407 中翻英 (107) My grace is sufficient for you. 我的恩典夠你用。 6/4/2023

407  中翻英 (107)           My grace is sufficient for you.        我的恩典夠你用。                                           6/4/2023

Our heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the grace sufficient for us.  You always provided a way to let us 

六月四日

「因我什么時候軟弱，什么時候就剛強了。」（林后   2:10 新國際版）

這句矛盾的話語，是真實基督徒經歷的中心。從我個人所經歷的試煉，正如保羅肉身帶刺的光景，我領悟了這句話。在那個過程中，我祈求解脫，但所得到的回答卻是「不」。跟著就有一個思想臨到：一條小船不能經過一個深的川峽，因為在河流中，有一塊約五尺高的大石凸出來橫梗去路。在我的試煉里，我曾請求主將這塊大石挪開。但接著有一個問題在我里面油然而生：是將五尺高的大石從水道中除去好呢？還是讓神將水位提高五尺好呢？主對于保羅祈求的答案乃是：「我的恩典夠你用。」當然，將水位提高五尺，那是更好的！這樣我的難處就過去了。基督不是助人挪開大石，乃是供給更深的水。

June 4th

"..... For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV)

This paradox is the basic foundation of true Christian experience.  From my personal experience, I have come to understand it just alike Paul's thorn in the flesh. During that process, I prayed for deliverance, but the answer was no. Then a thought came to me: A small boat cannot pass through a deep gorge, because in the river, a big rock about five feet high to jut out and blocking the waterway. I have prayed the Lord to remove this boulder in this try.  But then a question arose in me: should I beg God to remove the five-foot-high boulder from the waterway?  or praying  God to raise the water level to five feet?  Our Lord answered Paul's prayer, "My grace is sufficient for you." Of course, it would be better to raise the water level to five feet!  In this way my troubles will be over. Christ does not help to remove the rock, but to raise the water level.