2009-11-06 Devotionals Today

知信行網上團契為各主內肢體提供的每日靈糧，歡迎訂閱，推介及奉獻支持。 《網絡天糧》查詢，請電郵：ccf@ccfellow.org 訂閱天糧 | 轉介天糧 | 修訂訂閱 | 奉獻支持 第32天 平安 我們再次默想保羅對信徒的祝福，把重點放在「平安」一詞；亦同時求主使我們得到真正的「平安」。 請您安靜地、慢慢地從心裡誦讀以下的經文： 經文 以弗所書一1-2 奉神旨意，作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，寫信給「在以弗所的聖徒」，就是在基督耶穌裡有忠心的人。 願恩惠、平安從神我們的父和主耶穌基督歸與你們！ 再朗讀經文一或多次，在朗讀時，請您特別留意「願恩惠、平安歸與你們」這一句說話。   靈修指引 「平安」是早期信徒會面時彼此問安的祝福語，這個習慣源自猶太信仰團體的互相祝福，亦同時傳承自主耶穌受苦前對門徒的應許，及復活後向門徒顯現時的問安：「我將平安賜給你們。」… 信徒之間彼此祝福的「平安」，有豐富的涵意。「平安」不單是指因為生活上無災無難、工作或學業上進步、生意興隆、親朋健康、投資又有好回報而得的一種安全感。… 當日的信徒，縱使面臨逼迫、遇上有殺身之禍，見面時仍然彼此祝福：「願你平安」。雖然內外的處境都像風雨飄搖，他們彼此祝願，內心可以生發一份穩妥、安然、定靜、清明的力量。這是信仰基督而生的「平安」… 這一份「平安」，使我們感到「完整」──身心沒有破裂、失衡、矛盾。這一份「平安」，使我們感到「滿足」──身心沒有缺乏、失落、空虛、… 我們今天有這一份「平安」嗎？…我們感到「滿足」、「完整」，身心沒有破裂、失衡、矛盾嗎？…此刻請靜下來留意您的身體感覺，留意頭部到腳部，每一個身體部份，感覺它們是否放鬆、舒適；…接下來，請聆聽您的內心感受，…此刻您的內心有甚麼感受？…不管那是怎樣的感受，不要判斷、分析它，只要留意它的存在，就可以了。…現在就請您做以上靜觀身體及接觸內心的練習。…… 您的內心有這一份信仰基督而生的「平安」存在嗎？…如果您有這一份「平安」，請您感謝上主：「上主，感謝你賜我平安。」… 如果您覺察到自己需要這一份「平安」，請您求告上主：「上主，請增加我對基督的信仰，賜我平安。」……   《誦禱心曲》版權屬譚沛泉博士所有，承蒙允許刊載。 音樂版權屬讚美之泉音樂事工所有     看見神的榮耀 粵語 國語 第6天 讀經：   以西結書一章1至5節 以西結在30歲那年，蒙神的差派，向巴比倫的猶太人傳達神的信息。他當時站在一條名叫迦巴魯的灌溉運河邊，迦巴魯位於今天的巴格達以南。然而，在以西結眼中，這條河並非是一條普通的水道，卻是失望和懊喪的標記，因為這條水道令他想到「神對祂的百姓失信」。 當時的以西結與其他數千名猶太人，一同被擄到離家鄉1,600公里的巴比倫，至少已五年時間。以西結的名字意為「神是強壯的」，然而，當他們需要神的時候，神在哪裡呢？ 神呼召以西結作祂的代言人回答這個問題。神沒有忘記祂的百姓，祂已經預備了僕人，在祂的百姓中間作見證。當猶太人被擄到巴比倫的時候，耶利米留在耶路撒冷的猶太人中間作見證，但以理則在巴比倫的皇宮中向達官貴冑作見證。而此刻，神呼召以西結作祂的使者，向聚居在迦巴魯河邊的被擄者傳講祂的信息。 然而，以西結的事奉將會非常艱巨。他要用盡各種方法，使百姓醒悟到，他們是因為犯罪，才落入如斯的困境。他還要盡力鼓勵他們，舉目望向遙遠的未來，相信神必使以色列復國，讓他們重回故土。 神向以西結啟示的異象，今天能否同樣激發我們醒悟到，神仍在掌管一切？或是我們只見到周遭的可悲境況和被罪惡所困的光景？我們是否質疑神在我們生命中的某些作為，或對我們的遭遇袖手旁觀？你如果有這種困惑，閱讀以西結書的信息就最合適不過了。神仍然坐在寶座上，祂仍然握有至高無上的主權。我們可以把自己的將來，放心交在祂的手裡。當我們一起研讀本書的時候，願神向我們每個人清楚啟示這個真理。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MAN WHO SAW THE GLORY Day 6 Bible Reading:    Ezekiel 1: 1-5 Ezekiel was thirty years old when he became God's messenger to the Jews in Babylon. He was standing alongside an irrigation canal called Kebar or Chebar, south of what we call Baghdad today. But to Ezekiel that ditch was more than a canal. It was a symbol of disappointment and frustration. That canal reminded him, "God has failed His people." Ezekiel was an exile among thousands of others like himself, 1,600 kilometers (900 miles) from his home. He had been in Babylonia for at least five years. His name means "God is strong", but where was God when they needed Him? God called Ezekiel as His spokesman to answer that question. God hadn't forgotten His people and He had not left any of them without a witness. During the time of the Babylonian captivity, Jeremiah was with those Jews still in Jerusalem and Daniel was with the professional upper class people in the court of the Babylonian kings. Now Ezekiel was being called to be God's messenger to the third group, the large crowd of slaves living by the canal. Ezekiel's ministry was going to be a difficult task, however. He had to try and make the people realize that it was their sin which led them to their present situation. He also had to try to lift their eyes to the distant future when God would restore the nation of Israel back to their own land. Can we share today in the vision which came to Ezekiel, declaring that God is still in control? Or, can we only see the sad, sinful conditions around us? Are we puzzled by what God is doing or not doing in our lives? If so, the message of the book of Ezekiel is for us today. God is still on the throne. His sovereignty is still overall and we can safely leave our future in His hands. May God make this truth very clear to everyone of us as we look at this book together?

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