Philippians 4:6-9 (NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Do you remember how the disciples doubted the love of Jesus when they said to Jesus, “don’t you care that we are perishing?” (Matthew 8:25) even though Jesus had promised them that they were crossing to the other side? They said those words when they saw the wind and the waves, and the water was coming into the boat.
If God had gone to such extent to show forth His love for us by sending His only begotten Son to die for us, He will not allow His love to depart from us in any circumstances whether it is tribulation, trials, nakedness, needs, famines, sicknesses, or any form of danger. In fact, He has dealt with the sin issue by nailing Jesus on the cross, so that neither death nor life will be able to separate us because we will spend eternity with Him even though we will die. This must be our conviction in the face of any kind of danger or challenge in life, and this should be our meditation based on the Word so that we can keep the peace in our hearts and minds, thus allowing the Word to produce manifold in our lives.
The key to experiencing God’s peace in our lives is to meditate on His Word. Meditate on the truths that He is faithful and good and He has no favourites; if He has journeyed with the Israelites when they cried out to Him during their time of oppression and delivered and redeemed them, He will do the same for us, and nothing will separate you from God’s love and His eyes are on the righteous. These are good reports, true, pure, lovely and just. When we begin to meditate on these things and keep the Word that has been sown into our hearts, the devil won’t be able to steal anything from us using tribulation and persecution, and we will rest in God’s love, peace, and joy.
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默想神的话语
腓立比书 4:6-9 应当一无挂虑，只要凡事藉着祷告、祈求，和感谢，将你们所要的告诉神。 神所赐、出人意外的平安必在基督耶稣里保守你们的心怀意念。弟兄们，我还有未尽的话：凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的，若有什么德行，若有什么称赞，这些事你们都要思念。你们在我身上所学习的，所领受的，所听见的，所看见的，这些事你们都要去行，赐平安的神就必与你们同在。
还记得门徒在风浪中怀疑耶稣的爱吗？他们对耶稣说：“主啊，救我们，我们丧命啦！”（马太福音8:25）尽管耶稣已经应许他们要渡到彼岸，但当他们看到风浪汹涌，船开始进水时，他们说出这样的话。
如果神如此大爱我们，以致愿意差遣独生子为我们而死，那么无论在任何环境中，无论是患难、试炼、赤身露体、贫穷、饥饿、疾病还是危险，祂都不会让祂的爱离开我们。事实上，祂已经藉著耶稣被钉十字架将罪的问题解决了，所以无论是死，是生都不能将我们与祂分开，因为即使离世我们也将与祂共度永恒。面对任何形式的危险或挑战，这必须是我们所确信的，我们要根据神的话语来默想，如此我们才能保持我们思想意念的平安，让神的话语在我们生活中多倍地结果。
经历神平安的关键是默想祂的话语。默想祂是忠信和美善的真理，祂没有偏袒；祂曾与以色列人同行，当他们在受压迫时向祂呼求，祂拯救和赎回了他们，祂也会为我们做同样的事，没有什么能将你与神的爱隔绝，祂的眼目看顾着义人。这些都是好消息，真实、纯洁、可爱、公正的事。当我们开始默想这些事并保守在我们心中所播种的话语时，魔鬼就无法借着患难和逼迫从我们那里夺走任何东西，我们将安息在神的爱、平安和喜乐中。
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