五月廿五日
耶和华啊，求你不要撇弃我……（诗38：21）
我们在患难和迷惑当中的时候常求神不要离弃我们，但我们忘记在任何时候都应当这样祷告。在我们的一生当中，不论我们多么圣洁，我们没有一个时候不需要他的扶持的。不论在光明或在黑暗当中，在亲近主和迷惑当中，我们都当这样祷告：“耶和华啊，求你不要撇弃我。”“求你扶持我，我便得救。”小孩子在学走路的时候，总是需要大人的帮助。舵手一松手，船就马上离了她的航线。我们不能不时时需要从上面来的帮助。愿你今天这样祷告：“不要撇弃我。父啊！不要撇弃你的孩子，免得他落在仇敌的手中。牧人啊！不要撇弃你的小羊，免得它远离安全的羊圈。栽培者啊！不要撇弃你的树，免得它枯萎凋蔽。‘耶和华啊，求你不要撇弃我。’现在，并且在我一生当中都不撇弃我。在我欢乐的时候不要撇弃我，免得我的心受勾引；在我愁苦的时候不要撇弃我，免得我抱怨你；在我才悔改的时候不要撇弃我，免得我失去蒙赦的盼望，便落在绝望之中；在我信心坚固的时候不要撇弃我，免得我的信心退步；不要撇弃我，因为没有你，我就软弱无力，但有了你我就刚强起来；不要撇弃我，因为我的道路危险，满了陷阱，我不能没有你的指引。母鸡不撇弃它的小鸡，愿你也这样用你的翅膀掩护我，叫我在你的恩翼之下得到保障。‘求你不要远离我，因为急难临近了，没有人帮助我。’‘救我的神啊！不要丢掉我，也不要离弃我。”’愿我们洁净我们的心，使神的灵永远居住在其中。
May 25
“Forsake me not, O
Lord.” — Psalm 38:21
Frequently we pray
that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too
much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no
moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without His constant
upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in temptation, we
alike need the prayer, “Forsake me not, O Lord.” “Hold Thou me
up, and I shall be safe.” A little child, while learning to walk, always
needs the nurse’s aid. The ship left by the pilot drifts at once from her
course. We cannot do without continued aid from above; let it then be your
prayer to-day, “Forsake me not. Father, forsake not Thy child, lest he
fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not Thy lamb, lest he wander
from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake not Thy plant, lest it
wither and die. ‘Forsake me not, O Lord,’ now; and forsake me not at any moment
of my life. Forsake me not in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me
not in my sorrows, lest I murmur against Thee. Forsake me not in the day of my
repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake
me not in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into
presumption. Forsake me not, for without Thee I am weak, but with Thee I am
strong. Forsake me not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I
cannot do without Thy guidance. The hen forsakes not her brood, do Thou then
evermore cover me with Thy feathers, and permit me under Thy wings to find my
refuge. ‘Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to
help.’ ‘Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!'”
