【诗75:6-7】因为高举非从东，非从西，也非从南而来。惟有神断定：他使这人降卑，使那人升高。【Psa75:6-7】No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

《诗篇》75篇是一首在动荡与混乱中高举神主权的诗歌。当时恶人狂妄自高，以为凭借自己的势力、地位和能力便可以掌控一切，Psalm 75 is a song that lifts up God’s sovereignty in the midst of upheaval and confusion. At that time, the wicked were arrogant and self-important, believing they could control everything through their own power, position, and ability.但诗人亚萨却从神的启示中看见，真正决定人兴衰荣辱的，不是环境，不是机遇，也不是人的努力与手段，而是神的主权和旨意。Yet through God’s revelation, the psalmist Asaph came to see that what truly determines a person’s rise and fall, honour and disgrace, is not circumstances, opportunities, human effort, or clever schemes, but God’s sovereign will. “因为高举非从东，非从西，也非从南而来。惟有神断定：他使这人降卑，使那人升高。”这不仅是神治理万有的法则，也是祂塑造属灵生命的原则。“No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.” This is not only the principle by which God rules over all things, but also the way He shapes our spiritual lives.

主啊，我感谢赞美你，因为你是掌管万有的主，一切权柄、能力、恩典都出于你。我常忘记“我有什么不是领受的呢？”（林前4:7）Lord, I thank and praise You, because You are the Lord who rules over all things. All authority, power, and grace come from You. I often forget, “What do I have that I did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7)当你赐下恩典，当你使用我一点点的时候，我里面很容易生出自夸的心，然而你的话提醒我，离了你，我就不能做什么。主啊，求你赦免我的骄傲。因为骄傲来，羞耻也来；败坏之先，人心骄傲，When You give me grace and use me even in a small way, pride can so easily rise within me. Yet Your Word reminds me that apart from You, I can do nothing. Lord, please forgive my pride. For when pride comes, disgrace follows; and pride goes before destruction.骄傲像一座无形的监狱，把我囚禁在自我里面，让我不断证明自己，也渐渐失去你同在的喜乐。主啊，骄傲的监狱真不好待，它使我远离恩典，也使我活在痛苦和辖制之中。Pride is like an invisible prison that traps me within myself, making me constantly try to prove my worth and gradually causing me to lose the joy of Your presence. Lord, the prison of pride is a terrible place to live. It draws me away from grace and leaves me living in pain and bondage.

主啊，我感谢你没有任凭我活在骄傲里。你借着失败、挫折、误解、破碎来管教我。正如诗人所说：“我受苦是与我有益，为要使我学习你的律例。”（诗119:71）Lord, I thank You that You have not left me trapped in pride. You discipline me through failure, disappointment, misunderstanding, and brokenness. As the psalmist said, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.” (Psalm 119:71)那些让我流泪的日子，那些让我无能为力的经历，那些让我看见自己贫穷和有限的环境，原来都是你慈爱的手在塑造我。你不是要毁坏我，而是要拆毁那个以自我为中心的生命，使基督在我里面掌权。The days that brought me to tears, the experiences that left me powerless, and the circumstances that showed me how poor and limited I am were all Your loving hand shaping me. You are not trying to destroy me, but to tear down the self-centred life so that Christ may reign within me.

有一天，我正沉浸在自我欣赏里时，当圣灵对我说：“神国的复兴与你一点关系都没有。”祂太认识我了，一句话就把我点醒了。One day, while I was caught up in admiring myself, the Holy Spirit said to me, “The revival of the kingdom of God has nothing to do with you.” He knows me so well that one sentence was enough to wake me up.因为我的天然生命总想证明自己有价值，但当我越来越认识神，我才真明白，正如保罗所说：“栽种的算不得什么，浇灌的也算不得什么，只在那叫他生长的神。”（林前3:7）My natural self always wants to prove that I have value, but the more I come to know God, the more I truly understand what Paul said: “So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” (1 Corinthians 3:7)若没有圣灵运行，再多的劳苦也不能结出属天的果子。Unless the Holy Spirit is at work, no amount of effort can produce fruit that comes from heaven.

主啊，求你把更深的谦卑赏赐给我。让我真实相信，源头是你，我只是一个管道。愿我一生都记得《诗篇》75篇的宣告：惟有神断定；他使这人降卑，使那人升高。Lord, please grant me a deeper humility. Help me truly believe that You are the source and I am only a channel. May I remember throughout my life the declaration of Psalm 75: God alone is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another.无论你将我放在高处或低处，顺境或逆境，隐藏或显明，我都愿顺服你的带领，单单仰望你的旨意。Whether You place me in a high or low position, in good times or difficult times, in hiddenness or in public view, I am willing to submit to Your leading and look only to Your will.愿我像保罗一样宣告：“然而我今日成了何等人，是蒙神的恩才成的。”愿一切荣耀、颂赞和尊贵都归给你，直到永永远远。May I declare, like Paul, “But by the grace of God I am what I am.” May all glory, praise, and honour belong to You forever and ever.

（郭牧师Pastor Guo）