2013-01-15 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90天 勇於迎接人生的各種境遇 「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，只是我們經常忘記這個事實而已。如果我們時常有神在前後環繞的意識，我們的生活方式會有所不同。當我們相信神一直陪伴著我們，我們便敢於做一些冒險或突破性的抉擇。好像一些電影情節裡的主角，本來是怯懦、猶豫的，但因為他知道有一大隊護衛或支持者前後環繞著，便堅強壯膽，迎接挑戰。在人生的過程裡遇上挑戰、艱難，是必然的事，如果我們相信神的陪伴，會加增勇氣，敢於冒險。再跟隨神陪伴的意象去想，即或我們的冒險抉擇要使我們倒下來，我們也是倒在那在前後環繞我們的神的懷中。讓我們帶著神同在的信心，勇於迎接人生的各種境遇。 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。     真誠的認罪 粵語國語 第15天 讀經：    但以理書九章1至14節 1瑪代族亞哈隨魯的兒子大利烏立為迦勒底國的王元年， 2就是他在位第一年，我但以理從書上得知耶和華的話臨到先知耶利米，論耶路撒冷荒涼的年數，七十年為滿。 3我便禁食，披麻蒙灰，定意向主神祈禱懇求。 4我向耶和華─我的神祈禱、認罪，說：主啊，大而可畏的神，向愛主、守主誡命的人守約施慈愛。 5我們犯罪作孽，行惡叛逆，偏離你的誡命典章， 6沒有聽從你僕人眾先知奉你名向我們君王、首領、列祖，和國中一切百姓所說的話。 7主啊，你是公義的，我們是臉上蒙羞的；因我們猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，並以色列眾人，或在近處，或在遠處，被你趕到各國的人，都得罪了你，正如今日一樣。 8主啊，我們和我們的君王、首領、列祖因得罪了你，就都臉上蒙羞。 9主─我們的神是憐憫饒恕人的，我們卻違背了他， 10也沒有聽從耶和華─我們神的話，沒有遵行他藉僕人眾先知向我們所陳明的律法。 11以色列眾人都犯了你的律法，偏行，不聽從你的話；因此，在你僕人摩西律法上所寫的咒詛和誓言都傾在我們身上，因我們得罪了神。 12他使大災禍臨到我們，成就了警戒我們和審判我們官長的話；原來在普天之下未曾行過像在耶路撒冷所行的。 13這一切災禍臨到我們身上是照摩西律法上所寫的，我們卻沒有求耶和華─我們神的恩典，使我們回頭離開罪孽，明白你的真理。 14所以耶和華留意使這災禍臨到我們身上，因為耶和華─我們的神在他所行的事上都是公義；我們並沒有聽從他的話。 我們可以用很多不同的方式禱告，禱告的形式往往取決於我們當時的處境和需要。 例如，在但以理書第二章，但以理正面對一個重大的危機，他急需為此向神祈禱。來到第六章，他要面對一個嚴峻的考驗，要迫使他不認主。在這一章，我們看見他為他的同胞獻上認罪的禱告。而且，他並非以「局外人」的身分來為他們代求，而是認同自己是他們當中的一分子，以一個民族的整體來祈求神的赦罪。 我們還可以從另一個角度來檢視他的禱告生活：在第三章，他跟三位朋友一同禱告；在第六章，他獨自向神祈禱；而第九章則是一種認罪的代求和恆切的禱告。由此可見，但以理是一位禱告的戰士；他深信神本為善，因此便不住地向神呼求。 但以理之所以發出這篇感人的認罪禱文，原來是他讀了先知書之後有感而發。神的話語感動了他的心，催逼他向神禱告。我們的讀經生活本該如此：神的話語應該激勵我們向祂禱告。 催逼但以理禱告的另一個原因，是他渴求神的旨意得以成就。但以理從先知書的預言中發現，神預定猶太人被流放到巴比倫的年數快將屆滿，因此，他便趕緊祈求神按照祂的旨意而行。 當神計劃或開始一項工作的時候，祂總會將禱告的負擔放在祂兒女的心中，要他們不住為有關的計劃禱告。 我們藉著這種奇妙的禱告，便可以與神同工，實現神的旨意。許多時候，信徒要經過一個真誠認罪和被神潔淨的過程，才能清除一切障礙，讓神的工作得以展開。此刻的但以理便是為此而禱告。這個道理對我們有甚麼啟發呢？ 今天，大多數教會都急需復興。只有當神的百姓願意花時間用神的話語來省察自己，再以痛悔的心來到祂的面前，復興才能開始。但以理在這裡為我們立下了一個美好的榜樣。我們願意認真反思，並且領悟當中的教訓嗎？ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRUE CONFESSIONS IN DANIEL'S DAY Day 15 Bible Reading:    Daniel 9:1-14 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. 8 "O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. 13 "As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. There are many different ways to pray. The type of prayer we offer often depends on our circumstances and needs at that time, doesn't it? For example, Daniel chapter 2 finds Daniel praying urgently in a time of crisis. In the sixth chapter he faces a strong temptation to deny the Lord. In this chapter, he is confessing the sins of his people and identifying himself with them. Looking at his prayer life from another angle, there is united prayer with his three friends in chapter 3. There is personal prayer