11月20日 约伯知道他的救赎主活着
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11月20日 约伯知道他的救赎主活着
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Job Knew That His Redeemer Lived, November 20
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“我知道我的救赎主活着，未了必站立在地上。我这皮肉灭绝之后，我必在肉体之外得见上帝”（伯19:25,26）。{ML 328.1}[1]
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Those Who Have Conquered
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I know that my redeemer liveth, that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.?Job 19:25, 26.?{ML 328.1}[1]
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在每一个人的经验中，总不免有非常失望和极度灰心的日子，──在那些日子，人要受尽痛苦，饱经忧患，很难相信上帝仍是祂地上儿女的慈悲恩主；在那些日子，有种种困难折磨心灵，甚至觉得生不如死。许多人就是在这样的时候放松了他们握住上帝的手，而成了怀疑的奴隶，不信的仆役。如果我们能在这种考验的时候以属灵的眼光看明上帝的美意，我们便可看见许多天使正在设法拯救我们脱离我们自己，并努力使我们的脚稳稳地踏在那比永久的山岭更为牢靠的根基上。这样，就有新的信心和新的生命从我们里面涌流出来了。{ML 328.2}[2]
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Into the experience of all there come times of keen disappointment and utter discouragement—days when sorrow is the portion, and it is hard to believe that God is still the kind benefactor of His earth-born children; days when troubles harass the soul, till death seems preferable to life. It is then that many lose their hold on God and are brought into the slavery of doubt, the bondage of unbelief. Could we at such times discern with spiritual insight the meaning of God’s providences, we should see angels seeking to save us from ourselves, striving to plant our feet upon a foundation more firm than the everlasting hills; and new faith, new life, would spring into being.?{ML 328.2}[2]
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忠心的约伯在他痛苦和黑暗的日子悲叹说：……“我……宁肯死亡，胜似留我这一身的骨头。我厌弃性命，不愿永活；祢任凭我吧；因我的日子都是虚空”（伯3:15-16）。{ML 328.3}[3]
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The faithful Job, in the day of his affliction and darkness, declared: “My soul chooseth ... death rather than my life.I loathe it;I would not live alway:Let me alone;For my days are vanity.”?{ML 328.3}[3]
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约伯虽然厌弃生命，上帝并没有让他死亡，却向他指明将来的希望，并给他鼓舞的信息：“你也必坚固，无所惧怕；你必忘记你的苦楚，就是想起也如流过去的水一样”（伯11:15,16）。……{ML 328.4}[4]
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But though weary of life, Job was not allowed to die. To him were pointed out the possibilities of the future, and there was given him the message of hope:?“Thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:Because thou shalt forget thy misery,And remember it as waters that pass away....”?{ML 328.4}[4]
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约伯从失望灰心的深渊中升到绝对信靠上帝的慈悲和祂拯救之能的高原上。他胜利地声称：“祂虽杀我，我仍必信靠祂”（伯13:15） 。（PK 162，163）{ML 328.5}[5]
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From the depths of discouragement and despondency Job rose to the heights of implicit trust in the mercy and the saving power of God. Triumphantly he declared: “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.”?45?{ML 328.5}[5]