从迷惘到信靠
耶稣的榜样
经文
诗篇三十七1-11
1(大卫的诗。)不要为作恶的心怀不平,也不要向那行不义的生出嫉妒。
2因为他们如草快被割下,又如青菜快要枯干。
3你当倚靠耶和华而行善,住在地上,以他的信实为粮;
4又要以耶和华为乐,他就将你心里所求的赐给你。
5当将你的事交托耶和华,并倚靠他,他就必成全。
6他要使你的公义如光发出,使你的公平明如正午。
7你当默然倚靠耶和华,耐性等候他;不要因那道路通达的和那恶谋成就的心怀不平。
8当止住怒气,离弃忿怒;不要心怀不平,以致作恶。
9因为作恶的必被剪除;惟有等候耶和华的必承受地土。
10还有片时,恶人要归于无有;你就是细察他的住处也要归于无有。
11但谦卑人必承受地土,以丰盛的平安为乐。
信息分享
让我们多花一天的时间来思想和学习怎样将问题交托神,以及等候祂在合适的时间才给予回答。你是否觉得将一些你不明白的事情带到神那里、交托给祂是一件很困难的事情?如果你真的这样想,那么请你记住,历代以来,神的百姓都认为「等候」是所有需要学习的功课中,其中一门最困难的功课。
哈巴谷把问题交托给神、让祂来处理,这做法是主耶稣在客西马尼园里面所采用的同一做法。让耶稣挣扎的问题,不仅仅是要在十字架上被钉死,而是祂为了我们要「成为罪」而与祂的父神分离。令神的儿子感到畏缩的是与祂的父分离。这无疑是祂生命中最大的难处。
在面对这样的情况时,我们的主做了甚么?祂祈祷说:「我父啊,倘若可行,求你叫这杯离开我;然而不要照我的意思,只要照你的意思」(太二十六39)。祂将自己、与内心的挣扎──「成为罪」的问题──交托给神。祂相信神的旨意总是对的,因为圣洁的神永远不会命定任何错误的事情,并让它继续进行。要是你此刻正与一些你不明白的事情,或者是一些令你疑惑的事情斗争的话,请你定睛注目仰望你的神吧,不仅是与神倾诉,而是要把你的困难完全交托给祂。
「神的旨意总是对的」
进深研究
提后一1-12;诗三十一5;腓一6;彼前二23,四19
1. 保罗确信甚么?
2. 我们可以相信甚么?
祈祷
慈爱的天父,我知道如果在困难中要享有平安,就必须学会将问题交托给您。求您帮助我今天就开始学习这功课。奉耶稣的名祈求,阿们。
From Confusion to Confidence
The example of Jesus
Bible reading:
Psalm 37:1-11
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.
Message
We spend one more day on the issue of learning how to commit a problem to God and wait for Him to answer in His own good time. Do you find it hard to take something you do not understand to God and leave it with Him? If you do, then believe me, you are not alone. Throughout time, as we said, the people of God have found this one of the most difficult lessons they have had to learn.
The method which Habakkuk employed of committing a problem to God and leaving it with Him was the same method Jesus used in that dramatic episode at Gethsemane. The problem which Jesus had to wrestle with was not just the problem of being crucified on a cross, but of being separated from His Father by being "made sin" for us. The thing from which the Son of God recoiled was separation from His Father. This was, without doubt, the greatest perplexity of His life.
What did He do in this situation? He prayed and said: "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will" (Matt. 26:39). He took the problem with which He was wrestling - the problem of being "made sin" - and left it with God. Then He moved on in the confidence that God's will is always right and that a holy God will never command anything that is wrong. If you are struggling right now with something that you do not understand - something that is causing you considerable confusion - then get up into the watchtower and just keep looking to God. But don't just share it with Him - leave it with Him.
"God's will is always right"
Prayer
Gracious and loving Father, I see that if I am to enjoy peace in the midst of my problems, I must learn this lesson of leaving my problems with You. Help me begin practising it this very day. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Further study
2 Timothy 1:1-12
Psalm 31:5
Philippians 1:6
1 Peter 2:23; 4:19
1. Of what was Paul convinced?
2. Of what can we be confident?
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