【诗21:7】王倚靠耶和华，因至高者的慈爱必不摇动。【Psa 21:7】The king trusts in the LORD; through the steadfast love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

从年少受膏到应许成就，大卫在漫长岁月中经历了无数危险、穷乏与屈辱。但他此时却满心喜乐，数算神如何垂听祷告、赐下美福长寿，甚至将精金冠冕与尊荣威严加在他身上。From the time he was anointed as a young man to the fulfilment of God’s promise, David went through countless dangers, hardship, and humiliation over many years. Yet here he is full of joy, counting how God answered his prayers, gave him blessing and long life, and placed a crown of fine gold and honour upon him. 难道曾受过的苦楚他不记得了吗？不，大卫从这些磨难中看到的尽是神的慈爱。他深知，从牧羊时打死狮子与熊，到躲避扫罗的急难，每一处苦楚都是神为他“度身定做”的训练。Did he forget the suffering he had been through? No. In those trials David saw only the steadfast love of God. He understood that from killing the lion and the bear as a shepherd to fleeing from Saul in distress, every hardship was training carefully prepared by God for him.

主啊，藉着这段经文你让我看到，一个人喜不喜乐，感不感恩、甚至得胜不得胜，不在乎他所遭遇的事情本身，在乎自己肯不肯改变负面的思维方式。顺从负面思想，是我们旧人里犯罪的律，把人引向消极和无望。Lord, through this passage You show that whether a person lives in joy, gratitude, and victory is not determined by circumstances themselves, but by whether he is willing to turn from negative ways of thinking. Yielding to negative thoughts is the law of sin in the old self, drawing a person toward discouragement and despair.神知道我们的罪性：不信，抱怨、苦毒、埋怨、论断、仇恨…必须用苦难来熬炼才能除掉。所有认识神的属灵人，从摩西、雅各、约瑟，到新约的十二使徒，个个都需要受苦；就连神的儿子耶稣，也不能不喝父所给的‘苦杯’… God knows our sinful nature: unbelief, complaining, bitterness, resentment, judgment, hatred… these are refined and removed through suffering. All who truly know God—from Moses, Jacob, and Joseph to the twelve apostles in the New Testament—had to suffer; even the Son of God, Jesus, had to drink the “cup” given by the Father.

但属灵人可以透过人生苦难，看见并经历神的爱，明白神纯全、善良的美意：患难生忍耐，忍耐生老练，老练生盼望，盼望不至于羞耻；因为所赐给我们的圣灵将神的爱浇灌在我们心里。Yet those who walk with God can, through life’s hardships, see and experience His love and understand His good, pleasing, and perfect will: suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope; and hope does not put to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. (罗5：3-5)并且这至暂至轻的苦楚，要为我们成就极重无比永远的荣耀。(林后 4:17) 慈爱的神要借着苦难使我们得胜，得永恒里的冠冕。(Romans 5:3–5) And this light and momentary affliction is achieving for us an eternal weight of glory that far outweighs them all. (2 Corinthians 4:17) In His steadfast love, God uses suffering to bring victory and to grant the crown that belongs to eternity.

大卫看见了，照着神的应许，他正在被神用苦难训练成为王。所以大卫没有说：‘我‘依靠耶和华，他说，‘王’依靠耶和华。David understood this. In line with God’s promise, he was being shaped through hardship to become king. That is why he did not say, “I trust in the LORD,” but “The king trusts in the LORD.” 这是神对他的爱、对他的好，苦难不是毁灭而是成全。所以他看到的都是一路走来神向他所施的恩惠，他的里面被信靠，喜乐和力量充满。他心灵的眼睛也被开启，认识到神的慈爱必不动摇。This was God’s love and goodness toward him; suffering was not for destruction but for fulfilment. Looking back, he saw only the grace God had shown him along the way. His inner life was filled with trust, joy, and strength. The eyes of his heart were opened to see that God’s steadfast love will never be shaken.

求主赦免我，有时会容负面的思想进来，夺去我的信心和盼望，让时间浪费在无谓的精神内耗上，得罪了神也伤害了自己。神啊，此刻我转向你、倚靠你，我要与你同工负起我的责任，守好内心的门，拒绝接受一切负面的意念！Lord, forgive me. At times I let negative thoughts in, allowing them to rob my faith and hope, wasting time in unhelpful inner struggle, sinning against God and hurting myself. God, I turn to You now and rely on You. I am willing to work with You and take responsibility, guarding the door of my heart and refusing every negative thought.在心里难受、不如意的时候，效法大卫，信你的美意，信你要借着这些苦难训练我，在我生命中施洪恩给我，要赐义给我，要我走耶稣基督的、十字架苦难的路，好让基督耶稣的义和感恩的性情在我生命里作王。(罗5：17) When I feel troubled or disappointed, may I follow David’s example—trusting in Your good purpose and believing that through these hardships You are shaping me, pouring out grace upon my life, granting righteousness, and leading me along the way of Jesus Christ—the way of the cross—so that the righteousness of Christ and a thankful spirit may reign in my life. (Romans 5:17)

求你帮助我在生活中信、并在真理中思想你良善的作为，看到的都是你不动摇的爱。让我内心充满感恩和歌颂你的声音，活出神儿女应有的喜乐来。Help me to trust You in everyday life and to meditate on Your good works according to the truth, so that all I see is Your unshakable love. Fill my heart with thanksgiving and praise, and enable me to live out the joy that befits a child of God.

(贾弟兄 Brother Jia)