五月廿五日

耶和華啊，求你不要撇棄我……（詩38：21）

我們在患難和迷惑當中的時候常求神不要離棄我們，但我們忘記在任何時候都應當這樣禱告。在我們的一生當中，不論我們多麼聖潔，我們沒有一個時候不需要他的扶持的。不論在光明或在黑暗當中，在親近主和迷惑當中，我們都當這樣禱告：“耶和華啊，求你不要撇棄我。”“求你扶持我，我便得救。”小孩子在學走路的時候，總是需要大人的幫助。舵手一鬆手，船就馬上離了她的航線。我們不能不時時需要從上面來的幫助。願你今天這樣禱告：“不要撇棄我。父啊！不要撇棄你的孩子，免得他落在仇敵的手中。牧人啊！不要撇棄你的小羊，免得它遠離安全的羊圈。栽培者啊！不要撇棄你的樹，免得它枯萎凋蔽。‘耶和華啊，求你不要撇棄我。’現在，並且在我一生當中都不撇棄我。在我歡樂的時候不要撇棄我，免得我的心受勾引；在我愁苦的時候不要撇棄我，免得我抱怨你；在我才悔改的時候不要撇棄我，免得我失去蒙赦的盼望，便落在絕望之中；在我信心堅固的時候不要撇棄我，免得我的信心退步；不要撇棄我，因為沒有你，我就軟弱無力，但有了你我就剛強起來；不要撇棄我，因為我的道路危險，滿了陷阱，我不能沒有你的指引。母雞不撇棄它的小雞，願你也這樣用你的翅膀掩護我，叫我在你的恩翼之下得到保障。‘求你不要遠離我，因為急難臨近了，沒有人幫助我。’‘救我的神啊！不要丟掉我，也不要離棄我。”’願我們潔淨我們的心，使神的靈永遠居住在其中。

May 25

"Forsake me not, O Lord." -- Psalm 38:21

Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without His constant upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in temptation, we alike need the prayer, "Forsake me not, O Lord." "Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe." A little child, while learning to walk, always needs the nurse's aid. The ship left by the pilot drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without continued aid from above; let it then be your prayer to-day, "Forsake me not. Father, forsake not Thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not Thy lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake not Thy plant, lest it wither and die. 'Forsake me not, O Lord,' now; and forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me not in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my sorrows, lest I murmur against Thee. Forsake me not in the day of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for without Thee I am weak, but with Thee I am strong. Forsake me not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot do without Thy guidance. The hen forsakes not her brood, do Thou then evermore cover me with Thy feathers, and permit me under Thy wings to find my refuge. 'Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.' 'Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!'"