每日365

七月四日                                              

如果我们能信赖上帝会照料我们的生命的话,我们为什么不能信赖他会照料我们的死亡呢?

对基督徒来说,想到有关死亡或天堂已不再是一个负担、也不再是一件令人担心的事了。它是一个胜利!它是一个解放、一个毕业!“死啊!你的毒钩在那里?坟墓啊,你得胜的权势在那里?”(林前15:55-57)对一个得救的、复活的基督徒来说,死亡并没有毒钩,坟墓也并不是一种失败!我们的死亡将会是一个战胜坟墓的胜利、战胜罪的胜利、战胜魔鬼的胜利!它是一个荣耀的胜利,荣耀地进入到天堂的境界里!

上帝知道你该在何时、如何去死亡。如果你是一个基督徒、并爱上主的话,上帝就早已指定了那个在你工作完成时的死亡时间和地点。“因这神永永远远为我们的神,他必作我们引路的,直到死时。”(诗48:14)当死亡的时刻来临时,他将会给你死时的恩典。我们既然以耶稣的名来做每一件事情,那么为什么不能以耶稣的名去死呢?并且,为什么不能信赖他去决定你该怎样、在什么时候、什么地方、为他的荣耀而死呢?

上帝祝福和保守你去信赖他,甚至在经历死亡之时!不要担心,你将会这样做的!你死时就会像你活着时一样,仍然在信赖他!

 

DAILY 365

July  4

If we can trust God with our lives, why can’t we trust Him with our deaths?

For the Christian, thinking ahead about death is not a burden anymore. It’s no longer something to worry about. It’s a victory, a release, a graduation. “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55–57). Death has no sting and the grave is no defeat for the Christian who has salvation and is promised resurrection. Our death will be a victory over the grave and sin and the Devil—a glorious victory and a glorious entry into the heavenlies.

God knows when and how we’re supposed to die, and we’d better let God make that decision and leave it in His hands. “For this is God, our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to death” (Psalm 48:14). When it comes time to die, if we are Christians and love the Lord, He’ll give us dying grace. We trust God for everything else, so why not trust Him to determine the time, place, and way we die?

God bless and keep you trusting even through death—and don’t worry, He will. You’ll die like you lived, still trusting!