281 中翻英(81) I will be like the dew to Isreal; .... 我必向以色列如甘露..... 1/29/2023

281   中翻英(81)       I will be like the dew to Isreal; ....     我必向以色列如甘露.....    1/29/2023 

月二十九日

「我必向以色列如甘露。」（何14:5）

這些話語，乃說到神儿女們一切屬靈經歷的開端。露水對花木的生命和生長，是極其重要的。照樣，神也應許要像露水那樣的對待我們。在我們基督徒的生活中，每一件事都是由基督這個源頭供應我們的。祂成為我們的智慧、圣洁是的，祂是我們的一切。并且，當我們接受了祂以后，我們在世上所需要的一切，都在祂里面獲得了解決。离開了基督，神也決不將任何東西當作一种單獨的禮物賜給我們。

祂向我們保證說，「祂要向我們如同甘露。」這節經文的下半節，就描述由露水獲得生命之后，所產生的雙重奇妙果效。在此我們看見了百合花，竟然与利巴嫩香柏樹的根，奇妙的連結在一起。脆弱的美麗，与碩壯的力量，竟能在同一棵植物上互相結合。這樣的奇跡，只能借著天上降下來的露水才能做成的。

" I will be like the dew to Isreal; ...."      (Hosea  NIV)

These words describe the beginning of everything in the experience of God’s children.  Dewfall  is altogether  vital to the and growth of trees and flowers; and to us the Lord Himself promises to be as the dew.  Everything in our life as Christians comes down to us from Christ as source.  He is made unto us wisdom, righteousness,  holiness --- yes, everything, and there is no human need that we shall find unmet as we receive Him, nor indeed will anything be given to us as a separate gift apart from Him. 

“I will be as the dew,” he affirms, and in the next half of the verse, Hosea shows how life with this as its foundation takes on a mysterious dual character.  In it the blossom of the lily is wonderfully linked with the roots of the cedar: frail beauty and massive  strength  united in a single plant.  Such miracle wrought by heaven’s dewfall alone.