双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：11月30日 神必同在

11月30日

神必同在

你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们。

雅各书4:8

这是何等蒙福的应许和预备！这意味着我们每个人都可以亲近上帝，并确信祂也会亲近我们——如此亲近，以至于我们能感受到与祂之间有亲密的相交。

这是我们所能知道的最好的体验，能够感受到上帝与我们之间的亲密关系。这概念充满了丰富的意义。

每一个基督徒的生命都与上帝的生命紧密相连，因为我们的生命、动作、存留都在乎祂。祂向我们吹入生命的气息，祂在我们里面注入了与祂自己相似的东西——能够发展成像基督那样的丰富品质。

因为上帝是赐我们生命的源头，所以祂对我们的生命有合理的要求。祂是我们的父，祂理当期盼我们成为祂忠信慈爱的孩子。因为我是祂的孩子，所以祂渴望与我相交。

浪子回头的故事揭示了上帝与人相交的渴望。祂怀念那些远离祂的孩子们，渴望他们回家，与祂亲近。

在整本圣经中，我们看到上帝的恒久忍耐，因为祂寻找那些误入歧途、偏行己路的人——那些生来就注定要成为祂儿女，但却偏离祂的人。从创世纪到启示录，上帝不断地对这些人呼喊：“你们要转向我，我就转向你们。”

上帝想要我们与祂相伴，这似乎不可思议。祂想要我们亲近祂，想成为我们的父，保护我们，劝诫我们，引导我们的人生之路。

今日祷告：

父啊，求祢靠近我！帮助我听到祢的声音，帮助我亲近祢；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

November 30

GOD’S PRESENCE IS PROMISED

Come near to God and he will come near to you.James 4:8,NIV

What a blessed promise and provision this is!It means that each of us can come close to God,with the assurance that He will come close to us-so close that we become conscious of an intimate,personal relationship with Him.

This is the greatest experience we can know,to have this sense of a personal relationship between God and ourselves.The conception is filled with rich meaning.

Every Christian life is closely bound up with the life of God because in Him we live and move and have our being.He breathed into us the breath of life.He has put something within us that is like unto Himself,something capable of developing into the rich quality of Christlike character.

Because God is the giver and source of our life,He has a legitimate claim upon our lives.He is our Father,and He has the right to expect us to be loyal and loving children.Because I am His child,He longs to have a fellowship with me.

The story of the prodigal son is a revelation of God’s desire for human fellowship.He yearns over His children who have wandered far from Him and longs for them to come home and be near to Him.

All through the Bible we see God’s patience and perseverance as He pursues misguided and obstinate men and women-men and women who were born to a high destiny as His sons and daughters,but who strayed from His side.From Genesis to Revelation God is constantly saying to such,“Return to me,and I will return to you.”

Incredible as it may seem,God wants our companionship.He wants to have us close to Him.He wants to be a father to us,to shield us,to protect us,to counsel us,and to guide us in our way through life.

Pray for the Day:

Father,draw near to me.Help me to hear Your voice.Help me to be close to you;in Jesus’Name,Amen.