六月八日

敵人被殺僕倒的甚多，因爲這爭戰是出乎神。（代上5：22）

戰士啊，要在主耶穌的旗幟之下爭戰，要用屬神的快樂心情來念這一節經句，因爲古時怎樣，現在也怎樣，若爭戰是出乎神，那末勝利一定要屬他。流便人、迦得人和瑪拿西半支派的人只能召集四萬多名勇士，但他們與夏甲人爭戰時却擄了“人十萬”，“被殺僕倒的甚多”，因爲在他們爭戰時“在陣上呼求神，倚賴神”。

神施行拯救不在乎人多人少，若我們在耶和華的名下進軍，雖只有寥寥數人也必獲勝，因爲萬軍之耶和華是我們的元帥。他們幷不忽視盾牌、刀劍和弓箭，但却也不倚靠這些武器；我們必須用各種兵器來爭戰，但我們必須單單信靠耶和華，因爲他是他民的刀劍和盾牌。這次戰爭大獲全勝的最大理由乃在于“爭戰是出乎神”。

親愛的讀者呀！在爭戰的時候，不論是外面的或裏面的仇敵、信心上或行事上的錯誤、高處的或是低處的屬靈罪惡、魔鬼或他的同儕們的攻擊，你乃是爲耶和華爭戰，除非他受挫，你是不用怕失敗的。不要因仇敵衆多而氣餒喪膽，不要因困難和不可能而畏縮退後，不要因受傷和死亡而趑趄不前；要用聖靈兩刃的利劍奮戰，那末敵尸必然盈城盈野，枕藉如山。

這爭戰既是神的，他必將仇敵交在我們手中。我們要用堅定的脚、强壯的手、無畏的心、熾烈的熱誠，全力迎戰，那末衆敵必然像風前的糠秕一樣。“奮起奮起爲耶穌，交戰時日無多，今日雖聞干戈聲，明日即奏凱歌。忠心受難得勝者，必得生命冠冕，與主同死同復活，永遠同操王權。”

June 8

"There fell down many slain, because the war was of God." -- 1 Chronicles 5:22

Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is sure. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh could barely muster five and forty thousand fighting men, and yet in their war with the Hagarites, they slew "men, an hundred thousand," "for they cried to God in the battle, and He was entreated of them, because they put their trust in Him." The Lord saveth not by many nor by few; it is ours to go forth in Jehovah's name if we be but a handful of men, for the Lord of Hosts is with us for our Captain. They did not neglect buckler, and sword, and bow, neither did they place their trust in these weapons; we must use all fitting means, but our confidence must rest in the Lord alone, for He is the sword and the shield of His people. The great reason of their extraordinary success lay in the fact that "the war was of God." Beloved, in fighting with sin without and within, with error doctrinal or practical, with spiritual wickedness in high places or low places, with devils and the devil's allies, you are waging Jehovah's war, and unless He himself can be worsted, you need not fear defeat. Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not from difficulties or impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, smite with the two-edged sword of the Spirit, and the slain shall lie in heaps. The battle is the Lord's and He will deliver His enemies into our hands. With steadfast foot, strong hand, dauntless heart, and flaming zeal, rush to the conflict, and the hosts of evil shall fly like chaff before the gale.

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

The strife will not be long;

This day the noise of battle,

The next the victor's song:

To him that overcometh,

A crown of life shall be;

He with the King of glory

Shall reign eternally.