2013-04-21 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 舊約人物：逃命的雅各 粵語 國語 第21天 讀經：    創世記二十七章41節至二十八章5節 41以掃因他父親給雅各祝的福，就怨恨雅各，心裡說：為我父親居喪的日子近了，到那時候，我要殺我的兄弟雅各。 42有人把利百加大兒子以掃的話告訴利百加，他就打發人去，叫了他小兒子雅各來，對他說：你哥哥以掃想要殺你，報仇雪恨。 43現在，我兒，你要聽我的話：起來，逃往哈蘭、我哥哥拉班那裡去， 44同他住些日子，直等你哥哥的怒氣消了。 45你哥哥向你消了怒氣，忘了你向他所做的事，我便打發人去把你從那裡帶回來。為甚麼一日喪你們二人呢？ 46利百加對以撒說：我因這赫人的女子連性命都厭煩了；倘若雅各也娶赫人的女子為妻，像這些一樣，我活著還有甚麼益處呢？ 1以撒叫了雅各來，給他祝福，並囑咐他說：你不要娶迦南的女子為妻。 2你起身往巴旦亞蘭去，到你外祖彼土利家裡，在你母舅拉班的女兒中娶一女為妻。 3願全能的神賜福給你，使你生養眾多，成為多族， 4將應許亞伯拉罕的福賜給你和你的後裔，使你承受你所寄居的地為業，就是神賜給亞伯拉罕的地。 5以撒打發雅各走了，他就往巴旦亞蘭去，到亞蘭人彼土利的兒子拉班那裡。拉班是雅各、以掃的母舅。 五百年後，摩西說的一句話，應驗在雅各身上：「你們的罪必追上你們。」（民卅二23）雅各欺騙了父親，又騙取了兄長的祝福，接下來怎麼辦呢？他只有逃跑了。 他的母親再次幫助他。利百加知道她所愛的兒子雅各必須離家避禍，可是如何說服丈夫以撒呢？ 她向以撒說的話是極其沉重的：「以掃娶的女子，令我厭煩夠了。假如連雅各也娶了本地的外邦女子，我真不知道該怎樣了。我們為何不打發他到我舅父那裡去，讓他在那裡娶妻呢？」（46節） 她的話是不錯的，雖然背後利百加的動機仍是詭詐。屬神的人與不信者結婚，明顯有違神的吩咐。這種婚姻只會為未來製造很多問題。就如同信主的姊妹嫁給對屬靈事情毫無興趣的丈夫，那種孤獨感實在無法盡言。 以掃的悖逆更甚，他娶的是異教外邦女子。雅各後來娶的妻子，畢竟是來自一個認識真神的家庭。他倆一直彼此相愛，並生下約瑟和便雅憫。 利百加的謀劃，並未遮蓋神的恩手在雅各身上的作為。我們明天會讀到雅各怎樣遇見神。 雅各的故事提醒我們要將一生交在天父的手中，讓祂在我們身上成就祂的旨意，而不是努力為自己計劃和謀求利益。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OLD TESTAMENT HEROES: JACOB THE REFUGEE Day 21 Bible Reading:    Genesis 27:41 to 28:5 41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob." 42 And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran. 44 And stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away, 45 until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?" 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?" 1 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 3 "May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham." 5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. Moses said it 500 years later but it really was Jacob's story too: 'You may be sure your sin will find you out.' (Numbers 32:23) Having deceived his father and in one sense stolen his brother's blessing, what should he do next? Flight was the only solution. Again his mother helped him out. Rebekah knew her favourite, Jacob, would have to leave home. But how could she get her husband Isaac to approve? Her words to him were very strong (v.46): 'I'm sick and tired of my daughters-in-law, Esau's wives. They make life miserable for me. If our other boy, Jacob, marries one of these local heathen girls, I don't know what I'll do. Why don't we send Jacob over to my brother's place and