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不要急冲
经文: 「你们中间谁是敬畏耶和华听从祂仆人之话的。这人行在暗中，没有亮光，当倚
靠耶和华的名，仗赖自己的上帝。」（赛五十10）
一个信徒在黑暗苦闷中应该怎样呢？在疑难困恼中应该怎样呢？一个忠心顺服
上帝旨意的信徒常会遭到黑暗苦闷的经历，有时竟会叫他不知道该怎样行──天上满布
着黑云，路上也看不见亮光；眞好像在暗中摸索一般。
亲爱的，这在暗中摸索的是不是正是你呢？一个信徒在这种黑暗苦闷的时候该
怎样行呢？听上帝的话！ 「当倚靠耶和华的名，仗赖自己的上帝。」
第一件当做的事，就是不做什么。这是可怜的人性很难做到的一件事。在西方
有一句格言说：「困恼的时候不要急冲。」这意思就是说：「你不知当做什么的时候，
就当不做。」
要是前面有雾，就不该再向前航行。在必需的时候，还该抛下锚去。照样，在
黑暗苦闷的时候，我们不该再做什么。我们所要做的只是信靠仰赖上帝。惟有在我们信
靠的时候，上帝才能替我们工作。如果我们的心仍自忧急痛苦，如果覆蔽我们的黑暗仍
能叫我们恐怖，如果我们仍然东奔西走地去逃避上帝给我们的试炼，我告诉你：上帝一
点都不能替我们做什么。
我们应当静下我们的心来安息在上帝的平安里。我们应当像小孩一般把我们的
手放在上帝的手中，让祂引领我们进入祂爱的光明中去。
树林里的路径只有祂最熟悉，所以让我们爬上祂的双臂去；祂必怀抱我们从最
简捷最稳妥的路径出去。 ──巴亭登（Dr. Pardington）
我们不知道该怎样驾驶的时候，旁边绝不会没有向导的。
Don't Rush
Scripture: "Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of
his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust
in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God" (Isa. 50:10, RV).
What shall the believer do in times of darkness--the darkness of
perplexity and confusion, not of heart but of mind? Times of darkness come
to the faithful and believing disciple who is walking obediently in the will
of God; seasons when he does not know what to do, nor which way to turn.
The sky is overcast with clouds. The clear light of Heaven does not shine
upon his pathway. One feels as if he were groping his way in darkness.
Beloved, is this you? What shall the believer do in times of
darkness? Listen! "Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely upon his
God."
The first thing to do is do nothing. This is hard for poor human
nature to do. In the West there is a saying that runs thus, "When you're
rattled, don't rush"; in other words, "When you don't know what to do, don't
do it."
When you run into a spiritual fog bank, don't tear ahead; slow down
the machinery of your life. If necessary, anchor your bark or let it swing
at its moorings. We are to simply trust God. While we trust, God can work.
Worry prevents Him from doing anything for us. If our minds are distracted
and our hearts distressed; if the darkness that overshadows us strikes
terror to us; if we run hither and yon in a vain effort to find some way of
escape out of a dark place of trial, where Divine providence has put us, the
Lord can do nothing for us.
The peace of God must quiet our minds and rest our hearts. We must
put our hand in the hand of God like a little child, and let Him lead us out
into the bright sunshine of His love.
He knows the way out of the woods. Let us climb up into His arms,
and trust Him to take us out by the shortest and surest road.--Dr.
Pardington
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