Day 65
在生命的道路上攀登
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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耶和華是良善正直的，所以他必指示罪人走正路。
他必按公平引領謙卑人，將他的道教訓他們。（詩篇25:8-9）。

認識上帝的道路需要謙卑。主教導謙卑的人，因為一個人必須願意學習才能被教導，正如我們之前所講，謙卑的一個定義可以是受教。虛心學習是任何人都能擁有的最寶貴的品格之一。

在這段經文中，緊接著我們被告知主會將祂的道路教給謙卑的人，下一節經文給了我們對主的道路最基本的洞察力之一。

凡遵守他的約和他法度的人，耶和華都以慈愛誠實待他。（詩篇25:10和合本）
（直譯：對遵守他的約和他法度的人，耶和華的道路都是慈愛和誠實）

如果我們願意留在主的道路上，我們知道這些道路將是慈愛和誠實。如果你對主的道路有任何懷疑，那就選擇慈愛和誠實的道路。主的慈愛是有限的，如果達到限度，就會導致審判。然而，在整個聖經中，我們看到主通常比祂的子民往往更慈愛。因此，我們從雅各書2:13中得到這個警告和這個希望：

因為那不憐憫人的，也要受無憐憫的審判；憐憫原是向審判誇勝。

加拉太書6:7還告訴我們："不要自欺，神是輕慢不得的。人種的是什麼，收的也是什麼。"因此，如果我們想得到憐憫，我們應該學會在每一次機會中播種憐憫。

就像總統每年新年都會發放赦免令一樣，主也會免費發放赦免令給所有要求的人，以及所有因為十字架而相信祂的憐憫的人。我們可以重新開始，抹去每一個失敗和錯誤。這是基督教最大的好處之一，是地球上任何其他宗教或哲學所無法比擬的。然而，我們也得到指示，如果我們走在祂的道路上，我們也會自由地把赦免傳給那些我們可能會有意見的人。

請求饒恕需要謙卑，也就是承認我們的罪。赦免他人需要對主的道路的瞭解，以及我們的心與之結合。然而，如果我們要保持在生命的道路上，這些是基本的。因此，讓我們給予憐憫，就像它已經免費給予我們一樣。我們所能擁有的最大的自由之一是當我們知道我們的罪已被赦免。我們能知道的第二大自由是當我們饒恕他人時。

主的道路總是在上升，帶我們越來越高地進入聖靈。因為 "耶和華的道路都是慈愛和真理"（見詩篇25:10），當我們在慈愛和真理中成長時，我們將在生活中上升。今天，讓我們尋找我們所擁有的機會來展示這些，並在每一個方面成長。我們是將受益的人，將飛得更高，並找到更多的自由。

DAY 65
Ascending on the Path of Life
Rick Joyner

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way (Psalm 25:8-9).

It takes humility to know God's ways. The Lord teaches the humble His ways because one must be willing to learn in order to be taught, and as we covered previously, one definition of humility could be teachableness. To be open and able to learn is one of the most valuable characteristics that anyone can have.

In this text, right after we are told that the Lord will teach the humble His way, the next verse gives us one of the most basic insights into the Lord's ways:

All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies (Psalm 25:10).

If we will stay on the Lord's paths, we can know that those paths will be lovingkindness and truth. If you are ever in doubt as to the way of the Lord, then choose the way of mercy and truth. There are limits to the Lord's mercy, which if reached will result in judgment. However, throughout the Scriptures we see that the Lord is usually far more merciful than His people tend to be. Therefore, we have this warning and this hope from James 2:13:

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

We are also told in Galatians 6:7, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap." Therefore if we want to receive mercy, we should learn to sow mercy every opportunity that we get.

Just as the President gives out pardons every New Year, the Lord will freely pass out pardons to all who ask, and to all who trust in His mercy because of the cross. We can start all over again, erasing every failure and mistake. That is one of the greatest benefits of Christianity that has no match in any other religion or philosophy on earth. However, we are also instructed that if we are walking in His ways we will also freely pass out pardons to those whom we might be able to hold something against.

It takes humility to ask for forgiveness, which is to acknowledge our sin. It takes the knowledge of the Lord's ways, and a union of our hearts with them, to forgive others. However, if we are going to remain on the path of life, these are fundamental. So let us give mercy just as it has been freely given to us. One of the greatest freedoms we can ever have is when we know that we have been forgiven our sins. The second greatest freedom that we can ever know is when we forgive others.

The paths of the Lord are always ascending, carrying us higher and higher into the Spirit. Because "all of the paths of the Lord are loving-kindness and truth" (see Psalm 25:10), we will ascend in life as we grow in lovingkindness and truth. Let us look today for the opportunities that we have to show these, and to grow in each. We are the ones who will benefit, who will soar higher, and find even more freedom.