2013-01-11 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   簡介／操練須知     詩篇139經文 歸心禱告操練     粵語  國語      第86天 學習時常覺察神 「你在前後環繞我，按手在我身上。」（五節） 當我們反覆誦讀：「你在前後環繞我，按手在我身上」，我們就逐漸意會到，那位透徹地認識、關心我們的神，就在前後環繞我，按手在我身上。 神在前後環繞我們，這是一個基於信仰的事實。但當我們忙於手上所做的事，或者是心裡受消極情緒約束著，就很難提昇信仰去感應神在前後環繞我們。心裡的掛慮、怨恨、自責、苦悶會使我們只看到自己，而看不見身外的現實。當我們只想著自己的得失所留下的快樂和不快樂，就沒有空間去留意身邊的人和事。當我們匆匆忙忙，趕緊做永不終止的事情，或者參與不會停止的社交節目，我們也沒有時間去靜心領會神的同在。我們需要學習去提昇信仰的心，不要把信仰生活定格在星期日祟拜聚會的一個半小時內。嘗試在每天的生活中，即或是忙碌或心情消極時，經常轉念，喚起內心對神同在的信仰，然後留意自身以外的人和事，或許你會驚訝地覺察到神在前後環繞你。 現在，請你在靜禱中體認你的存在是被神環繞的。神永遠與你同在，你永遠都是在神之內。你現在就放鬆，慢慢呼吸，心裡默念：「神，你在前後環繞我。」把你的意識放在與神共融的當下。請開始。…… 這一刻，請你在靜禱中體認你的存在是被神環繞的。每當你察覺自己在想其他東西，或有任何思念把你的意識帶離神同在的當下，便再次在心中默念：「神，你在前後環繞我。」然後返回當下。……   文章及錄音版權屬譚沛泉博士及國證網絡所有。 音樂版權屬譚邱瑞珍女士所有，承蒙允許使用。     神的天平 粵語 國語 第11天 讀經：    但以理書五章17至30節 17但以理在王面前回答說：你的贈品可以歸你自己，你的賞賜可以歸給別人；我卻要為王讀這文字，把講解告訴王。 18王啊，至高的神曾將國位、大權、榮耀、威嚴賜與你父尼布甲尼撒； 19因神所賜他的大權，各方、各國、各族的人都在他面前戰兢恐懼。他可以隨意生殺，隨意升降。 20但他心高氣傲，靈也剛愎，甚至行事狂傲，就被革去王位，奪去榮耀。 21他被趕出離開世人，他的心變如獸心，與野驢同居，吃草如牛，身被天露滴濕，等他知道至高的神在人的國中掌權，憑自己的意旨立人治國。 22伯沙撒啊，你是他的兒子（或譯：孫子），你雖知道這一切，你心仍不自卑， 23竟向天上的主自高，使人將他殿中的器皿拿到你面前，你和大臣、皇后、妃嬪用這器皿飲酒。你又讚美那不能看、不能聽、無知無識、金、銀、銅、鐵、木、石所造的神，卻沒有將榮耀歸與那手中有你氣息，管理你一切行動的神。 24因此從神那裡顯出指頭來寫這文字。 25所寫的文字是：彌尼，彌尼，提客勒，烏法珥新。 26講解是這樣：彌尼，就是神已經數算你國的年日到此完畢。 27提客勒，就是你被稱在天平裡，顯出你的虧欠。 28毗勒斯（與烏法珥新同義），就是你的國分裂，歸與瑪代人和波斯人。 29伯沙撒下令，人就把紫袍給但以理穿上，把金鍊給他戴在頸項上，又傳令使他在國中位列第三。 30當夜，迦勒底王伯沙撒被殺。 一個八十多歲的年邁猶太人，正站在宴會廳的中央。他細讀牆上的字，之後便望向帶醉的伯沙撒王。 他臉上的神情，只有鎮靜與威儀，卻沒有半點驚惶。但環視廳中的眾人，無不臉露恐懼、惶惑、震驚和近乎歇斯底里的情緒。當年邁的但以理要開口發言時，根本不需要有人去呼籲眾人安靜，全場已死寂一片。 「王上，你的贈品留為己用吧，不必給我，因為我並不想要。」但以理對王說的話，可概括為這樣：「我敬重你父尼布甲尼撒王，對你卻十分失望，因為你沒有從你父王的經歷中得到任何啟迪。現在神要審判你了！」 從來沒有人敢在王面前這樣發言。然而，但以理卻一直是活在神的面前。一個正直無過和一心尊敬神的人，是不會害怕王的，就如新約的施洗約翰一樣。 伯沙撒為甚麼要被定罪呢？請看第22節：「你雖知道這一切……」這正是問題的所在。神只會審判我們那些明知故犯的罪。這乃是神審判人的其中一個準則。接著但以理便把牆上的字譯出來：「你被稱在神的天平上，那裡清楚顯出你的虧欠。你的國將要分裂，歸與瑪代人和波斯人。」 在緊接的第30節裡，我們看見這慘劇的應驗。就在宴會的當晚，但以理翻出來的話便完全應驗，神終於作出了審判。 當神要用天平來稱人時，人怎能站立得住呢？只有基督才能付清我們的罪債，叫神不追討我們的虧欠；祂為所有信靠祂的人成就了救恩。其實，人人都犯了罪，在神面前無法得稱為義；可是，當我們接受基督作我們的救主，祂便承擔了我們的罪債，給我們披上祂的義袍。這樣，也只有這樣，我們才能滿足神的標準，在神面前得稱為義。 你有沒有想過神會用天平來稱我們呢？你認為自己被神用天平去稱的時候，是得稱為義，還是有所虧欠呢？ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEIGHT WATCHING Day 11 Bible Reading:    Daniel 5:17-30 17 Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. 19 And because of the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 "But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23 And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25 "And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEK: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians." 