靈命日糧 - 2005年4月5日
讀經: 耶利米書17章5-10節

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金句: 「倚靠耶和華，以耶和華為可靠的，那人有福了！」（耶利米書17章7節）

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全年讀經: 撒母耳記下5-8章  

坦白說，我們真的能在每件事情上信靠自己嗎？即便使徒保羅也曾強調：「我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了」（哥林多前書9章27節），除非在嚴厲教條的約束下，他不敢信任自己一定會做對的事情。
今天的經文提醒我們：「人心比萬物都詭詐，壞到極處，誰能識透呢」（耶利米書17章9節）？我們任何一個人都無法測量自己心中的詭計有多深，又如何能完全信任自己或別人？

耶利米警告猶太人的王，不要冀望於地上的王（耶利米書17章5-6節），但他們還是繼續向埃及求助，那是多麼愚蠢啊！他們應該會為自己的軟弱而悔過，轉向全能的上帝求助。

遇到困難和不確定時，我們能信靠誰的協助呢？上帝的話語告訴我們，仰望祂就如同樹栽於水旁，即使在乾旱之年，仍能結出果子（耶利米書17章7-8節）。

讓我們信靠上帝，讓我們的生命多結果子。AL


我們視眼見的，
比較容易相信；
但是主要我們，
全然把祂信靠。Sper

別讓自信取代了我們對上帝的信靠。
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Where Is Your Trust?



Read:Jeremiah 17:5-10
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. —Jeremiah 17:7


Bible In One Year: 2 Samuel 5-8

Let's be honest. Are we always able to trust ourselves in everything? Even the apostle Paul said emphatically about himself, "I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified" (1 Corinthians 9:27). He wouldn't trust himself to do the right thing unless he kept his body under strict discipline.

Today's Bible reading reminds us that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9.) It is not possible for any of us to fathom the extent of the deceptions of our heart. How then can we ever trust ourselves or anyone else completely?

Jeremiah warned the last Judean kings against placing their trust in earthly kings (vv.5-6). But they continually sought help from Egypt. How foolish they were! They should have repented of their wickedness and returned to Almighty God for His help.

Where can we put our trust for help in difficult and uncertain times? God's Word tells us that those who place their trust in God are like trees planted by the waters. Even in drought they will not cease to bear fruit (vv.7-8).

Let's trust God to produce fruit in our lives. —Albert Lee


We find it easier to trust
In what our eyes can see,
But God asks us to trust in Him
For our security. —Sper

Don't let self-confidence replace your trust in God.