背负我们重担的神
诗篇六十八篇1至10节及19节
1（大卫的诗歌，交与伶长。）愿神兴起，使他的仇敌四散，叫那恨他的人从他面前逃跑。
2他们被驱逐，如烟被风吹散；恶人见神之面而消灭，如蜡被火镕化。
3惟有义人必然欢喜，在神面前高兴快乐。
4你们当向神唱诗，歌颂他的名；为那坐车行过旷野的修平大路。他的名是耶和华，要在他面前欢乐！
5神在他的圣所作孤儿的父，作寡妇的伸冤者。
6神叫孤独的有家，使被囚的出来享福；惟有悖逆的住在干燥之地。
7神啊，你曾在你百姓前头出来，在旷野行走。（细拉）
8那时，地见神的面而震动，天也落雨；西乃山见以色列神的面也震动。
9神啊，你降下大雨；你产业以色列疲乏的时候，你使他坚固。
10你的会众住在其中；神啊，你的恩惠是为困苦人预备的。
19天天背负我们重担的主，就是拯救我们的神，是应当称颂的！（细拉）
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诗篇中的许多作品，都是出自大卫的手笔。他对神的信心坚固，以致当他落到最懊丧灰心的时候，他仍然能反问自己说：「我的心哪，你为何忧闷？为何在我里面烦躁？应当仰望神，因我还要称赞他。」(诗四十三5)
在诗篇第六十八篇，大卫再次述说神如何祝福和看顾祂的百姓，纵使当他们流落在旷野之中，神也没有一刻离弃他们(7至10节)。然后，正如某人一直侃侃而谈神昔日如何看顾他，却突然转口说神今天又如何帮助他一样，大卫也突然在第19节说：神天天背负我们的重担。
我们有一位凡事为我们分担的神。任何压在我们身上的担子，都同样压在神的身上，神总会为我们去背负。当朋友向我们诉苦的时候，我们总希望自己能为他们做些甚么，来帮助他们；可是，有时却又感到有心无力。但神却不会有心无力。请看第19节的下一句：神是拯救我们的神；因此，不管我们落入甚么境况，无所不能的神都必能拯救我们。
基督教的福音之所以如此奇妙，正是因为神不单满有能力，而且，祂更愿意天天背负我们的重担。祂愿意为我们分担人生的重担，更愿意为我们亲自去背负。对每位信徒来说，这实在是一个极大的鼓励！
反思：
我身上有甚么重担？我们的神愿意天天为我们去背负，为何我不放下重担，让神为我去背负呢？
OUR GOD CARRIES OUR BURDERS
Psalm 68: 1 – 10 &19
1 Let God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
2 As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
By His name YAH,
And rejoice before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness,Selah
8 The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
10 Your congregation dwelt in it;
You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!Selah
Message
David, of course, wrote many of the Psalms. He had such a deep faith in God that even when he was most discouraged, he could still stay to himself, ‘Why are you cast down oh my soul? Hope in God and you will yet praise him’ (Psalm 43:5).
Here is Psalm 68 David tells again the wonderful way in which God had blessed and looked after his people even in dessert (vv.7 -10). Then like someone who is bubbling over with what God has done in the past, he suddenly says, ‘Why even today, God has done this and this for me’. David says in verse 19 ‘God daily (everyday) blesses us and carries our burdens for us.’
We have a God who shares everything with us. Everything that touches us, touches him. And he can always do something about our problems. Sometimes when folks have told us about their troubles, we have wished we could do something to help them. Perhaps we can’t. God is not like that. Look at the rest of verse 19. It could be translated, ‘Our God is our deliverer’. He is never limited in what he can do.
That is what makes the Christian gospel so wonderful. Our God can and does enter into our situations day by day. He can share them with us and carry all our burdens. What an encouragement!
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I can give God my burdens to carry, today and every day.