【诗135:6】耶和华在天上、在地下、在海中、在一切的深处，都随自己的意旨而行。【Psa135:6】The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.

诗篇 135 篇赞美独一、至高、掌管万有的神。那时在以色列周边的国家，都在拜各个领域的偶像。Psalm 135 praises the one true and Most High God, who rules over all things. At that time, the nations surrounding Israel worshipped idols associated with different areas of life.诗人却宣告：耶和华不是众神之一，乃是创造并统管万有的独一真神；没有任何领域超出祂的权柄，也没有任何地方在祂掌管之外。But the psalmist declares that the LORD is not one god among many; He is the one true God who created and rules over all things. No realm lies beyond His authority, and no place is outside His rule.

我们常希望一切都在掌控之中，然而失控却是常态。We often hope to have everything under control, yet losing control is a normal part of life.这节经文提醒我们，看不见神的作为，并不等于神没有工作。在我们无法进入的“深处”，神仍按自己的旨意行。This verse reminds us that not seeing God at work does not mean that God is not working. Even in the “depths” that we cannot reach, God is still carrying out His own purposes.

信心不是要求神照我的意思行，而是在不明白、甚至环境与预期相反时，仍相信：“耶和华，祢仍然掌权。”Faith is not demanding that God act according to my will, but continuing to believe, even when I do not understand and even when circumstances turn out contrary to what I expected: “LORD, You are still sovereign.”真正的敬拜，不只是神成就所求时赞美祂，而是在不成就时，更是相信祂的道路、智慧高过我们，祂是良善与信实达到穹苍。True worship is not only praising Him when He grants what we ask, but also trusting, when He does not, that His ways and His wisdom are higher than ours, and that His goodness and faithfulness reach to the heavens.

我们需要制服的，是里边那个想掌控一切的自己。What we need to bring under control is the self within us that wants to control everything.能力、计划、金钱未必是罪，但当它们取代神成为我们的依靠，就成了我们心中的偶像。Ability, plans, and money are not necessarily sinful, but when they replace God and become what we depend on, they become idols in our hearts.

当扫罗王第一次在吉甲看见失控，因害怕就越过权柄，照着自己的想法献祭，想让神照着自己的意思改变环境。When King Saul first saw the situation slipping out of control at Gilgal, fear caused him to overstep the authority given to him. He offered the sacrifice according to his own thinking, trying to make God change the circumstances according to his will.直到临死前，他求告耶和华却没有得到回应，就去找巫婆想要得到结果。偶像的本质，是人有私欲，想在神之外寻找掌控与保障，就被仇敌利用。Even near the end of his life, when he inquired of the LORD and received no answer, he went to a medium because he wanted an answer. At the heart of idolatry is human desire: when people seek control and security apart from God, the enemy can take advantage of that desire.

神不是要我们停止计划和劳力，而是呼召我们把主权归还给祂。God is not telling us to stop planning or working hard; He is calling us to return sovereignty to Him.我们尽忠，却不抓住结果；我们祈求，却不照自己的意思；我们面对未知，却不因未知怀疑神的信实。We remain faithful, but we do not grasp at the outcome; we pray, but not according to our own will; we face the unknown, but we do not allow the unknown to make us doubt God’s faithfulness.

祷告 | Prayer

祢在天上、地下、海中和一切深处，都随自己的意旨而行。“You do whatever pleases You, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.”求祢赦免我常想用自己的能力掌控人生，把计划、判断和期待置于祢的主权之上。Please forgive me for so often wanting to control my life through my own strength and for placing my plans, judgements, and expectations above Your sovereignty.

求祢赦免我，为达成自己的意思，就去抓，去拜偶像。Please forgive me for grasping at things and turning to idols in order to get my own way.父啊，愿我生命降服于祢。看得见的高山还是幽暗死阴深处，我都相信：祢仍掌权。Father, may my life be surrendered to You. Whether I am facing mountains that I can see or the dark depths of the valley of the shadow of death, I will still believe: You remain sovereign.

让我因这真理得到信心，胜过未知的惧怕，全然交托在祢的手里，在祢的同在里得到全然的安息——正如主耶稣在十字架上，将自己的灵魂交在父手里就安息了；不管生或死，哪怕下到地的深处，都全然交托。Let this truth give me faith to overcome the fear of the unknown, to entrust myself completely into Your hands, and to find complete rest in Your presence—just as the Lord Jesus, on the cross, committed His spirit into the Father’s hands and rested in Him. Whether in life or in death, even if descending into the depths of the earth, everything is completely entrusted to You.这样彻底的信靠和顺服达到了信心的顶峰，父就将祂升为至高，叫一切天上的、地下的、地底下的，无不因耶稣的名屈膝跪拜，口称耶稣为主。Such complete trust and obedience reach the highest expression of faith. Therefore, “God exalted Him to the highest place,” so that “at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,” and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord.

父啊，感谢祢借着主耶稣完全的信靠与顺服，为我们成就了这万世救恩。Father, thank You that through the Lord Jesus’ perfect trust and obedience, You have accomplished this eternal salvation for us.

（Sister Carol and the Daily Devotional Team）