神“抓”住我们

教会写手

神“抓”住我们

有时，我会听到这样的见证——见证人说：“弟兄们，请为我们代祷告，让我们对神的‘信’会保持到最后。”我不知道这是什么意思？常常，我会微微一笑，并由此想到一个画面：

诺亚和他的家人抓住钉在方舟外侧的几根木桩上，木桩湿漉漉的。这可不是在方舟里面，而是在外面。诺亚对他太太说：“亲爱的，为我祷告。让我对神的‘信’能持守到最后。”朋友，他不会成功的。

但，事实却是——神对诺亚说：“你……进入方舟”（他6：18）。感谢神，他（神）做到了！诺亚进了方舟，神就把方舟的门关了。神把水关在方舟外面，把诺亚关在方舟里面。诺亚“掉”进方舟，却永远不会“掉”入水中。

帖撒罗尼迦前书5：24说：“那召你们的本是信实的，他必成就这事。”这话表明——对于“信”，尽管我们会去“抓”住神，但，最终是神“抓”我们。

                                                                                                                                                                    教会写手 译

God Holds On To Us

Sometimes I hear people share their testimonies, and in the midst they’ll make a comment like, “Brethren, pray for us that we’ll hold out faithful to the end.” I think I know what they mean, but I always smile a little bit because I have the following picture in my mind:


I see Noah and his entire family holding on to some slimy pegs sticking out the side of the ark. Rather than being on the inside of the ark, they’re holding on to the outside of the ark. And Noah says to Mrs. Noah, “Honey, pray for me that I’ll hold out faithful to the end.” Friend, he never would have made it.


But God said to Noah, “Come into the ark” (Genesis 6:18). Thank God that He did! And when Noah came in, God shut the door. The same God that shut the water out, shut Noah in. Now, Noah may have fallen down inside that ark, but he never fell out of it.


First Thessalonians 5:24 says, “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” It’s not that we hold on to Him, though we ought to. But something even better is that He holds on to us!


                                                                                                                                            Adrian Rogers