8月5日

標　　題：沒有一句話會落空

經　　節：你們是一心一意地知道，耶和華你們神所應許賜福與你們的話沒有一句落空，都應驗在你們身上了。（約書亞記廿三章14節下）

在約書亞走到生命的盡頭時，他和以色列人重溫自跟隨神以後，神所有的作為。神給了他們一個不可能完成的使命，就是要他們征服比自己強大的敵人，敵方擁有強大的軍事力量及堅固的防禦工事城邑。以色列人除了神同在與神必看顧的應許之外，別無可靠。當約書亞回顧過去的經歷，他提醒以色列人，神信守每個應許。

有時候，我們在事後才對神信實的作為恍然大悟。在危難中，我們會懷疑神是否信守諾言。當我們只專注自己的問題時，對神的信心就開始動搖。在神應許賜給亞伯拉罕與撒拉一個兒子之後，他們等了廿四年才等到神成就應許。當大衛逃命時，他可能不確定神會信守承諾，讓自己作王，一直到長期而成功地統治以色列百姓的尾聲，他能夠肯定神信守每個諾言。

你一樣也能倚靠神的信實。你是否正處於危難中？要牢牢捉住主給你的應許！祂不會忘記祂自己對你的應許。回頭檢視你基督徒的生活，重新數算神如何信守祂的話語。

Not One Word Has Failed

And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed. (Joshua 23:14)

Near the end of his life, Joshua took time with the Israelites to review all that God had done for them since they first began following Him. God had given them an impossible assignment: to conquer a foreign and hostile land with fortified cities and armies more powerful than their own. The Israelites were to go forward with nothing more than God’s promise that He would go with them and take care of them. Now Joshua looked back over their experience and reminded the Israelites that God had kept every promise. They had experienced numerous victories and had enjoyed God’s provision for every need.

Sometimes hindsight gives us a clear picture of how faithful God has been. We are tempted during a crisis to wonder if God will be faithful to His promises. We focus on our problems, and our trust in God begins to waver. Twenty-four years after God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, they were still waiting on God to fulfill His promise. But in the twenty-fifth year, Abraham and Sarah could look back and see that God had been faithful. As David was fleeing for his life, he may have been uncertain how God would keep His promise to make him a king. But at the end of his long and prosperous reign, David could review how God had kept every promise.

You, too, can rely on God’s faithfulness. Are you in a crisis? Hold to the promises of your Lord! He will not forget His promises to you. Look back over your Christian life and recount the many ways in which God has been faithful to His word.