灵命日粮 - 2005年4月5日
读经: 耶利米书17章5-10节

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金句: 「倚靠耶和华，以耶和华为可靠的，那人有福了！」（耶利米书17章7节）

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全年读经: 撒母耳记下5-8章  

坦白说，我们真的能在每件事情上信靠自己吗？即便使徒保罗也曾强调：「我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我传福音给别人，自己反被弃绝了」（哥林多前书9章27节），除非在严厉教条的约束下，他不敢信任自己一定会做对的事情。
今天的经文提醒我们：「人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢」（耶利米书17章9节）？我们任何一个人都无法测量自己心中的诡计有多深，又如何能完全信任自己或别人？

耶利米警告犹太人的王，不要冀望于地上的王（耶利米书17章5-6节），但他们还是继续向埃及求助，那是多么愚蠢啊！他们应该会为自己的软弱而悔过，转向全能的上帝求助。

遇到困难和不确定时，我们能信靠谁的协助呢？上帝的话语告诉我们，仰望祂就如同树栽于水旁，即使在干旱之年，仍能结出果子（耶利米书17章7-8节）。

让我们信靠上帝，让我们的生命多结果子。AL


我们视眼见的，
比较容易相信；
但是主要我们，
全然把祂信靠。Sper

别让自信取代了我们对上帝的信靠。
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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.