November 20

“Blessed is he that waiteth” (Dan.12:12)

It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures¹ which a Christian² soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God's warriors³ than standing⁴ still.

There are hours of perplexity when the most willing spirit, anxiously desirous to serve the Lord, knows not what part to take. Then what shall it do? Vex⁵ itself by despair? Fly back in cowardice⁶, turn to the right hand in fear, or rush forward in presumption⁷?

No, but simply wait. Wait in prayer, however. Call upon God and spread the case before Him; tell Him your difficulty, and plead His promise of aid.

Wait in faith. Express your unstaggering confidence in Him. Believe that if He keep you tarrying even till midnight, yet He will come at the right time; the vision shall come, and shall not tarry.

Wait in quiet patience. Never murmur⁸ against the second cause, as the children of Israel did against Moses. Accept the case as it is, and put it as it stands, simply and with your whole heart, without any self-will, into the hand of your covenant⁹ God, saying, “Now, Lord, not my will, but Thine be done. I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities¹⁰; but I will wait until Thou shalt cleave¹¹ the floods, or drive back my foes¹². I will wait, if Thou keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed¹³ upon Thee alone, O God, and my spirit waiteth for Thee in full conviction that Thou wilt¹⁴ yet be my joy and my salvation¹⁵, my refuge and my strong tower.” ━Morning by Morning

Wait, patiently wait,

God never is late;

Thy budding plans are in Thy Father's holding,

And only wait His grand divine unfolding.

Then wait, wait,

Patiently wait.

Trust, hopefully trust,

That God will adjust

Thy tangled¹⁶ life; and from its dark concealings,

Will bring His will, in all its bright revealings.

Then trust, trust,

Hopefully trust.

Rest, peacefully rest

On thy Saviour's breast;

Breathe in His ear thy sacred high ambition,

And He will bring it forth¹⁷ in blest fruition.

Then rest, rest,

Peacefully rest!

━Mercy A. Gladwin

十一月二十日

「等到….的，那人便为有福。」 （但十二:12）

「等候」这件事，看看似乎顶容易，可是学学总要花几年。「开步走」、「跑步」，比「立正」容易得多。

许多时候，我们顶愿意、顶渴望事奉神，但是不知道怎样着手。那么，怎么样呢？就此绝望、烦恼么？就此胆怯、退后么？就此惧怕、停住么？还是擅自前冲呢？

不，都不；只要等候。

用祷告等候、呼求神，把事情展在祂面前；把你的难处告诉祂，向祂求应许。

用信心等候。向祂表白你对于祂不移的信任。你要相信：就是祂叫你等到半夜，祂也必按时来临。

用忍耐等候。不要发怨言，像以色列人向摩西发怨言一样。用简单的心完全接受凡临到你身上的一切，把它们放在神的手里，说：「现在，主阿，不要成就我的意思，只要成就祢的意思。我不知道该怎样做；我的心非常痛苦；但是我愿意等候祢来叫水分开，使敌溃退。我愿意等候，就是祢叫我等候多日，我也愿意；因为我的心单仰望祢，哦，神阿，我深信祢是我的喜乐、我的拯救、我的避难所、我的坚固台。」━每晨必读

等待,耐心等待,

神从不把时间忘怀；

你那锦绣前途,握在天父手中,

只要等候祂尊贵神圣来开启。

等待,等待,耐心等待。

信赖,热诚地信赖,

一切是神旨意的安排,

你那纷乱的生命,出自黑暗的隐密处,

神把祂的旨意,在光明中全部揭开。

信赖,信赖,热诚信赖,

安息,安息在

救主慈爱的胸怀,

在祂身边倾吐你仰慕的抱负,

祂会使你抱负结出幸福果实来。

安息,安息在救主的胸怀。

━格莱特温

1 postures   

姿势( posture的名词复数 )； 看法； 态度； 立场

参考例句：

• Modern consciousness has this great need to explode its own postures. 现代意识很有这种摧毁本身姿态的需要。
• They instinctively gathered themselves into more tidy postures. 她们本能地恢复了端庄的姿态。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 vex   

vt.使烦恼，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Everything about her vexed him.有关她的一切都令他困惑。
• It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back.一想到别人在背后说我闲话，我就很恼火。

6 cowardice   

n.胆小，怯懦

参考例句：

• His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。

7 presumption   

n.推测，可能性，冒昧，放肆，[法律]推定

参考例句：

• Please pardon my presumption in writing to you.请原谅我很冒昧地写信给你。
• I don't think that's a false presumption.我认为那并不是错误的推测。

8 murmur   

n.低语，低声的怨言；v.低语，低声而言

参考例句：

• They paid the extra taxes without a murmur.他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
• There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.大厅里有窃窃私语声。

9 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。

10 extremities   

n.端点( extremity的名词复数 )；尽头；手和足；极窘迫的境地

参考例句：

• She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities. 我觉得她那副穷极可怜的样子实在太惹人注目。 来自辞典例句
• Winters may be quite cool at the northwestern extremities. 西北边区的冬天也可能会相当凉。 来自辞典例句

11 cleave   

v．(clave；cleaved)粘着，粘住；坚持；依恋

参考例句：

• It examines how the decision to quit gold or to cleave to it affected trade policies.论文分析了放弃或坚持金本位是如何影响贸易政策的。
• Those who cleave to the latter view include many conservative American politicians.坚持后一种观点的大多是美国的保守派政客。

12 foes   

敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
• She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。

13 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

14 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。

15 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

16 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

17 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。