我的心必靠耶和華快樂，靠他的救恩高興。詩篇35:9
耶穌基督是我們喜樂的源泉，言語難以表達，是一種說不出來、滿有榮光的大喜樂（參彼前1:8）。基督是悲傷和失望的良藥，矛盾和分裂的醫治。他可以拿走我們的失落和不安，代之以樂觀和希望。
如果我們的內心已經因著對基督的信歸向上帝，我們就必然充滿大大的喜樂。我們知道他愛我們，沒有什麼能叫我們與基督的愛隔絕（羅8:39）。當我們對基督充滿信心的時候，我們就不再有灰心失望。願你的今天充滿喜樂和盼望。
（葛培理牧師靈修系列--智慧與信心之言/馬宏志博士編譯）
Joyous Optimism
My soul shall be joyful in the Lord.
Psalm 35:9
When Jesus Christ is the source of our joy, no word can describe it. It is a joy 「inexplicable and glorious」 (1 Pet. 1:8, NIV). Christ is the answer to the sadness and discouragement, the discord and division in our world. He can take discouragement and despondence out of our lives and replace them with optimism and hope.
If our hearts have been attuned to God through an abiding faith in Christ, the result will be joyous optimism and good cheer. The reason? Because we know He loves us, and nothing 「shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord」 (Rom. 8:39).
When our confidence is in Him, discouragement gets crowded out. May that be true in your life today!
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