九月二十二日
愿以色列因造他的主欢喜。（诗149：2）
信徒啊！你的心要快乐，但要留意这快乐乃是源于神！你有很多理由可以在神里面快乐，因爲你能和大卫一样地说：“我最快乐的神”。（应译“神，我所最快乐的。”）要快乐，因爲神掌王权，耶和华是大君王！要欢喜，因爲他坐在宝座上，治理万物！
神每一种属性都成爲我们所快乐的太阳的祥和光綫。他是智慧的，当我们知道自己的愚妄时便使我们快乐起来；他是大能的，当我们软弱得发抖的时候便使我们喜乐起来；他是永生的，当我们知道我们必枯萎如草一样的时候，常作我们快乐的主题；他是不改变的，但我们却时时改变，便永远作爲我们的歌声。他满有恩典，他的恩典涌流而出，他把约中所定的恩典赐给了我们；爲要洁净我们，保守我们，分别我们，使我们完全，幷把我们带到荣耀中——这一切都使我们在他里面快乐。这种快乐在神里面好像一条深河一样，我们现在所接触的不过是浮面，我们还不知道属天之河有多麽澄清美妙，但越往前越深，快乐的水流也越湍急。基督徒不仅在神所有的里面快乐，而也在一切他过去所作的事里快乐。诗篇使我们知道古时神的民多想到神的作爲，幷爲神所行的每一件事作一首诗。现在神的民也当歌颂神的行事！传扬他的大能，幷“向耶和华歌唱，因他大大战胜”。不要使歌声中止，因爲天天都有新的恩典临到，愿他们在神慈爱的行事、在他的眷顾、在他的恩典中快乐，幷且不断地感谢他。锡安的民哪！应当快乐，应当在你的神里面欢喜。
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.
