神的异象
我们信靠甚么?
经文
诗篇六十二1-12
1(大卫的诗,照耶杜顿的作法,交与伶长。)
我的心默默无声,专等候神;我的救恩是从他而来。
2惟独他是我的磐石,我的拯救;他是我的高台,我必不很动摇。
3你们大家攻击一人,把他毁坏,如同毁坏歪斜的墙、将倒的壁,要到几时呢?
4他们彼此商议,专要从他的尊位上把他推下;
他们喜爱谎话,口虽祝福,心却咒诅。(细拉)
5我的心哪,你当默默无声,专等候神,因为我的盼望是从他而来。
6惟独他是我的磐石,我的拯救;他是我的高台,我必不动摇。
7我的拯救、我的荣耀都在乎神;我力量的磐石、我的避难所都在乎神。
8你们众民当时时倚靠他,在他面前倾心吐意;神是我们的避难所。(细拉)
9下流人真是虚空;上流人也是虚假;
放在天平里就必浮起;他们一共比空气还轻。
10不要仗势欺人,也不要因抢夺而骄傲;若财宝加增,不要放在心上。
11神说了一次、两次,我都听见:就是能力都属乎神。
12主啊,慈爱也是属乎你,因为你照着各人所行的报应他。
信息分享
今天我们要继续来默想「神的荣耀比我们的利益更重要」这观念。问题往往不是因为别人把伤害带给我们,而是我们自己把伤害不断的加给我们的神。且让我尽可能把这个具体的意思解释清楚。
很多基督徒在受到伤害的时候只是想到要如何得到神的安慰,而不会考虑到自己是怎么样的伤害了神。寻求神的安慰并不是错,圣经也鼓励我们当这样做,但这只是整幅图画的其中一面。今天书店里面最受欢迎的都是《怎样医治生命中的创伤》或《怎样克服过去的痛苦》这一类的书籍。我再说一遍,这种强调是合理的,但我们绝不能无视一个事实,那就是:重要的不是别人没有善待我们,而是我们自己一直以来对神的伤害。
让我们来想一想这么一个例子吧:有人伤害了我们或令我们失望了,我们就会策划报复。但神是怎样说的?「朋友们,不可为自己复仇,宁可让神的忿怒……」因为圣经说:「主说:伸冤在我;我必报应」(罗十二19)。当神看见我们忽视祂的话时,你认为祂不会感到难过吗?别人可能得罪我们,但我们有甚么理由去得罪神呢?让我们不要含糊其辞,因为任何违背神圣原则的事情,我们都必须给它正确的名称,那就是罪。没有任何罪是我们可以轻看的,特别是得罪神的罪。
「任何违背神圣原则的事情都是罪」
进深研究
太二十一12-13;太二十三37-39;路十九41
1. 耶稣留意圣殿一带的时候,承受了甚么痛苦?
2. 耶稣走近耶路撒冷时,感受到甚么痛苦?
祈祷
神啊,求您赦免我,我经常在意别人怎样对待我,多于我怎样对待您。我知道不信任您就是不爱您。我总是只在口头上说:「我爱您,」。求您赦免我,帮助我。奉主耶稣的名求。阿们。
The Vision of God
Where is our trust?
Bible reading:
Psalm 62:1-12
1 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.[b]
5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[c]; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
11 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: "Power belongs to you, God,
12 and with you, Lord, is unfailing love"; and, "You reward everyone according to what they have done."
Message
We continue meditating on this matter of God's glory being more important than our own well-being. The serious problem is not the pain that others have inflicted upon us, but the pain we have inflicted (and continue to inflict) upon God. Let me spell out as clearly as I can exactly what I mean.
Many Christians are far more interested in focusing on how they can get God to comfort them when they have been hurt than considering how much they have hurt Him. Not that it is wrong to seek His comfort - Scripture encourages us to do this - but it is only one side of the picture. The most popular books in our bookshops today are titles such as these: How to be Healed of Life's Hurts or How to Overcome the Pains of the Past. I repeat that this is a legitimate emphasis, but we must not lose sight of the fact that the important issue is not how badly people have behaved toward us, but how badly we have behaved (and continue to behave) toward God.
Take this for example: someone hurts us or upsets us and we decide to become the architects of their judgment. But what does God say? "Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath...'It is mine to avenge, I will repay,' says the Lord" (Rom. 12:19). Don't you think God is hurt when He sees us ignoring His Word? We may have been sinned against, but is that any justification for sinning against God? Let's not mince words here, for any violation of a divine principle must be called by its rightful name - sin. And no sin ought to be treated lightly - especially a sin against God.
"Any violation of a divine principle is sin"
Prayer
O God, forgive me that so often I am more concerned about how others have treated me than the way I treat You. I see that a failure to trust You is a failure in love. I say, "I love You," but only so far. Forgive me and help me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Further study
Matthew 21:12-13; 23:37-39
Luke 19:41
1. What pain was inflicted on Jesus as He observed the Temple area?
2. What pain did Jesus feel as He approached the city?
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