”。
March 14
“Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
–1 Corinthians 10:12
It is a curious fact, that there is such a thing as being proud of
grace. A man says, “I have great faith, I shall not fall; poor little
faith may, but I never shall.” “I have fervent love,” says
another, “I can stand, there is no danger of my going astray.” He who
boasts of grace has little grace to boast of. Some who do this imagine that
their graces can keep them, knowing not that the stream must flow constantly
from the fountain head, or else the brook will soon be dry. If a continuous
stream of oil comes not to the lamp, though it burn brightly to-day, it will
smoke to-morrow, and noxious will be its scent. Take heed that thou gloriest
not in thy graces, but let all thy glorying and confidence be in Christ and His
strength, for only so canst thou be kept from falling. Be much more in prayer.
Spend longer time in holy adoration. Read the Scriptures more earnestly and
constantly. Watch your lives more carefully. Live nearer to God. Take the best
examples for your pattern. Let your conversation be redolent of heaven. Let
your hearts be perfumed with affection for men’s souls. So live that men may
take knowledge of you that you have been with Jesus, and have learned of Him;
and when that happy day shall come, when He whom you love shall say, “Come
up higher,” may it be your happiness to hear Him say, “Thou hast
fought a good fight, thou hast finished thy course, and henceforth there is
laid up for thee a crown of righteousness which fadeth not away.” On,
Christian, with care and caution! On, with holy fear and trembling! On, with
faith and confidence in Jesus alone, and let your constant petition be,
“Uphold me according to Thy word.” He is able, and He alone, “To
keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His
glory with exceeding joy.”
