Draw near to God

雲彩

2006-03-30T11:59:00.000+08:00

神給我的呼召．．．

救主基督歷代施恩的寶架，能引導萬國萬民歸向他，
歷世多少忠心信徒，不渴慕世上榮華，憑信將一生交托他。
救主基督歷盡艱辛釘苦架，難道我沒法明瞭這代價？
硬要編出一些理由，將使命忘記撇下，不肯盡全力全意地愛他。
誰能助我叫冷淡的心轉化？如何可一生遵行主說話？
恩主我願拋去俗世榮華，明白有著你，才是最可誇！
回望歷世見證叫我內心多驚訝！如雲彩光輝包圍天下，
當天信徒甘擺上代價，來報答主愛無價！

我的身邊是萬千誘惑繁華，迷住我沒法專一倚靠他，
尚要貪戀繽紛世途，只顧念塵世的家，不思念誰曾熱血為我灑。
誰能助我以你做一生指引，無條件將關懷施贈；
專一愛神、真摯地愛別人，憑著信望愛，無憾過此生！
回望歷世見證叫我內心多驚訝！如雲彩光輝包圍天下；
今天我願不計代價，來見證主愛無價！

燃燒一生將福音遍天下，獻出身心做活祭歸予他，
神讓我以你做一生指引，無條件將關懷施贈，
專一愛神，真摯地愛別人，憑著信望愛，無憾過此生，
回望歷世見證叫我內心多驚訝，如雲彩光輝包圍天下，
今天我願不計代價，來見證主愛無價。

出自團契遊樂園 - 2 環遊世界

誰曾應許

2006-03-23T11:33:00.000+08:00

一首很感動的詩歌．．．

誰曾應許，一生不撇下我；
每段窄路，誰陪我去走過？
誰還領我，於青草恬靜處躺臥，
豐足恩惠比海沙更多﹗

誰曾應許，天天看顧著我；
晝夜眷佑，連頭髮也數過﹗
誰還以愛，驅走心裡懼怕怯懦，
那懼路途捲動著旋渦﹗

因你是我主，我避難所，
我盾牌和詩歌﹗
你是我的高臺，我隨時幫助﹗
來吧﹗用信心，讚頌和高歌，
你永在我心窩﹗
唯你有永生江河，
除你以外不倚靠別個﹗
我究竟算甚麼？神你竟這般顧念我

出自團契遊樂園 - 5 應許

婚姻衝突

2005-12-07T14:36:00.000+08:00

最近聽到一位同事的朋友的故事：她的丈夫有外遇，是她丈夫的一個僱員。同事的朋友選擇忍受；應該說，是靠著主的恩典去包容丈夫，依然等候浪子回頭的一天。作為基督徒兼旁觀者，心裡著實是矛盾的：神不願夫婦分開，可是那姊妹所承受的壓力（特別是回家還要受那個「衰佬」的冷嘲熱諷），真教人不忍見到她獨個兒面對。

我想起我好友的往事：他與妻子自小在教會認識，拍了拖好一段日子結婚，可是幾年後就有說不出的問題：他告訴我她變得喜歡玩樂，有一天她放下結婚戒指在檯頭就離家去了．．．他很依靠神，深信神給他試煉，神也會帶她回轉。他只告訴我和教會少數要好的弟兄，請我們為他倆禱告。可是有一天，他告訴我他最近常去酒吧買醉，我知道他支持不了，不依靠神了。又有一天，他帶著送給太太的公仔往下跳．．．

當我聽到第一個故事，我就很擔心那位承受壓力的姊妹；人所看不見的神啊，她能夠渡過這關嗎？

然而，當我將這故事帶到教會禱告，領查經的弟兄前輩及傳道姑娘提醒我們：神真的是看不見嗎？當我們每天親近神，我們就仿如看得見主：那位曾說「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門」１的主耶穌。

神又讓困惑的我看見一個見證：在今期《中信》月刊一對夫婦見證：女的如何等待丈夫回轉２，男的如何被太太的付出所感動而悔改３。神的大能真是超乎我們所想、所「推斷」「分析」的。

