【诗71:19-20】神啊，祢的公义甚高！行过大事的神啊，谁能像祢？祢是叫我们多经历重大急难的，必使我们复活，从地的深处救上来。【Psa 71:19-20】When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious—that you, Lord God, might dwell there.

《诗篇》71篇是这位争战一生的属灵老兵，对神救恩的深刻认识。一个属灵人的信心，必须通过“重大急难”的烈火洗礼，才能真正认识神的拯救和公义的性情。Psalm 71 reveals the deep understanding of God’s salvation gained by a spiritual veteran after a lifetime of battles. The faith of a believer must pass through the refining fire of major trials before they can truly come to know God’s salvation and His righteous character.

作者说，神是“使我们死里复活的神，要从地的深处把我们救上来”的神。神试验亚伯拉罕献以撒时，神向亚伯拉罕要什么呢？只是单单遵行神的话，从外面把以撒献上吗？ The psalmist declares that God is the One “who brings us up again from the depths of the earth” — the God who raises the dead to life. When God tested Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac, what was He really seeking? Was it simply outward obedience or the act of sacrifice itself? 绝不是！神要的并不是一个献祭，神要的是信心；神要拯救亚伯拉罕成为义人，这义不是单靠献以撒的行为，而是献以撒这行为的信心。Not at all. God was not looking for a sacrifice; He was looking for faith. God desired to establish Abraham as righteous. That righteousness did not come merely through the act of offering Isaac, but through the faith behind it. “亚伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人复活、使无变为有的神，他在主面前作我们世人的父。”（罗 4:17）义人必因信得生。神使亚伯拉罕的信心成为义，使亚伯拉罕经历死里复活的大能，成为万国的祝福。“The God Abraham believed in is the One who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist” (Romans 4:17). The righteous shall live by faith. God counted Abraham’s faith as righteousness, allowed him to experience resurrection power, and made him a blessing to the nations.

主啊，感谢祢，也带我经历了这趟“从深处复活”的旅程。当我的孩子被仇敌掳掠、沉迷网络游戏时，我的心曾充满了痛苦、忧虑与绝望。Lord, I thank You that You have also led me on this journey of being raised from the depths. When my child was captured by the enemy and became addicted to online gaming, my heart was filled with pain, anxiety, and despair.我拼命想抓住他、改变他，却发现自己所谓的爱，里面全是肉体的惧怕、辖制与掌控。越努力，光景越糟。I desperately tried to hold onto him and change him, only to discover that what I called love was actually full of fear, control, and manipulation. The harder I tried, the worse things became.

感谢祢没有任凭我活在肉体、母爱的本能里，而是借着这场急难把我逼到祢面前。祢对我说：“把孩子交给我。”当我选择放手，环境反而更险恶。Thank You for not allowing me to remain trapped in my fleshly instincts and natural maternal affection. Through this crisis, You drove me to Yourself. You said to me, “Place your child in My hands.” When I chose to let go, the situation appeared to grow even darker.在一次次流泪祷告和牧者“不放手，孩子就毁在你手里”的严厉责备中，祢彻底剥光了我里面隐藏的骄傲和掌控。祢让我明白：我不是神，我救不了孩子，唯有祢能！ Through many tears, countless prayers, and the firm correction of my pastor, who said, “If you do not let go, your child will be destroyed by your own hands,” You exposed and stripped away the pride and control hidden within me. You taught me that I am not God. I cannot save my child. Only You can.

当祢再次叩问我：“你相信我是神吗？”我的心终于彻底向祢降服：“主啊，无论孩子将来如何、无论环境多黑暗，我都相信祢是神，我相信祢爱他，祢绝不会做错事！” Then You asked me once more, “Do you believe that I am God?” At last my heart fully surrendered. “Lord, no matter what happens to my child, no matter how dark the circumstances become, I believe that You are God. I believe that You love him, and I believe that You never make mistakes.”

当我的心全然归回、在祭坛上“放手”的时候，祢死里复活的大能就爆发了！祢亲自工作，差遣牧者医治释放孩子，彻底折断了仇敌世世代代的邪灵捆绑，使他从属灵的沉睡中全然苏醒！When my heart finally returned to You and I released my child upon the altar, Your resurrection power broke through. You Yourself began to work. You sent pastors to minister healing and deliverance to my child. You broke the generational spiritual bondage of the enemy and awakened him completely from spiritual sleep.祢不仅救回了孩子，更翻转了整个家庭。如今，孩子被祢彻底得着，甘心跟随祢、服侍祢。这完全是祢恩典和圣灵大能的作为！从“拼命掌控”到“彻底向己死、向神降服”，这个过程对任何一个母亲来说都是剥皮拆骨般的痛。You did not only restore my child; You transformed our entire family. Today my child belongs wholly to You and willingly follows and serves You. This is entirely the work of Your grace and the power of the Holy Spirit. The journey from desperate control to dying to self and fully surrendering to God was, for any mother, an agonising process.如今看到孩子被主全然得着，成了活水涌流的见证，岂能不将荣耀，归给那叫死人复活的神？Yet now, seeing my child fully won by the Lord and becoming a testimony through whom living water flows, how could I not give all glory to the God who raises the dead?

主耶稣，我感谢祢！谢谢祢为我们量身定做的各种“重大急难”。原来，允许我们下到地的深处，是为了让我们得着那胜过撒旦死亡权势的宝贵信心！Lord Jesus, I thank You. Thank You for the major trials that You lovingly tailor for each of us. I now understand that when You allow us to descend into the depths, it is so that we may receive the precious faith that overcomes Satan and the power of death.求祢让教会真知道，祢向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大！就是照祢在基督身上所运行的大能大力，使祂从死里复活，远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的！（弗1:19-21）Lord, may Your Church truly know the immeasurable greatness of Your power towards us who believe. It is the same mighty power that You exercised in Christ when You raised Him from the dead and seated Him far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named (Ephesians 1:19–21).

愿更多的家庭和子民在急难中得着这复活的信心，使祢的教会成为践踏仇敌的得胜者。使祢在教会中得着荣耀，直到世世代代，永永远远！阿们！May many more families and believers receive this resurrection faith through their trials. May Your Church become a victorious people who trample upon the works of the enemy. May You receive glory in the Church throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

（郭牧师和写经团队Pastor Guo and The Daily Devotional Team）