一 不要注意谁是帮助你,谁是敌挡你(罗8:31;林前4:3),却应集中你的思想与注意力在这一事实上,上帝要在一切你所做的事上与你同在。因为上帝所帮助的人,任何人的毒计都不足为害。你若能容静忍苦,无疑地,你就必看见上帝的帮助。上帝知道帮助你的时间和帮助你的方式,所以你应当将自己完全顺服于他。帮助人和拯救人脱离一切的迷惑本是属于上帝的责任。别人知道我们的过失加以斥责,对于我们实有益处,因它帮助我们更加保持谦卑的心。

二人若因为过失,自持谦卑,就易于和缓人怒,使他所得罪的人易于满意。上帝保护且拯救谦卑的人(雅4:6;伯22:29)。他喜爱安慰谦卑的人。他眷顾谦卑的人,赐恩与谦卑的人。谦卑人受屈之后,上帝就要使他得着荣耀。上帝向谦卑的人启示他的奥秘(太11:25),吸引邀请谦卑的人到他的面前。谦卑的人虽然遭遇惊惶,仍有平安;因为他是依靠上帝,不是依靠世界。除非你自视在众人之下,你不可想你已经得到了灵性的长进。

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    Humility

    BE NOT troubled about those who are with you or against you, but take care that God be with you in everything you do (Romans 8:31; 1 Corinthians 4:3). Keep your conscience clear and God will protect you, for the malice of man cannot harm one whom God wishes to help. If you know how to suffer in silence, you will undoubtedly experience God’s help. He knows when and how to deliver you; therefore, place yourself in His hands, for it is a divine prerogative to help men and free them from all distress.

    It is often good for us to have others know our faults and rebuke them, for it gives us greater humility. When a man humbles himself because of his faults, he easily placates those about him and readily appeases those who are angry with him. It is the humble man whom God protects and liberates; it is the humble whom He loves and consoles (James 4:6;Job 22:29). To the humble He turns and upon them bestows great grace, that after their humiliation He may raise them up to glory. He reveals His secrets to the humble, and with kind invitation bids them come to Him (Matthew 11:25). Thus, the humble man enjoys peace in the midst of many vexations, because his trust is in God, not in the world. Hence, you must not think that you have made any progress until you look upon yourself as inferior to all others.

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