【诗31:14-15】耶和华啊，我仍旧倚靠你；我说：“你是我的神！”我终身的事在你手中。【Psalm 31:14-15】But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hands.

大卫和许多属灵人在与神的交往中发现，祂是信实、守约、负责的神。祂不仅看顾我们的一生，更掌管我们的过去、现在，直至永恒。正如主耶稣所应许的，祂去原是为我们预备地方，并必回来接我们。David, along with many people who walk closely with God, discovered that God is faithful, a covenant-keeping God who takes responsibility for His people. He not only cares for our whole life but also holds our past, present, and future in His hands. As the Lord Jesus promised, He has gone to prepare a place for us and will return to receive us to Himself.

大卫深信，他的出身、家庭，乃至被拣选，都是神在创立世界以前就预定的。正如《以弗所书》1:4-5所言，神从创立世界以前就预定我们得儿子的名分。David believed that his birth, his family, and even his calling were all appointed by God before the foundation of the world. As Ephesians 1:4–5 teaches, God chose us before the creation of the world and predestined us for adoption as His children. 当大卫看清了这一切，他便明白：无论是被父母遗弃、背叛、众叛亲离，还是被扫罗追杀，原来都是神精心设计的环境，为要训练他拥有“王的性情”。When David saw this clearly, he realised that being rejected, betrayed, abandoned, or chased by Saul were all circumstances allowed by God to shape him with the character required for a king.

“终身的事”在原文中是指“我的每一个季节、每一个时刻”。主啊，感谢你！大卫并非只说“前途”在你手中，而是宣告“每一个瞬间”都在你手中。无论是高山还是低谷，得胜还是跌倒，甚至是那些心碎的“破碎时刻”，都在你大能之手的掌管之下。“My times” in the original language refers to every season and every moment of life. Lord, thank You. David was not simply saying that his future was in Your hands; he was declaring that every moment of his life was in Your hands. Whether on the mountain or in the valley, in victory or in failure, even those painful moments of brokenness are under the authority of Your powerful hand. 你不仅掌握结局，更掌握过程。每一个冒犯我、否定我的环境，都是你这位伟大匠人为重塑我而特意量给我的。You hold not only the outcome but also the process. Every circumstance that challenges or confronts me is something allowed by You, the great Craftsman, to shape and remake my life.

这一洞见瞬间打开了大卫的属灵眼睛，使他超越了当下被遗忘、被破碎的极深痛苦。他在灵里看见了那极重无比、永远的荣耀，正如耶稣基督因看见摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难。This understanding opened David’s spiritual eyes and lifted him beyond the deep pain of being forgotten and broken. In the Spirit he saw the eternal glory that outweighed present suffering, just as Jesus Christ endured the cross and disregarded its shame because of the joy set before Him.

当我思想大卫时，也看见了自己的道路。立志跟随主，试炼与误会似乎多了，仿佛走在细细的钢丝上，若不紧紧倚靠，随时会摔得粉身碎骨。When I reflect on David, I also see something of my own journey. Since deciding to follow the Lord, trials and misunderstandings seem to have increased. At times it feels like walking on a narrow wire—without relying on You completely, I could fall at any moment. 在极深的压力中，我问：“主啊，你在吗？”当听见祂说“我在”，那一刻，平安便止住了泪水。In deep pressure I ask, “Lord, are You there?” When I sense Him saying, “I am here,” peace begins to calm my tears. 祂甚至指示我更高难度的得胜：“即便众人都如此待你，你仍要从仇敌手中把他们救回来，因为好牧人是为羊舍命的。”我愿意顺服这个呼召，安息等候祂塑造我成为，为羊舍命的好牧人。He even calls me to a higher victory: even when people treat me wrongly, I am to help bring them back from the enemy’s hand, because the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. I am willing to obey this calling and wait quietly for Him to shape me into such a shepherd.

主啊，感谢你。谢谢你不仅是我的救主，更是我生命的设计师。当我面对那些“针对我的人群”和“委屈的环境”时，求你让我看清这正是你为我预备的“好牧人的训练营”。Lord, thank You. You are not only my Saviour but also the designer of my life. When I face people who oppose me and situations that feel unfair, help me see that these are the very training grounds You are using to form the heart of a good shepherd in me.

主啊，我把自己交在你手中。求你除去我里面想要逃避和辩解的血气，赐给我好牧人为羊舍命的心志。既然我动作、存留、气息都在你手中，我心中的每一个艰难、困苦你都知道，我在你面前赤露敞开，那我还挣扎什么呢？Lord, I place myself into Your hands. Remove the fleshly urge in me to escape or defend myself, and give me the heart of a good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. Since my life, my breath, and my existence are all in Your hands, and since every hardship in my heart is known to You, I stand open before You—why should I keep striving?

主啊，求你继续在我里面作拆毁与重建的工作，直到我的老我完全破碎，让基督为羊舍命的生命，在我这破碎的器皿里彰显。愿我不再为自己活，愿我的一生都效法你，爱你的教会、爱你的羊。不再是我，乃是耶稣基督，为羊舍命的好牧人在我里面活着。Lord, continue Your work of breaking down and rebuilding my life until the old self is completely shattered and the life of Christ—who laid down His life for the sheep—shines through this broken vessel. May I no longer live for myself. May my whole life follow Your example, loving Your church and caring for Your sheep. It is no longer I who live, but Jesus Christ, the good shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep, living in me.

（郭牧师 Pastor Guo）