by himself in chapter 6. There are intercessory as well as persistent prayers in chapter 9. Daniel was a man who prayed, and always did so with recognition of God's goodness. The marvellous example of prayer in this chapter arose form his reading of the prophetic Scriptures. The Word of God had stirred his heart to pray. That is how it should be. Our daily reading of God's message should lead us to prayer. Notice also that it was the realization of God's purposes which stirred Daniel to pray. Daniel could see that the time which God had decreed for the Jews to be in Babylon was almost completed. He therefore began to ask God to do what He had promised. When God plans or begins a work, He almost always lays a burden in the heart of one of His children for prayer concerning that plan. In the strange mystery of prayer, God's purposes are carried out as we co-operate with Him. Often there has to be genuine confession and cleansing before the way is clear for God to work. That is why Daniel prayed as he did. What does that say to us today? The great need of most of our churches is revival. But revival usually comes when God's people take time to look at themselves in the light of God's Word and then seek His face in repentance. Perhaps through our reading today, Daniel is giving us an example of how to do this. Are we listening to what He is saying to us? 創世記四十三至四十五章 重點： 雅各的兒子被迫再往埃及糴糧；約瑟與兄弟相認；雅各詫異約瑟拜相。 鑰節： 猶大說：「我們對我主說甚麼呢？還有甚麼話可說呢？我們怎能自己表白出來呢？神已經查出僕人的罪孽了。」（四四16） 內容：  約瑟十位兄長將弟弟出賣已二十年了，或許他們已忘記這件事；然而神沒有忘記，祂要他們看見自己所做的是可憎惡的事，必須認罪悔改。 他們在第一次買糧的時候，因所受的查問和對待，已感覺到從前出賣弟兄之惡行（四二21）。如今第二次來買糧時，約瑟故意將酒杯放在便雅憫的口袋裡，為要察看兄弟們的光景。 他們都回到約瑟面前，猶大說：「我們對我主說甚麼呢？還有甚麼話可說呢？我們怎能自己表白出來呢？神已經查出僕人的罪孽了。」 他們二十年前的惡行，神再將它放在他們眼前，他們都良心發現了，不能不認罪：「神已經查出僕人的罪孽了。」所以，我們不要以為犯罪沒有人知，神無處不在，祂時刻鑒察。我們必須認罪，才能良心平安；與弟兄和好了，才能敬拜神。 默想： 有甚麼得罪了神、得罪了人？「我們若認自己的罪，神…必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。」（約壹一9） 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 終享自由   創世記四十一章1-16節   「那時酒政對法老說：『我今日想起我的罪來。』」（9節） 約瑟一等再等，等待從宮中傳來釋放他的消息。兩年過去，渺無音訊。然後一個晚上，法老作了兩個逼真的夢，眾臣子對其解釋沒有一絲頭緒。最後，酒政突然記起一件事情。「約瑟！我忘了他呢！真抱歉！」此刻是向法老提說約瑟的好時機。約瑟被傳召入宮，便趕緊整理儀容，進宮謁見皇室人員。 那兩年間約瑟的思想和情緒有甚麼變化，我們不得而知。雖然他享受高於其他囚犯的地位，始終還是階下囚，加上酒政沒有助他出獄，本來他可以積累滿腹怨氣。可是，他迅速告訴法老解夢能力的來源，顯示他與神維持不斷更新的關係。如果我們抓緊苦毒不放，就無法與神保持這種關係，苦毒有如腫瘤，可以把我們毀掉，在病徵顯明之前，暗地日漸長大。 過去我不大瞭解何謂「饒恕」。唸主禱文時，我會唸到這句：「免我們的債，如同我們免了...」神饒恕了我嗎？我不敢肯定。酒政發覺自己的罪，想知道自己已獲饒恕。當一位朋友給我看以賽亞書四十三章25節：「惟有我為自己的緣故塗抹你的過犯，我也不記念你的罪惡」，我才明白神的饒恕是甚麼。祂塗抹，祂不記念。噢！這消除了我心中沉重的罪疚感。這個真理與另一個教訓並存：神饒恕了我們，所以，我們必須饒恕別人。約瑟深明此理，並把它活出來。 齊來默想：「倘若這人與那人有嫌隙，總要…彼此饒恕。主怎樣饒恕了你們，你們也要怎樣饒恕人」（西三13）。 主啊，求你幫助我，把「總要」這涵蓋一切的詞語，實行出來。

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