【诗18:16】他从高天伸手抓住我，把我从大水中拉上来。【Psa18:16】He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

这是大卫脱离扫罗与仇敌之手后的生命见证。This is David’s life testimony after the Lord delivered him from Saul and from his enemies. 长年的追杀与围困，使他仿佛跌入汹涌的“大水”，被死亡的绳索、匪类的毁灭缠绕，内心近乎没顶绝望。Years of being hunted and surrounded made him feel as though he had fallen into raging “great waters,” entangled by the cords of death and overwhelmed by the destruction of the wicked, his heart almost drowning in despair. 然而，这些必死无疑的时刻，正是他经历神大能拯救的时刻。Yet it was exactly in those moments—when death seemed certain—that he experienced God’s mighty rescue.

大卫与神有了“生死之交”，他深知拯救不靠人的经验、才能、筹划，乃靠神那双永不失手的恩手。David came to share a “life-and-death bond” with God. He knew deeply that deliverance does not come from human experience, ability, or careful planning, but from God’s gracious hands that never fail. 当我面对危机、委屈或压力，感到被窒息的大水淹没时，本能总是拼命划水‘自救’，想抓救命稻草，凭力气爬上岸。When I face crisis, injustice, or pressure and feel as though suffocating waters are closing in, my instinct is always to struggle hard to save myself—to grab at anything that looks like a lifeline and try to get out by my own strength. 但这节经文提醒我，惟有神才能、也必能拯救我们。洪水泛滥之时，耶和华仍坐着为王。无论环境多么危险，局势多么失控，神的宝座从未动摇，神的拯救从未停止。But this verse reminds me that only God can save us, and He surely will. When the floods rise, the Lord still sits as King. No matter how dangerous the situation or how out of control things appear, God’s throne has never been shaken, and His saving work has never stopped.

当我们被罪与死亡的洪水吞没时，是耶稣亲自从高天降临，进入这败坏的世界。When we were overwhelmed by the flood of sin and death, Jesus Himself came down from heaven and entered this broken world. 在十字架上为我们被淹没、被弃绝，经历死亡，又从死里复活，将祂的子民从一次次地大水中拉了上来。On the cross, He was submerged and rejected for us, experienced death, and then rose again, lifting His people out of the great waters time and time again.

回顾我自己的经历，无论是面临信心的考试，还是因自己的罪跌倒，多少次惧怕、灰心、失望，又献上悔改与呼求时，是神的恩典出手拯救，一次次伸手拉住我，使我不致沉沦灭亡。As I look back on my own life—whether facing tests of faith or falling because of my own sin—so many times fear, discouragement, and despair rose up. Yet whenever I repented and cried out, it was God’s grace that stepped in to save me, reaching out again and again to hold me so that I would not sink into destruction. 你的手不是在岸边观望，而是主动伸进冰冷混乱的‘水’中，稳稳地抓住我，在我最无助时亲自介入我生命。Your hand was not watching from the shore, but actively reaching into the cold, chaotic “waters,” firmly taking hold of me and stepping into my life when I was most helpless.

主啊，赦免我常只盯着风浪，忘了抬头看那双伸向我的手。Lord, forgive me for so often fixing my eyes on the wind and the waves and forgetting to look up at the hand reaching toward me. 求你让我学会不再徒劳挣扎，而是甘心、谦卑回应你，被你“抓住”。Teach me to stop struggling in vain and instead respond willingly and humbly, allowing myself to be “caught” by You. 主啊，教导我在风浪中信靠你的良善，呼求你，在危机中紧紧抓住你的应许，不靠自己的聪明，而是专心仰赖你，认定你，Lord, teach me to trust Your goodness in the storm, to call on You, to cling tightly to Your promises in times of crisis—not relying on my own understanding, but trusting You fully and acknowledging You. 你必伸手将我拉出大水，救出大火。You will surely reach out and pull me from deep waters and rescue me from the raging fire.

主啊，你已复活得胜，你永远掌管万有！求你复兴你的教会，使我们谦卑承认：若不是你出手，我们无法站立；相信你这双拉起大卫与彼得的手，今天必同样地拉住每一个谦卑仰望你的人。Lord, You have risen in victory and You reign over all things forever. Revive Your church, that we may humbly admit that without Your intervention we cannot stand, and believe that the same hand that lifted David and Peter will today likewise take hold of every humble heart that looks to You. 使我们照你旨意呼求，求你从高天伸手，施展大能，医治破碎的心，拯救失丧的人；As we cry out according to Your will, stretch out Your hand from heaven and show Your mighty power—heal broken hearts and save the lost. 求你使用我们这些被你拯救过的人，去向仍在深水中的人作见证，引他们归向你，得着真正的生命与永恒的盼望，使万民赞美你的慈爱和救恩，直到永远。Use us, who have been rescued by You, to bear witness to those still in deep waters, to lead them back to You, that they may receive true life and eternal hope, so that all nations may praise Your mercy and salvation forever.

（付传道 Pastor Fu ）