May 22

"He worketh." (Psalm 37:5)

The translation that we find in Young of "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass," reads: "Roll upon Jehovah thy way; trust upon him: and he worketh."

It calls our attention to the immediate¹ action of God when we truly commit, or roll out of our hands into His, the burden of whatever kind it may be; a way of sorrow, of difficulty, of physical need, or of anxiety for the conversion² of some dear one.

"He worketh." When? Now. We are so in danger of postponing³ our expectation of His acceptance of the trust, and His undertaking⁴ to accomplish what we ask Him to do, instead of saying as we commit, "He worketh." "He worketh" even now; and praise Him that it is so.

The very expectancy⁵ enables the Holy Spirit to do the very thing we have rolled upon Him. It is out of our reach. We are not trying to do it any more. "He worketh!"

Let us take the comfort out of it and not put our hands on it again. Oh, what a relief it brings! He is really working on the difficulty.

But someone may say, "I see no results." Never mind. "He worketh," if you have rolled it over and are looking to Jesus to do it. Faith may be tested, but "He worketh"; the Word is sure! --V. H. F.

"I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me." (Psalm 57:2)

The beautiful old translation says, "He shall perform the cause which I have in hand." Does not that make it very real to us today? Just the very thing that "I have in hand"--my own particular bit of work today, this cause that I cannot manage, this thing that I undertook in miscalculation of my own powers--this is what I may ask Him to do "for me," and rest assured that He will perform it. "The wise and their works are in the hands of God." –Havergal.

The Lord will go through with His covenant⁶ engagements. Whatever He takes in hand He will accomplish; hence past mercies are guarantees for the future and admirable reasons for continuing to cry unto Him. --C. H. Spurgeon.

　 五月二十二日

“他就工作”（诗三十七：5直译）。

　　杨氏译本把诗篇三十七篇五节“当将你的事交托耶和华，并倚靠他，他就必成全”译作“当将你的事辊在耶和华身上倚靠他，他就工作”。

　　这给我们看见当我们把无论什么重担真正交托，或者从我们手中辊到他手中的时候，他就立刻工作；他并非将要工作，或者或许工作，乃是就工作——现在就工作。真的，如果我们把所有的重担——忧愁的重担，难处的重担，物质需要的重担，工作的重担等等——都交托他，他必现在就替我们工作。

　　诗篇说：“他就工作”。什么时候呢？现在！可是我们信神现在就工作的信心太迟钝。我们不信当我们——交托给神的时候，神就工作；我们以为神必慢慢而行。我们立刻信，神就立刻行；我们就用不着自己再去试了。我们不能，神能；赞美感谢他！

　　立刻的期望，可使圣灵眷顾到我们所交托的事。这不是我们的能力所及，亦不必自己去徒然费力，“他就工作”。

　　让我们在这里享受安息，不要把我们的手放上去罢！哦，多么轻松！他正在替我们工作！

　　但是有人要说：“我看不见什么结果”。不要紧的。如果你已经辊给他了“他就工作”。信心或许要受试验，但是他的话语必定可靠！

“我要求告至高的神，就是为我成全诸事的神”（诗五十七：2）。

　　有一种古译本把“为我成全诸事”译作“为我成全在我手中的事”。正在我手中的事——今天我自己的一点特别的琐事我所不能办的事情——这就是我可以求他“为我”作的；让我们自己安息下来罢！深信他必成全。“智慧人，并他们的作为都在神手中”（传九：1）。——海弗格尔

　　神必履行他的圣约，凡在神手中的，神必成全。因此过去的恩典，即为将来的保障，也是继续求告于神的力量。——司布真

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

3 postponing   

v.延期，推迟( postpone的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。 来自辞典例句
• I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。 来自辞典例句

4 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

5 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

6 covenant   

n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约

参考例句：

• They refused to covenant with my father for the property.他们不愿与我父亲订立财产契约。
• The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。