【诗篇 140:7】主耶和华，我救恩的力量啊，在争战的日子，你遮蔽了我的头。【Psalm 140:7 NIV】O Sovereign LORD, the strength of my salvation, you shield my head in the day of battle.

大卫王在年少时，第一次上战场争战，就用机弦和石子打破了巨人歌利亚的头。他深知“头”是战场上刀剑攻击的致命目标。大卫深知，神“遮蔽”他的头，意味着神亲自成为他最坚固的头盔。When King David was a youth and went out to battle for the first time, he used a sling and a stone to strike down the head of the giant Goliath. He knew deeply that the "head" is the fatal target of sword attacks in warfare. David understood that when God "shielded" his head, it meant God Himself became his strongest helmet. 他一生经历无数的战役，深知这一切都是神的保护，而不是靠自己的能力。无论敌人如何密谋攻击、箭矢如何飞来，神的大能护庇都亲自为他挡下致命的伤害。Throughout countless battles in his life, he knew that all of this was God's protection rather than his own ability. No matter how the enemy plotted their attacks or how arrows flew, God's mighty shelter personally blocked the fatal blows for him.

这不仅是肉身的保守，更是灵魂在绝境中的绝对安息。This is not merely physical preservation, but the absolute rest of the soul in desperate straits. 正如圣经所说：“神许可人坐车轧我们的头，我们经过水火，你却使我们到丰富之地。”（诗 66:12）到了时候，神必要亲自救拔那耐心忍受、争战舍己、信靠神话语的人，并且神要用他自己的荣耀遮蔽他们的头，成为他们的荣耀。As Scripture says: "You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance." (Psa 66:12 NIV) In His time, God will surely rescue those who endure patiently, fight with self-denial, and trust in His word, and He will shield their heads with His own glory, making it their honour and crown.

然而，这一切的遮蔽与拯救，最终在主耶稣基督身上显明到极致。荣耀的君王、神自己，为了我们的罪竟然戴上了荆棘冠冕。However, all this shielding and salvation is ultimately manifested to the utmost in the Lord Jesus Christ. The glorious King, God Himself, wore a crown of thorns for our sins. 祂的头被荆棘刺透，被罪人吐唾沫、砸拳头、受尽极大的羞辱。His head was pierced by thorns, spat upon by sinners, struck with fists, and subjected to the utmost humiliation. 但他却轻看这十字架的苦楚，为罪人代求，求父的旨意成就，拯救世上悖逆的罪人，使我们能靠着主的宝血和恩典归回天家。Yet He despised the shame of the cross, interceding for sinners, praying that the Father's will be done, and saving rebellious sinners of the world so that we might return to our heavenly home by the precious blood and grace of the Lord.

主耶稣用祂的头戴上预表咒诅的荆棘冠冕，亲身担当了我们的咒诅，成就了浩大的救恩。With His own head wearing the crown of thorns that symbolized the curse, the Lord Jesus personally bore our curse and accomplished a mighty salvation. 如今，祂自己就成了我们宝贵的“救恩头盔”，在每一场属灵的争战中，亲自遮蔽我们的头。Today, He Himself has become our precious "helmet of salvation", personally shielding our heads in every spiritual warfare.

祷告 | Prayer

阿爸天父：Abba Father:

我感谢你赐下独生爱子，在我们还做罪人的时候就为我们死，向世人显明你无尽拯救的救恩。I thank You for giving Your only begotten Son, who died for us while we were yet sinners, revealing to the world Your boundless saving grace. 感谢你的话语让我们知道属灵争战是何等真实，因为我们的肉体都是卖给罪的，从前信从了那谎言之父，活在咒诅无盼望里面。Thank You for Your word, which lets us know how real spiritual warfare is, because our flesh is sold under sin, and formerly we followed the father of lies, living in a curse without hope. 感谢你教导我们要在各样的事上靠着祷告争战治死里面的恶欲恶心，等候你的荣耀显现。Thank You for teaching us to put to death the evil desires and inclinations within through prayer and warfare in all things, waiting for the manifestation of Your glory.

宝贵圣灵，请你将这话深深刻在我的心版上。让我预备一切仇敌坐车轧我头的日子，当我一切自尊、面子、荣辱受到挑战的时候，不是靠着血气去与人争辩，乃是要戴上救恩的头盔。Precious Holy Spirit, please engrave these words deeply upon the tablet of my heart. Prepare me for the days when the enemy rides over my head, so that when my pride, face, and honour are challenged, I will not rely on human flesh to argue with others, but rather put on the helmet of salvation. 在争战的日子，等候神释放的时候来到，引我们到那宽广之地，不再受情绪和环境的辖制。In the day of battle, may I wait for the time of God's deliverance to bring us to a spacious place, no longer bound by emotions and circumstances. 圣灵将基督爱罪人的爱浇灌在我们心里，可以去爱那些我们本无法爱的人。就知道，基督的爱是在我们做罪人的时候，基督就为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明。May the Holy Spirit pour the love of Christ for sinners into our hearts, enabling us to love those whom we naturally cannot love. Knowing this: God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

奉主耶稣基督的圣名祷告，阿们。In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.

(Sister Jing and the Daily Devotional Team)