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When we can’t trace His hand, we must trust His heart!
当我们无法追踪他的手时，我们必须信任他的心！
(Anonymous. You will find it helpful to Listen to the Audio, as you read the text below.)
（匿名。在阅读以下文本时，您会发现听音频会很有帮助。）
Isaiah 45:7 declares,
以赛亚书 45:7 宣告，
“I form the light and create darkness,
“我造作光，又创造黑暗，
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
我赐平安，又创造灾祸；
I, the Lord, do all these things!”
我是耶和华，做这一切的都是我！”
As we read these words, we are reminded that God is the one who is ultimately in control.
当我们阅读这些话时，我们被提醒，上帝是最终掌控一切的。
He is the one who . . .
他是那位……
forms the light and creates the darkness,
造光又创造黑暗，
bringing prosperity and creating disaster!
赐平安又创造灾祸！
This means that no matter what we are going through,
这意味着无论我们经历什么，
whether it’s a season of abundance or a season of struggle,
无论是丰盛的季节还是挣扎的季节，
God is the one who is guiding and directing every event,
上帝是引导和指挥每一个事件、
every circumstance, and every outcome.
每一种情况和每一个结果的那位。
The Lord God Almighty reigns supreme over all of creation,
全能的主上帝在整个创造中掌权至高，
exercising complete sovereignty and providential control
他行使完全的主权和天意的控制
over every aspect of His universe.
对他的宇宙的每一个方面。
Nothing happens by chance, or accident, or fate,
没有什么是偶然、意外或命运造成的，
or outside of His divine plan.
也没有什么是在他的神圣计划之外的。
He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things,
他是万物的创造者和维持者，
and everything—both the pleasant and the painful—
一切事物——无论是愉快的还是痛苦的——
falls under His sovereign will.
都在他的主权之下。
The same God who blesses His people with prosperity and abundance,
同一个赐福他的人民以繁荣和丰盈的上帝，
is the same God who, for His own wise purposes,
也是那位因他自己智慧的目的，
may also bring disaster, suffering, and difficult circumstances into our lives.
也可能给我们的生活带来灾祸、痛苦和困难的境遇。
We must recognize that God’s sovereignty is not limited to just individual lives.
我们必须认识到，上帝的主权不仅限于个人的生活。
God is sovereign over all of His creation,
上帝掌管他所创造的一切，
over all of history,
掌管所有的历史，
and over all of His world!
以及他整个世界的一切！
It means that God is the one who is guiding the course of human events,
这意味着上帝是引导人类事件进程的那位，
and that He is the one who is ultimately in control of the destiny
而他也是最终操控每个国家和每个政府命运的人。
of every nation and every government.
What does this mean for us as believers?
这对我们作为信徒意味着什么？
It means that we must trust in God’s sovereignty, even when things don’t make sense.
这意味着我们必须信任上帝的主权，即使在事情没有道理的时候。
It means that we must trust that God is working everything out for our good and His glory,
这意味着我们必须信任上帝正在为我们的益处和他的荣耀完成一切，
even when we can’t see how.
即使当我们看不出如何时。
As we encounter the vicissitudes of life,
当我们面对生活的变化时，
we must surrender our own desires and plans to God,
我们必须将自己的愿望和计划交给上帝，
and trust that He will guide us along His all-wise and gracious path.
并信任他将引导我们走上他全智和充满恩典的道路。
No matter what we face in this life,
无论我们在这生命中面临什么，
we can take comfort in knowing
我们可以放心知道
that our lives are firmly held
我们的生命牢牢地掌握在
in the mighty, loving hands of our Savior-God,
我们救主上帝那强而有力、充满爱的手中，
who loves His chosen and redeemed people with an everlasting love!
他以永恒的爱爱着他所拣选和救赎的子民！
It has been wisely said,
善有善言，
“When we can’t trace His hand, we must trust His heart!”
“当我们无法追踪他的手时，我们必须信任他的心！”
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
“全心信靠耶和华，
and do not lean on your own understanding;
并不要依靠自己的聪明；
in all your ways acknowledge Him,
在你的一切道路上，认定他，
and He will make your paths straight!” Proverbs 3:5-6
他必指引你的路！”（箴言 3:5-6）
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You,
“你使心思专一仰望你的人，得享完美的平安，
because he trusts in You!” Isaiah 26:3
因为他信靠你！”（以赛亚书 26:3）
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The following is a short addendum, if you care to read it.
以下是一个简短的附录，如果你愿意，可以阅读。
One has stated, “God does not permit things to happen.
有人指出：“上帝不允许事情发生。
He purposed all that comes to pass in time, before time began.
他在时间开始之前，就已决定一切发生在时间中的事情。
And all that He ordained from eternity and performs in time, is good.”
他从永恒中所命定的，并在时间中成就的一切，都是好的。”
Sadly, many in Christendom do not accept the teaching of God’s absolute Sovereignty over His world.
可惜，基督教界许多人不接受上帝对他的世界的绝对主权的教义。
I offer the following Scriptures, without comment, for your perusal:
我提供以下经文，供你参考，无需评论：
“Who gave man his mouth?
“谁把口才赐给人？
Who makes him deaf or mute?
谁使他说不出话或聋？
Who gives him sight or makes him blind?
谁使他能够看见或使他失明？
Is it not I, the Lord?” Exodus 4:11
不就是我，耶和华吗？”（出埃及记 4:11）
“See now that I myself am He!
“你们看，现在是我！
There is no god besides me.
除了我之外没有神。
I put to death and I bring to life,
我使人死，也使人活，
I have wounded and I will heal,
我使人受伤，也必医治，
and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
没有人能从我手中救出来。”（申命记 32:39）
“The Lord brings death and makes alive;
“耶和华使人死亡，也使人活着；
He brings down to the grave and raises up.
他使人下到阴间，也使人复兴。
The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
耶和华使人贫穷，也使人富裕；
He humbles and He exalts.” 1 Samuel 2:6-7
他使人卑微，也使人高升。” （撒母耳记上 2:6-7）
“Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10
“难道我们从上帝那里接受好事，而不接受麻烦吗？”（约伯记 2:10）
“For hardship does not spring from the soil,
“因为困苦不是从土壤中生长出来的，
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.” Job 5:6
麻烦也不来自大地。” （约伯记 5:6）
“For He wounds, but He also binds up;
“因为他使人受伤，但他也必医治；
He injures, but His hands also heal.” Job 5:18
他伤害人，但他的手也必抚平。”（约伯记 5:18）
“When times are good, be happy;
“在好时光中，快乐；
but when times are bad, consider:
但在坏时光中，思考：
God has made the one as well as the other.”
上帝既造好时，也造坏时。” （传道书 7:14）
“This is what the Lord says:
“这是耶和华所说的：
As I have brought all this great calamity on this people,
我使这百姓遭遇了这一切大的灾难，
so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them.” Jeremiah 32:42
我也必将我所应许的繁荣赐给他们。”（耶利米书 32:42）
“Who can speak and have it happen,
“谁说了就能成就，
if the Lord has not decreed it?
如果不是耶和华已命定的呢？
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
难道不是从至高者的口中
that both calamities and good things come?” Lamentations 3:38
灾难与好事都来的吗？”（耶利米哀歌 3:38）
“When disaster comes to a city,
“当灾难降临到一座城市，
has not the Lord caused it?” Amos 3:6
难道不是耶和华造成的吗？”（阿摩司书 3:6）