let him get a wife there?' The plan had some good points, even if Rebekah was still manipulating and scheming. A believer in God marrying an unbeliever is going contrary to God's revealed word. Such a marriage will bring many problems in the years ahead. There is hardly anyone lonelier than a Christian wife whose husband is not interested in spiritual things. Esau moved further out of God's will by his marriages to heathen women. Jacob eventually married a girl who came from a home which knew something of the true God. Their marriage was a love-match which lasted through many years and produced Joseph and Benjamin. In spite of all Rebekah's planning, God still had His hand on Jacob. We will see tomorrow how God met him. The whole story of Jacob is a reminder to place ourselves in the hands of our heavenly Father and let Him work out His will for us, rather than plan and push for ourselves. 列王紀 本書是撒母耳記的延續，記錄王國在大衛、所羅門的全盛期至淪落到王國分裂、最後滅亡的歷史，是從與神立約的角度來描述；國家與君王的福祉，端視他們是否忠心遵行記載於摩西之約上的義務。 大綱： 大衛王離世與所羅門登位　　王上一至二章 所羅門的智慧和富強　　王上三至四章 所羅門建造聖殿　　王上五至八章 所羅門聲名遠播　　王上九至十章 所羅門的墮落　　王上十一章 王國分裂　　王上十二至王下十六章 亞述攻陷以色列國　　王下十七章 巴比倫打敗猶大國　　王下十八至廿五章 列王紀上一章至二章 重點： 亞多尼雅謀竊王位；所羅門受膏作王；大衛對所羅門的遺命；大衛去世；亞多尼雅被殺；亞比亞他被廢祭司之職；約押被殺。 鑰節： 大衛的死期臨近了，就吩咐他兒子所羅門說：（二1） 內容：  大衛臨終前，囑咐所羅門遵守耶和華神所吩咐的，照著摩西律法上所寫的行主的道，謹守祂的律例、誡命、典章、法度。 又吩咐他不容約押白頭安然的下陰間；恩待基列人巴西萊的眾子；不要以示每為無罪，使他白頭見殺，流血下到陰間。 大衛的遺訓，像是引用約書亞接任摩西時，神對約書亞的吩咐（書一1-9）；約書亞也是這樣遺言（書廿三14-16）。然後大衛加上自己三個直截了當的、具體的遺命。 大衛為何在生時自己不執行，尤其是兩個的處死？按摩西律法言，大衛實在沒有完全遵守，他姦人妻，又借刀殺人。他吩咐所羅門追討二人的罪，是表明自己落在罪中；也囑咐他剛強，作大丈夫，就是謹守遵守神的律例、誡命、典章。 我們都是罪人，無資格定人罪，但我們靠著主的恩典，認罪悔改，得蒙赦免；也就能靠著主恩典，遵守主的道，謹守祂的吩咐。並且能吩咐子女，與人分享見證，一齊領受主的恩，顯明神的義。 默想： 我們對子女的盼望和吩咐是甚麼？原因是有甚麼？ 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 解決衝突   腓立比書 4：2-3   「我勸友阿蝶和……循都基要在主裡同心。」（2節） 我們不時會有與他人發生磨擦的經歷，我們是怎樣處理這些問題的？ 我們是讓這些衝突發展成為不經理會的抱怨，加增彼此的矛盾呢？還是察覺到這樣的衝突會成為失去喜樂的因素而趕緊來對付它們？ 顯然的友阿蝶和循都基這兩位姊妹在腓立比教會裡發生了爭議，我們對她們沒有認識，但知道她們的爭執給教會帶來了分裂的危險。保羅的勸告是希望她們能和好如初。「拜託，拜託，靠上帝的幫助，不要再爭吵了─ 好好做回朋友吧」。 根據保羅所說的來看，這兩位姊妹都不是無可指責的，她們彼此都有過錯。造成不和的道路從來都不是單向的，但人們在處理衝突的時候只是帶著'輸'和'贏'的想法。 其實解決衝突不在於輸贏，而是在乎我們互相尊重，瞭解彼此的不同，並致力於爭取雙方都能接受的結果，這包括願意聆聽對方的故事、達成共識。 要找到解決辦法，雙方都需要「在主裡有共識」。而以神為中心能使我們採取像基督一樣的態度，也給了我們力量消除嫉恨和表達我們的寬恕。只有這樣，衝突才會得到結決，和諧得以恢復。 友阿蝶和循都基被看為「吵架的婦女」，而別人是如何看你？是一個製造不和還是一個努力尋求和諧的人呢？ 你是否正和某人鬧著矛盾？要在爭執中負起自己該負的責任，向對方說「抱歉」，並原諒對方的錯誤。   主啊，求你幫助我願意與人化解仇恨，努力尋求在主裡的和諧。

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