December 21

“To him will I give the land that he hath trodden¹ upon because he hath wholly² followed the Lord”(Deut.1:36)

Every hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do, has a blessing³ in it. Not to do it, at whatever cost, is to miss the blessing.

Every hard piece of road on which you see the Master's shoe-prints and along which He bids you follow Him, surely leads to blessing, which you cannot get if you cannot go over the steep, thorny⁴ path.

Every point of battle to which you come, where you must draw your sword and fight the enemy, has a possible victory which will prove a rich blessing to your life. Every heavy load that you are called to lift hides in itself some strange secret of strength. ━J. R. Miller⁵

“I cannot do it alone;

The waves run fast and high,

And the fogs close all around,

The light goes out in the sky;

But I know that we two

Shall win in the end,

Jesus and I.”

“Coward and wayward and weak,

I change with the changing sky;

Today so eager and bright,

Tomorrow too weak to try;

But He never gives in,

So we two shall win,

Jesus and I.”

“I could not guide it myself,

My boat on life’s wild sea;

There’s One who sits by my side,

Who pulls and steers⁶ with me.

And I know that we two,

Shall safe enter port,

Jesus and I.”

十二月二十一日

「我要将他所踏过的地赐给他……因为他专心跟从我。」 （申一:36）

信徒啊，在你所走的道路上，你是不是常遇见困难的事、不愿意的事、痛苦的事呢？在每一件这样的事里面，都藏着一个极大的祝福。你如果不肯出任何代价去做的话，你就会失去顶宝贵的祝福。

每一条有主足迹的道路，无论如何艰险，你必须跟着去行，因为那是带领你进入祝福的；如果你不能走那样险阻的荆棘道路，你就不要想得到祝福。

路上每一个战争，你都有获胜的可能；这样的胜利，对于你的灵命是极大的祝福。每一个要你负荷的重担，其中都隐藏着神的能力。━密勒

我不能单独航行,

波浪如此暴戾,

四周浓雾重重,

天空一片昏暗；

但我知道我们俩人,

耶稣和我终会胜利。

懦弱、胆怯、犹豫不定,

我心随着莫测的天空在摇曳；

今天这样热心和高兴,

明天却衰弱得毫无勇气；

但祂从不掘服退缩,

耶稣和我终会胜利。

我自己不会驾驶我的船,

渡过这人生的大海,

有一位坐在我身边,

同我一起掌舵和划浆。

我知道我们俩人,

耶稣和我将安全进港。

1 trodden   

v.踩，踏( tread的过去分词 )；踩成；踏出；步行于

参考例句：

• The people have been trodden down for too long. 人民受践踏的时间太久了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cattle had trodden a path to the pond. 牛群踏出了一条通往池塘的小径。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 wholly   

adv.完全地，全部地

参考例句：

• I wholly agree with you.我完全同意你。
• His story is wholly fictitious.他的故事全是编造的。

3 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

4 thorny   

adj.多刺的，棘手的

参考例句：

• The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
• The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。

5 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

6 steers   

n.阉公牛，肉用公牛( steer的名词复数 )v.驾驶( steer的第三人称单数 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• This car steers easily. 这部车子易于驾驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Good fodder fleshed the steers up. 优质饲料使菜牛长肉。 来自辞典例句