九月二十八日
耶和華從天上觀看，他看見一切的世人。（詩33：13）
神從寶座上俯視世界，他從天上垂聽人的需要，留心人的困苦，恐怕再也沒有一句話能這樣生動地表達出神的恩光來了。我們愛他，因爲他在所多瑪、蛾摩拉罪惡滿盈之時，將要毀滅那兩座城之前，先親自前往。我們不能不把我們心中的愛情都傾倒給我們的主，因他從榮耀的高天傾聽我們，幷側耳聽罪人臨終時從微弱的心中發出的求救聲。當我們知道他連我們的頭髮都能數算過來，他定了我們的道路時，我們怎能不愛他呢？我們要把這話存記在心，當我們想到他多麽留心我們的時候，我們要知道他不單留心人今世的事，也關懷他們靈性的事。雖然有限的受造者與無限的創造者之間有很大的距離，但是兩者也能接近。不要以爲他幷沒有看到你的眼所流的泪，因爲“父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人。”你的嘆息能感動耶和華的心，你的低訴能使他側耳，你的禱告能止住他的手，你的信心能挪動他的膀臂。你不要以爲神在高天上毫不管你的事。要知道不管你多麽窮苦缺乏，神仍顧念你。神的眼遍察全地，他必向那心中完全的人顯出他的能力。他無時不俯身看你。
“任遭何事不要驚怕，天父必看顧你；必將你藏他恩翅下，天父必看顧你。
天父必看顧你，時時看顧，處處看顧，他必要看顧你，天父必看顧你。”
September
28
“The
Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.” — Psalm
33:13
Perhaps no figure of speech represents God
in a more gracious light than when He is spoken of as stooping from His throne,
and coming down from heaven to attend to the wants and to behold the woes of
mankind. We love Him, who, when Sodom and Gomorrah were full of iniquity, would
not destroy those cities until He had made a personal visitation of them. We
cannot help pouring out our heart in affection for our Lord who inclines His
ear from the highest glory, and puts it to the lip of the dying sinner, whose failing
heart longs after reconciliation. How can we but love Him when we know that He
numbers the very hairs of our heads, marks our path, and orders our ways?
Specially is this great truth brought near to our heart, when we recollect how
attentive He is, not merely to the temporal interests of His creatures, but to
their spiritual concerns. Though leagues of distance lie between the finite
creature and the infinite Creator, yet there are links uniting both. When a
tear is wept by thee, think not that God doth not behold; for, “Like as a
father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.” Thy
sigh is able to move the heart of Jehovah; thy whisper can incline His ear unto
thee; thy prayer can stay His hand; thy faith can move His arm. Think not that
God sits on high taking no account of thee. Remember that however poor and
needy thou art, yet the Lord thinketh upon thee. For the eyes of the Lord run
to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect towards Him.
Oh! then repeat the truth that never
tires; No God is like the God my soul desires; He at whose voice heaven
trembles, even He, Great as He is, knows how to stoop to me.
