527 中翻英 (227) God is the true light. 上帝是真光. 9/21/2023

527 中翻英 (227)                God is the true light.      上帝是真光.                        9/21/2023

九月二十一日的曠野筵席是真正的晨曦甘露.   我們仰賴祢的真光,   帶領我們走這世上的道路.   若我們依賴自己所點的火把,   則此行的終結是「躺在悲慘之中」（賽50:11）.

「...... 這人行在暗中，沒有亮光，當倚靠耶和華的名，仗賴自己的神。」                                                （賽   50:10 新國際版）

當我們發覺自己陷進黑暗里時，有一個極大的危險，就是下手點火（11節），用個人的微焰來圍繞自己，盼望借此照亮前面的路。「我已把事情再三考慮過了，我已綜合觀察過了，我覺得很有把握……我的判斷是……。」上述的思想和感覺，并非光的源頭，它們不過是我們自己所點的火把而已。把這些思想和感覺投進神的光中，我們就會發現它們既缺乏深度，也不夠明亮。如此行的人末了是「躺在悲慘之中」（賽50:11）。如果我們所期待的是混亂，那我們盡管仰賴這些權宜之計（自己點的火把）。但請記得，人的火光永不能驅散黑暗。光只是從神而來，讓我們仰望祂罷！即使這里是全然黑暗，在祂那里永遠是光明的，而「在祢的光中，我們必得見光。」（詩   36:9）

September 21

"..... Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God." (Isaiah 50:10 NIV)

As we find ourselves mired in darkness, but when you start a light fires, you will lie down in torment (verse 11), trying to light surrounding ourselves with a small personal flame in the hope  to led us a way ahead. "I have thought it over and over again; I have made comprehensive observations, and I feel very confident ..... and my judgment ....." The above thoughts and feelings are not from the true light, but it is just a light fired torches by ourselves. When we cast these thoughts and feelings into the true light of God, we discovered that it lacks both depth and brightness. Those who do it like that will end up with "will lie down in torment (Isaiah 50:11 NIV) " .  If our expecting were the chaos, maybe you can do it (self-lit torches). But remember, human reflected-light can never dispel darkness.  Only by God's true light can dispel the darkness.  Let us look up to Him!  Even if there is total darkness here, there is always light with Him, and “ ..... in Your light we see light.” (Psalm 36:9 NIV)