Traveling Companion November 19, 2013— byDavid H. Roper Read: Psalm 39 For I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. —Psalm 39:12 Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 11-13; James 1 I looked up the members of my seminary graduating class recently and discovered that many of my friends are now deceased. It was a sober reminder of the brevity of life. Three score and ten, give or take a few years, and we’re gone (Ps. 90:10). Israel’s poet was right: We’re but strangers here and sojourners (39:12). The brevity of life makes us think about our “end”—the measure of our days and how fleeting they are (v.4), a feeling that grows more certain as we draw closer to the end of our lives. This world is not our home; we’re but strangers and sojourners here. Yet we are not alone on the journey. We are strangers and sojourners with God (39:12), a thought that makes the journey less troubling, less frightening, less worrisome. We pass through this world and into the next with a loving Father as our constant companion and guide. We’re strangers here on earth, but we are never alone on the journey (73:23-24). We have One who says, “I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). We may lose sight of father, mother, spouse, and friends, but we always know that God is walking beside us. An old saying puts it like this: “Good company on the road makes the way to seem lighter.” My times are in my Father’s hand;How could I wish or ask for more?For He who has my pathway plannedWill guide me till my journey’s o’er. —Fraser As you travel life’s weary road, let Jesus lift your heavy load. 客旅 读经: 诗篇39篇 因为我在祢面前是客旅，是寄居的，像我列祖一般。 —诗篇39篇12节 全年读经: 以西结书11-13章 雅各书1章 最近我尝试联络我神学院毕业班的同学，发现当中有许多都已过世了。这实在提醒了我人生的短暂。我们一生70岁的年日转眼成空，我们便如飞而去（诗篇90篇10节）。诚如以色列诗人所说：「我在你面前是客旅，是寄居的。」（39篇12节） 生命的短暂提醒我们要思考自己的「结局」，光阴似箭，我们知道时日不长（4节）。步入晚年时，这种感觉就更加强烈了。但这个世界不是我们的家，我们只是寄居在这里的匆匆过客。 而且，我们的人生旅程也不孤单。我们虽是客旅、是寄居的，但有上帝与我们同在（39篇12节），知道这点就会使我们这趟旅程少点担心与害怕。无论是在今生或是永生，我们都有天父永远的陪伴和引导。在这世上我们是客旅，但在这趟旅程中，我们永不孤单（73篇23-24节）。因为上帝给了我们这样的应许：「我就常与你们同在。」（马太福音28章20节） 父母、配偶和朋友或许会先离我们而去，但我们知道上帝永在我们身边，并与我们同行。正如有句话说：「良伴同行路不遥。」 我的一生在父手中，岂敢提出更多要求；我的道路祂已安排，必引导我走到最后。Fraser 人生旅途有主同行，同负同担。
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