Spiritual Thought for the Week
And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my sprit rejoices in God my Saviour.” (Luke 1:46-47)
Mary had found favour with God because she glorified the Lord and she rejoiced in God her saviour. Anyone who glorifies and rejoices in the Lord will receive reciprocal favour from God. For the Lord is the source of all blessings and favour. Apart from Him we can not get any blessings. God is searching everywhere to see if there is anyone who gives Him the glory, love, faith, fear, trust and obedience He deserves. When He finds one He blesses him/her with all His favour.
This is the difference between glorifying God and glorifying men. We like glorifying ourselves and the people and things we favour on earth. We want to find favours our way. When God gets in our ways, we ask Him to go away, so that we get what we want without His involvement. How foolish! We will never get real favours if we forget to give glory to God. The favours promised by this world are temporal. But the favour promised by God is eternal. If we trade worldly favour with God’s favour we are like picking up a piece of sand while abandoning the owner of the universe. We win a battle but lose the war.
Mary made the right choice when she said her soul glorifies the Lord. We will never glorify God enough because He deserves the most glory. We will never rejoice enough in the Lord because His joy in us will never end.



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马利亚说："我心尊主为大；我灵以神我的救主为乐。"（路1：46-47）
马利亚之所以成为蒙大恩和最有福的女子，是因为她的心尊主为大，她的灵以神为乐。尊重神的，神必尊重他；以神为乐的，神必使他喜乐。我们一切福乐，都在乎对神如何。因为他是一切福乐的根源，想在神以外求得甚麽，只是妄想。神不住地在那里寻找，察看有甚麽人尊他为大，以他为乐，爱他，敬畏他，信靠他，顺服他，他就把大的福分，恩典赐给他们。
这可能是人与神之间最大的差别，也是我们自己生命中最大的转折点。我们本来是尊自己为大，以世事为乐，凡事要成就我们自己的意思。想在神以外找到安乐，甚至以神为我们的拦阻，损失，这是太愚昧错误了。我们是何等渺小，怎能自尊为大呢？任何人，事，物所能给我们的是何等微小，肤浅，怎能以那些为乐呢？可能得了一些，但转眼就过去成空了。
这就要看人的智慧，正确的选择，有谁像马利亚一样，选择上好的，真实的，永恒的福乐。若是选择渺小的，短暂的，虚幻的世事与世人而丢弃神，就好像拾起一粒沙土而丢弃宇宙万有一样。但选择主的，却比得着宇宙万有还要大得无数倍的福气。
要尊主为大。无论尊他为大到甚麽程度，仍是对的。要以神为乐，无论以他为乐到甚麽地步，都不为多。他配尊为大，他也实在是人的喜乐。