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Rev Xi An Poon

今天詩篇第13篇讓我們看見，一個人失去力量，很多時候不只是因為外面的事情太難，而是因為心一直停留在那個難處裡。當我們看不見神的同在、看不見神的保守、看不見事情有改變的時候，裡面的心就很容易開始翻騰，開始自己籌算，開始充滿憂愁，也開始被負面的感覺一直拉住。

大衛一開始就是這樣。他覺得神好像忘記了他，神好像掩面不顧他，外面又有仇敵壓制他，所以他的心裡一直受苦，一直翻騰。但寶貴的是，他沒有讓自己一直留在那裡。他一步一步把心轉回神，最後重新得回喜樂、歌唱和力量。

今天神也在提醒我們：當心轉向神，力量就會回來。

一、不要讓心停留在受困裡
“我心裡籌算，終日愁苦……我的仇敵升高壓制我，要到幾時呢？”
詩篇13:2

很多時候，我們不是立刻被事情打倒，而是心一直停留在那個受困的感覺裡。一直想，一直算，一直看環境，一直看人的反應，到最後裡面的力量就慢慢流走了。

今天神不是要我們否認痛苦，也不是要我們假裝沒事，而是不要讓心一直住在那個受困的地方。你可以承認自己累，你可以承認自己裡面有壓力，但不要讓那個難處成為你裡面最後的聲音。

二、把心轉回神的光中
“耶和華─我的神啊，求你看顧我，應允我！使我眼目光明……”
詩篇13:3

大衛沒有停在自己的感覺裡，他開始重新呼求神。他說：“耶和華─我的神啊。”這是一個很重要的轉向。雖然環境還未改變，但他的心開始回到神那裡。

當人一直看環境，眼目就會昏暗；當人重新轉向神，眼目就會明亮。今天我們也需要這樣禱告：主啊，求你看顧我，求你應允我，求你使我眼目光明。當神的光進來，我們就不再只看見不可能，也不再只看見自己的無力，而是重新看見神仍然同在，仍然掌權，仍然會帶領我們。

三、讓心安息在神的慈愛裡
“但我倚靠你的慈愛；我的心因你的救恩快樂。”
詩篇13:5

真正的恢復，不只是事情立刻改變，而是心重新安息在神的慈愛裡。大衛最後不是抓住環境，而是抓住神的慈愛；不是先看見問題都解決了，才有力量，而是先把心安放在神的恩典裡，然後快樂回來了，歌唱也回來了。

今天若我們的心一直抓住負面、抓住感覺、抓住憂慮，就會越來越沒有力量；但若我們的心開始抓住神的慈愛，抓住神的救恩，抓住神用厚恩待我們的事實，裡面的力量就會慢慢回來。

弟兄姊妹，今天也許你的環境還未改變，但你的心可以先轉回來。不要讓心一直停留在受困裡，讓心轉回神的光中，也讓心安息在祂的慈愛裡。當心轉向神，力量就會回來。

禱告：
主啊，當我的心被環境困住、被負面感覺拉住、被憂愁壓住的時候，求你不要讓我一直停留在那裡。求你使我的眼目光明，重新看見你仍然同在、仍然看顧我。也求你把我的心帶回你的慈愛裡，使我重新得回喜樂、盼望和力量。奉主耶穌的名，阿們。

詩篇 13

大衛的詩，交於伶長。

1 耶和華啊，你忘記我要到幾時呢？要到永遠嗎？你掩面不顧我要到幾時呢？
2 我心裡籌算，終日愁苦，要到幾時呢？我的仇敵升高壓制我，要到幾時呢？
3 耶和華我的神啊，求你看顧我，應允我，使我眼目光明，免得我沉睡至死，
4 免得我的仇敵說「我勝了他」，免得我的敵人在我搖動的時候喜樂。
5 但我倚靠你的慈愛，我的心因你的救恩快樂。
6 我要向耶和華歌唱，因他用厚恩待我。

Today Psalm 13 shows us that when a person loses strength, it is often not only because the situation is difficult, but because the heart has remained in that difficulty for too long. When we cannot see God’s presence, cannot see His protection, and cannot see any change in our circumstances, our heart can easily begin to stir within us. We start calculating, worrying, and sinking under negative thoughts and pressure.

This was David’s condition at the beginning of the psalm. He felt as if God had forgotten him. He felt as if God had hidden His face from him. On the outside, he was under pressure from his enemies. On the inside, his heart was filled with sorrow and turmoil. But what is precious is this: David did not allow himself to remain there. Step by step, he turned his heart back to God, and in the end, joy, song, and strength returned.

Today God is reminding us of the same truth: when the heart turns back to God, strength returns.

1. Do not let your heart remain trapped

“How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?…
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?”
Psalm 13:2

Many times, we are not defeated in a single moment by the situation itself. Rather, our heart stays too long in that place of pressure. We keep thinking, keep analyzing, keep watching the situation, and keep dwelling on what others are doing. In the end, our inner strength slowly drains away.

Today God is not asking us to deny our pain, nor to pretend that everything is fine. But He is reminding us not to let our heart remain trapped there. You may admit that you are tired. You may admit that you are under pressure. But do not let that difficulty become the final voice within you.

2. Turn your heart back into God’s light

“Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes…”
Psalm 13:3

David did not stay in his feelings. He began to call on God again. He said, “O Lord my God.” This is a very important turning point. Although his circumstances had not changed yet, his heart had begun to return to God.

When a person keeps looking at the situation, his vision becomes darkened. But when he turns back to God, his eyes begin to see clearly again. Today we also need to pray this way: Lord, look upon me. Answer me. Enlighten my eyes. When God’s light comes in, we no longer see only impossibility, and we no longer see only our weakness. We begin to see again that God is still with us, still reigning, and still leading us.

3. Let your heart rest in God’s mercy

“But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.”
Psalm 13:5

True recovery does not begin only when everything changes around us. It begins when the heart learns to rest again in God’s mercy. In the end, David did not hold on to his circumstances; he held on to God’s mercy. He did not wait until every problem was solved before receiving strength. Rather, he first placed his heart in God’s grace, and then joy returned, and song returned.

If our heart keeps holding on to negativity, feelings, and anxiety, we will become weaker and weaker. But when our heart begins to hold on to God’s mercy, His salvation, and the truth that He deals bountifully with us, strength begins to return.

Brothers and sisters, perhaps your circumstances have not changed yet today, but your heart can turn back first. Do not let your heart remain trapped. Turn your heart back into God’s light, and let your heart rest in His mercy. When the heart turns back to God, strength returns.

Prayer:
Lord, when my heart is trapped by circumstances, pulled down by negative feelings, and weighed down by sorrow, do not let me remain there. Enlighten my eyes so that I may see again that You are still with me and still watching over me. Bring my heart back into Your mercy, and restore to me joy, hope, and strength again. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Psalm 13

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.