圣经如何向我们说话
诗篇一一九篇89至105节
89耶和华啊,你的话安定在天,直到永远。
90你的诚实存到万代;你坚定了地,地就长存。
91天地照你的安排存到今日;万物都是你的仆役。
92我若不是喜爱你的律法,早就在苦难中灭绝了。
93我永不忘记你的训词,因你用这训词将我救活了。
94我是属你的,求你救我,因我寻求了你的训词。
95恶人等待我,要灭绝我,我却要揣摩你的法度。
96我看万事尽都有限,惟有你的命令极其宽广。
97我何等爱慕你的律法,终日不住地思想。
98你的命令常存在我心里,使我比仇敌有智慧。
99我比我的师傅更通达,因我思想你的法度;
100我比年老的更明白,因我守了你的训词。
101我禁止我脚走一切的邪路,为要遵守你的话。
102我没有偏离你的典章,因为你教训了我。
103你的言语在我上膛何等甘美,在我口中比蜜更甜!
104我借着你的训词得以明白,所以我恨一切的假道。
105你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光。
信息分享
神已确实借着祂的话语直接向我们说话,尤其是在信心基础方面。例如,我们如果对未来产生疑虑,祂便会向我们说:「只要信靠我。」当我们翻阅箴言三章5至6节,便知道神必为我们行最适合各人的事。又或是,我们若对自己能否得救感到怀疑,我们便看到约翰壹书五章13节等经文告诉我们,我们已因着相信基督而有永生。
倘若我们有一刻感到神不关心我们,祂便会用祂的话语对我们说:「我会以永远的爱来爱你。」我们若为前途挂虑,祂的话语就告诉我们,我们比麻雀贵重得多,祂既然每日看顾麻雀,当然会看顾我们。
圣灵也会借着神的话语来责备我们的罪,或指出我们有哪些行为令祂担忧。然后,圣灵也会劝勉我们,只要我们认罪,神必赦免我们。在这种情况下,记住圣灵的声音总是非常具体有针对性;而撒但只会不断控诉,定我们的罪。
今天特别用一段时间感谢神赐下圣经。不管你需要甚么,求祂借着圣经,今天就向你说话。
HOW THE BIBLE CAN SPEAK TO US.
Psalm 119:89-105
89 Forever, O LORD,
Your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
92 Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
94 I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.
96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection,
But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
Message
But God does speak plainly through His word, especially as a basis for our faith. For example if we have doubts about the future, He will say, “Trust me.” And we can turn to Proverbs 3:5-6 and believe He will work out what is best for us. Or if we have doubts about our salvation, we can turn to verses like 1 John 5:13 and read that we can know we have eternal life - now, because we have believed in Christ.
If we think for a moment that God doesn’t care about us, He will speak in His Word, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” If we are anxious about the future, we can read we mean more to Him than sparrows, and He takes wonderful daily care of them.
The Word of God is also the instrument the Holy Spirit uses to speak to us about sin in our lives or about an action which has grieved Him. Then the message comes, if we confess our sins, God is waiting for forgiving our sins. Remember in this connection that the voice of the Spirit of God is always specific, while the voice of our enemy Satan is always the one of sweeping condemnation.
Take time today to thank God for the book He has given us. Let Him speak to you today through it, whatever your need may be.