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. The old Jewish man, aged possibly 80 or more, was standing in the middle of the Great Hall. He was looking alternately at the hand-written words high up on the wall and then at the drunken dissolute king. There was no fear on the old man's face, only a remarkable poise and dignity. The faces around him, however, showed fear, terror and shock, almost mass hysteria. Was there a pronounced hush as the old man, Daniel, began to speak? Keep your gifts. I don't want them, he said to the king. Summing up his message, Daniel was saying, "I had great respect for Nebuchadnezzar. I have none for you. You learn nothing from his experiences. Now God is dealing with you!" No one had ever heard anyone speak to the king like that before. But Daniel had lived in the presence of God. When a man does that, like John the Baptist, he is not afraid of any king! What was the condemnation? Look at verse 22: "You knew all this." God will always judge us on what we know. That will be one of the standards of judgment for all men. Then Daniel translated the words on the wall. "You have been weighed on the scales (of God) and found wanting. Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians." The tragic fulfillment is there in verse 30. Everything Daniel said came true that night. God had the last word. How does a person stand when God weighs him? Only the person of Christ can balance the scale of God. He does it for those who put their trust in Him. Everyone falls short in their own righteousness before God. But when we accept Christ as our Saviour, He takes our part and covers us with His righteousness. In that way and in that way alone, we can measure up to God's standards. Where does that leave you? Are you watching your weight - spiritually? Do you know what you weigh in God's sight? 創世記卅一至卅三章 重點： 雅各逃走離開拉班；雅各和拉班立約；雅各與神摔跤；雅各回歸。 鑰節： 雅各說：「不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你從我手裡收下這禮物；因為我見了你的面，如同見了神的面，並且你容納了我。」（卅三10） 內容：  雅各在舅父拉班那裡已二十年了，神利用環境提醒他，催迫他返回迦南；這就迫使雅各不得不面對他所得罪過的哥哥以掃。 雅各惟有想盡方法，作出各樣推算和步署，在哥哥真要復仇的時候，可減輕傷亡和脫身；神卻在毗努伊勒與他摔跤，把他的腿弄瘸了。連逃跑也無力，一切計劃也就徒然，惟有完全倚靠神。 雅各戰戰兢兢地前行，看見哥哥帶著四百人前來，非常惶恐，一連七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥，將禮物呈上，對哥哥以掃說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你從我手裡收下這禮物；因為我見了你的面，如同見了神的面，並且你容納了我。」 雅各此時確實知道自己是可惡的，從前欺詐哥哥和父親的行為，一一呈現眼前。面前的哥哥，不是從前可容他任意欺騙的，乃是神的面，是神的審判台。雅各必須面對他犯的罪，向所得罪的人承認他的惡行，賠償他所謀奪的。 雅各經過這對付後，才能安然進入迦南，展開新的生活；神也才能帶領他走在屬靈的道路上，使他屬靈的生命一步一步地成長。 默想： 不悔改認罪，不可能有復興。我們是否用熱心、工作、奉獻，代替悔改？ 本文資料由福音團契書局提供，謹此致謝。 《讀經日引》每季一本，免費贈閱。請電郵biblepathway@yahoo.com.hk索取。 意見交通，請電郵：biblepathway@yahoo.com.hk 不公的懲罰   創世記三十九章19-23節   「…因為耶和華與約瑟同在，耶和華使他所作的盡都順利。」（23節） 如果你處身於約瑟的境況，你有甚麼感覺？本來事事順利，忽然平地起波瀾！一切都被褫奪，工作、家、安舒、責任、地位都沒有了。如果他有機會看看二千年後彼得給基督徒奴隸的建議，也許有助於面對困境。若你所言所行該受責打，忍耐和順服是理所當然的，但彼得說：「你們若因行善受苦，能忍耐，這在神看是可喜愛的」（彼前二18-20）。那個時候就顯出基督徒的品格了。然後，彼得論到耶穌的榜樣：「他被罵不還口，受害不說威嚇的話。只將自己交託那按公義審判人的主。」（彼前二23） 初讀這段經文的時候，我還是雙十年華的學生，剛信主不久，當時我指證母親不小心駕駛的供詞，是她被傳召上庭的主要原因。她對於判決的可能結果甚為害怕，所以，她對我大動肝火，是可以理解的。在收到傳票與出庭受審之間那段時期，我不僅以彼前二23為心靈的倚靠，更把經文緊繫於腰間，好讓自己站立得穩。「耶穌，求你幫助我，無論她說甚麼，我都閉口不言，不反駁。」 約瑟正是如此，因為「耶和華與他同在」。他的言行迅速贏得司獄的尊重。從前在波提乏家的職責，對他大有助益。神掌管一切，祂用人不能預料的方式，逐步展現祂在約瑟身上的目的。 天父，每當我覺得自己受到不公平對待時，求你幫助我信靠你至高的主權，所言所行都討你的喜悅。

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