双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：8月1日 圣灵作工

8月1日

圣灵作工

“盼望不至于羞耻，因为所赐给我们的圣灵将神的爱浇灌在我们心里。”

罗马书 5:5 

多年前当我去欧洲布道时，我喜欢乘船旅行，可以享受在船上的五天时光。在一次旅行中，美国船长安德森带我下去看船上的陀螺仪。他说：“当海浪汹涌时，陀螺仪可以使船保持平稳。即便是滔天巨浪，陀螺仪也能使船保持稳定和高度平衡。”

我一边听一边想，圣灵就好像陀螺仪，当人生的风暴席卷我们的头顶，当仇敌撒但如洪水般攻击，当悲伤、痛苦、诱惑、试探冲向我们，只要圣灵住在我们心里，我们心里就完全平静安稳。在谈到生命被圣灵充满的秘诀时，伟大的福音宣教士穆迪说：“当我们的心被清空，再没有骄傲、自私、野心和一切违反上帝律法的东西时，圣灵就会充满我们心灵的每一个角落。 但如果我们心中充满骄傲、自负、野心和世俗，上帝的灵就没有容身之地了。”

你的人生是否偏离正轨？如果偏离了正轨，也许你就需要上帝的陀螺仪 —— 圣灵来平衡。今天你就来寻求祂和祂的旨意吧。

今日祷告：

天父，我祈求祢用圣灵充满我，让我走在正道上。求祢让我知道祢心中的意愿，拿走我心里的骄傲；奉耶稣的圣名，阿们。

August 1

GOD’S GYROSCOPE

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.    Romans 5:5

Years ago when I traveled to Europe to preach I liked to travel by sea, to enjoy the five days on the ship. On one of my voyages Captain Anderson of the United States took me down to see the ship’s gyroscope. He said, “When the sea is rough, the gyroscope helps to keep the ship on an even keel. Though the waves may reach tremendous proportions, the gyroscope helps to stabilize the vessel and maintain a high degree of equilibrium.” As I listened, I thought how like the gyroscope is the Holy Spirit. Let the storms of life break over our heads. Let the enemy Satan come in like a flood. Let the waves of sorrow, suffering, temptation, and testing be unleashed upon us. Our souls will be kept on an even keel and in perfect peace when the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts.

Talking about the secret of Spirit-filled living, the great evangelist D. L. Moody said, “I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God’s law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God.”

Is your life on course or off? If it is off course, perhaps you need the equilibrium of God’s gyroscope-His Holy Spirit. Seek Him and His will for you today.

Pray for the Day:

Father, I pray that You will fill me with Your Holy Spirit, and keep me on course. And give me the desires of Your heart, and take away the pride from my heart; in Jesus’ Name, Amen.