双语灵修(葛培理牧师):8 月 17 日 超越奥秘
8 月 17 日
超越奥秘
深哉,神丰富的智慧和知识。祂的判断何其难测,祂的踪迹何其难寻。
罗马书 11:33
纵观我们生存的世界,有许多困惑、迷团和奥秘似乎无解。然而,人类总被无法理解的事物困扰、迷惑着。
原始人和现代人一样,不断探索宇宙的奥秘,满怀敬畏,仰望夜空,惊叹于那充满无数 令人费解的光亮的、神秘的黑色空间。
1985年,引力之谜,促使艾萨克·牛顿爵士探索为什么比空气重的物体会被地心吸引。
闪电之谜,促使本杰明·富兰克林在雷雨天将一把钥匙系在风筝尾部,以证明了闪电和电能是否相同。
原子的潜能之谜,促使爱因斯坦、费米等人探究了物质中潜在的能量,原子能如今已家喻户晓。
过去,科学已揭开一些奥秘,但仍有另一些奥秘让人困惑。有个事实依然存在:古往今来人类积累的所有智慧,只是探索宇宙知识的冰山一角。
在很大程度上,神保留着祂的秘密,人类踮起智慧的脚尖,也只能了解神作为的一小部分。
无法完全了解神的奥秘,丝毫不会削弱基督徒的信仰。相反的,它增强了我们的信心。我们不明白星体运行的复杂模式,但我们知道,创造星辰的主明白。正如祂使星辰运转一样,祂也正为我们指明一条安全的道路。
今日祷告:
天父上帝,您奇妙非凡!您丰富的智慧和知识深不可测,美妙而神奇!奉耶稣的名祷告,阿们。
August 17
SEE BEYOND THE MYSTERIES
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11:33
As we look at the world in which we live, there are many confusions, bewilderments, and mysteries that seemingly have no solution. Man, however, has always been bewildered and confused by things which are beyond his understanding.
Primitive man, like modern man, probed the universe for its secrets and looked up at the night sky in awe and wonder at the mystery of the black space with its myriads of inexplicable lights.
It was the mystery of gravitation which challenged Sir Isaac Newton in 1685 to explore the reasons why objects heavier than air were attracted to the center of the earth.
It was the mystery of lightning that prompted Benjamin Franklin to attach a key to the tail of a kite during a thunderstorm, to prove the identity of lightning and electricity.
It was the mystery of the latent power of the atom which challenged Einstein, Fermi, and others to probe into the dormant energy in matter. Atomic energy is now a household word.
Some of the mysteries of the past have been fathomed by science. Others still puzzle mankind. This fact remains: All of the garnered wisdom of the ages is only a scratch on the surface of man’s search for the knowledge of the universe.
For the most part, God retains His secrets, and man, standing on his intellectual tiptoes, can comprehend only a small fraction of the Lord’s doings.
This inability fully to comprehend the mysteries of God does not in any way curtail the Christian faith. On the contrary, it enhances our belief. We do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us.
Pray for the Day:
Father, God, You are wonderful and marvelous. The depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge that You have are unsearchable and marvelous and wonderful; we pray in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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