November 5

“Is there anything too hard for Jehovah?” (Gen.18:14)

Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest¹ desire and longing² of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourselves or for someone dear to us, yet which has been so long unfulfilled that we have looked upon it as only a lost desire, that which might have been but now cannot be, and so have given up hope of seeing it fulfilled in this life.

That thing, if it is in line with what we know to be His expressed will (as a son to Abraham and Sarah was), God intends to do for us, even if we know that it is of such utter impossibility that we only laugh at the absurdity³ of anyone's supposing it could ever now come to pass. That thing God intends to do for us, if we will let Him.

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Not when we believe in Him enough to go forward and do His will, and let Him do the impossible for us. Even Abraham and Sarah could have blocked God's plan if they had continued to disbelieve.

The only thing too hard for Jehovah is deliberate, continued disbelief in His love and power, and our final rejection⁴ of His plans for us. Nothing is too hard for Jehovah to do for them that trust Him ━Messages for the Morning Watch

十一月五日

「耶和华岂有难成的事么？」 （创十八:14）

这是神今天给你我的一个责问。也许我们心中曾经有过一个最深、最高、最大的愿望━或者是关于我们自己的，或者是关于我们所爱的人的━经过了好久，还没有成就；我们就以为以前还有成功的可能，现在是绝不能成功的了，于是就把今生能成为事实的希望完全放弃了。

那一个愿望，如果是合乎神旨意的，神必替我们成就；虽然照我们看来，也许是完全不可能的一回事了──也许我们一听见人说起，还会笑为荒谬。那一个愿望，神必替我们成就，如果我们肯让祂成就。

「耶和华岂有难成的事么？」没有；如果我们相信祂，按照祂的旨意前行，让祂独自去替我们做那不可能的，耶和华就没有难成的事了。不然的话，连亚伯拉罕和撒拉也有拦阻神旨意的可能。

那惟一能拦阻神的，就是：继续不信祂的慈爱与能力；和一直拒绝神在我们身上的计划。对于那些信靠祂的人，耶和华是没有一件难成的事的。━译自晨更信息

1 worthiest   

应得某事物( worthy的最高级 )； 值得做某事； 可尊敬的； 有（某人或事物）的典型特征

参考例句：

• We assure you that we are your worthiest business partner within tremendously changeable and competitive environment. 在当今激烈变化的竞争环境中，我们将是您值得信赖的成长伙伴。
• And with those hands, that grasp'd the heaviest club, Subdue my worthiest self. 让我用这一双曾经握过最沉重的武器的手，征服我最英雄的自己。

2 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

3 absurdity   

n.荒谬，愚蠢；谬论

参考例句：

• The proposal borders upon the absurdity.这提议近乎荒谬。
• The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.情况的荒谬可笑使每个人都笑了。

4 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。