‘Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,’
• Psalm 23:6
I only have a simple encouragement for us this week and that is for all of us to take time and rest in the Lord. Psalm 23 brings the reader on a journey which follows God, the Shepherd of all. He brings the psalmist through green pastures and still waters, through the valleys and guides them even in the midst of their enemies. All this journeying has a destination and that destination is eternal rest in the presence of the Lord.
Whatever your journey has been this year whether mountaintops of joy or valleys of grief and death, may we know of the Lord’s will in our travels. May we be reminded that first, the Lord has been guiding us with his sovereign hand in every step of our life and second, that He has a destination in mind for our journey which is into His presence. So, take a moment and reflect on the Lord’s presence in your journey this year and how He is guiding you even now.
Is He bringing you comfort? Discipline? Do you see Him at work even in the presence of opposition? As we become more discerning of our Shepherd’s work, we become less anxious of our own circumstances. As we end of our year, let’s lift our hearts to seek Him before we seek our own goals and ambitions.
In this simple letter I only have one encouragement. Find Rest. Listen to our Shepherd. Have Peace in His presence.
May the Lord bless you now and in the year to come.
「我一生一世必有恩惠、慈愛隨著我，我且要住在耶和華的殿中，直到永遠。」
• 詩篇 23:6
這週，我只有一個簡單的勸勉，就是希望我們每個人都能花時間在主裡休息。詩篇23篇帶領讀者踏上一段跟隨神的旅程，神是所有人的牧者。他引領詩人走過青草地和可安歇的水邊，行過死蔭的幽谷，即使在敵人面前也引導他們。這一切的旅程都有一個目的地，那就是在主的面前得到永恆的安息。
無論今年你的旅程是歡喜的高峰，還是悲傷與死亡的幽谷，願我們在旅途中認識到主的旨意。願我們記得，首先，主以祂主權的手引導我們人生中的每一步；其次，祂為我們的旅程預備了目的地，那就是進入祂的同在。因此，請花點時間回顧今年主在你生命中的同在，並思想祂如何在此時此刻引導你。
祂是否帶來安慰？管教？即使面對反對，你是否看見祂在工作？當我們更敏銳地察覺我們牧者的作為，我們就能減少對自己境況的焦慮。在今年即將結束之際，讓我們振作起來，在尋求自己的目標和抱負之前，先尋求祂。
在這封簡單的信中，我只有一個勸勉，找到安息，聆聽我們的牧者，在祂的同在中得著平安。
願主在現在和來年祝福你。
