对今日诗句的想法
身为一名牧师，我很荣幸可以出席很多在人们的生活中的最重要的场合。是好是坏，在生命的十字路口，是一份神圣的信任。在那些最困难的，垂死和死亡的时刻，像这样的诗句有力地填满我的心，并提醒我，为何我要在快要无法承受的境况中呼吁上帝。上帝的应许在这里是一个伟大的提醒，开始时，他救赎了他的百姓出埃及，他也完成带领他们进入应许之地。现在，我们可以听到这些话后面的更强大的承诺。我们可以找到更合理的理由去相信。上帝做了他向以色列保证的。因为他对他们所做的，难道我们不能带着信心说，“我知道你会引导我们到你的圣所？”
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
As a minister, I have been privileged to be present at many of the most important events in people's lives. Being present at these crossroads is a sacred trust. In those hardest moments — tragedy, catastrophe, dying, and death — verses like this one fill my heart with strength, and the promise reminds me why I answered a call to serve in waters way above my head. God's promise in this passage is a great reminder that what he began when he redeemed his people out of Egypt, he completed by bringing them into the Promised Land. Now, we can hear a more powerful promise behind these words through the voice and writing of the apostle Paul to the Philippians.
...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6).
Because of Jesus, we have even confidence to trust God's promises in our verse for today. God did what he said for Israel. Since he did it for them, we confidently say "In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling."
我的祷告
温柔的牧羊犬，你带领我安全度过一些非常困难的时期。现在我为寻求你而活，请让我们知道你的时刻守候。我真的相信你指引我到你的圣所，但有时候，我必须承认，路途变得艰难和信念变得困难。重新赐予我勇气，主啊，就像你对待不愿意的摩西和未通过测试的约书亚那样。那么，亲爱的上帝，请使用我去帮助别人找到你的承诺，回到你家的路。以耶稣的名祷告。阿门。
My Prayer...
Tender Shepherd, you have led me through some tough times and brought me safely through. As I seek to live for you, please make your presence known. I genuinely believe that you are guiding me to your holy dwelling, but I confess, at times, the way becomes difficult, and faith becomes hard. Renew my courage, O Lord, as you did with reluctant Moses and untested Joshua. Then, dear Lord, please use me to help others find your promise and their way home to you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