在此我懷念我的好友，祝福那位「有神作引路」的姊妹，並鼓勵落在困難中的朋友們尋求主的幫助。

１馬太福音７：７
２《中信》二○○五年十二月號　覆水能收　一、忍耐等待　李陳昭舜
３《中信》二○○五年十二月號　覆水能收　二、浪子回頭　李紹權

等候耶和華

2005-11-06T19:01:00.000+08:00

經文：撒母耳記上第１３章８－１４

8掃羅照著撒母耳所定的日期等了七日。撒母耳還沒有來到吉甲，百姓也離開掃羅散去了。 9掃羅說：「把燔祭和平安祭帶到我這裡來。」掃羅就獻上燔祭。10剛獻完燔祭，撒母耳就到了。掃羅出去迎接他，要問他好。
11撒母耳說：「你作的是甚麼事呢？」掃羅說：「因為我見百姓離開我散去，你也不照所定的日期來到，而且非利士人聚集在密抹。12所以我心裡說：恐怕我沒有禱告耶和華。非利士人下到吉甲攻擊我，我就勉強獻上燔祭。」
13撒母耳對掃羅說：「你作了糊塗事了，沒有遵守耶和華你神所吩咐你的命令。若遵守，耶和華必在以色列中堅立你的王位，直到永遠。14現在你的王位必不長久。耶和華已經尋著一個合他心意的人，立他作百姓的君，因為你沒有遵守耶和華所吩咐你的。」

8 He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul's men began to scatter. 9 So he said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings. [a] " And Saul offered up the burnt offering. 10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
11 "What have you done?" asked Samuel. Saul replied, "When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Micmash, 12 I thought, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the LORD's favor.' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering."
13 "You acted foolishly," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command."

[a] 1 Samuel 13:9 Traditionally peace offerings

感想：

又一個自作主張的例子了！我也曾作一個如此的心急人，沒有等候神就照自己的意念行。後果可以如掃羅般嚴重－神的離棄！自以為聰明，卻成為愚笨。又是神幫助我們收拾殘局．．．

神給撒拉的祝福

2005-11-05T18:45:00.000+08:00

經文：創世記第１８章９－１５

9他們問亞伯拉罕說：「你妻子撒拉在那裡？」他說：「在帳棚裡。」
10三人中有一位說：「到明年這時候，我必要回到你這裡；你的妻子撒拉必生一個兒子。」撒拉在那人後邊的帳棚門口也聽見了這話。11亞伯拉罕和撒拉年紀老邁，撒拉的月經已斷絕了。12撒拉心裡暗笑，說：「我既已衰敗，我主也老邁，豈能有這喜事呢？」
13耶和華對亞伯拉罕說：「撒拉為甚麼暗笑，說：『我既已年老，果真能生養麼？』 14耶和華豈有難成的事麼？到了日期，明年這時候，我必回到你這裡，撒拉必生一個兒子。」
15撒拉就害怕，不承認，說：「我沒有笑。」那位說：「不然，你實在笑了。」

9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There, in the tent," he said.
10 Then the LORD [a] said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master [b] is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD ? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

[a] Genesis 18:10 Hebrew Then he
[b] Genesis 18:12 Or husband

感想：

除了「自作主張」和「自作自受」，我們還「自以為是」－以自己的所謂見解和學識來限制神的作為。因著神自己的意思，「耶和華豈有難成的事麼？」我相信神凡事都能！讓我們學習相信神的應許，不要注目自己所理解的環境。

從撒萊到撒拉

2005-11-04T13:39:00.000+08:00

經文：創世記第１６章１－５

1亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊不給他生兒女。撒萊有一個使女，名叫夏甲，是埃及人。 2撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「耶和華使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因他得孩子（得孩子：原文是被建立）。」
亞伯蘭聽從了撒萊的話。 3於是亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊將使女埃及人夏甲給了丈夫為妾；那時亞伯蘭在迦南已經住了十年。 4亞伯蘭與夏甲同房，夏甲就懷了孕；
他見自己有孕，就小看他的主母。 5撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「我因你受屈。我將我的使女放在你懷中，他見自己有了孕，就小看我。願耶和華在你我中間判斷。」

1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her."
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me."

感想：

「自作自受」似乎最切合案中主角的遭遇，不過其實我們也不幸地活在這光景裡：當我自以為是，自作主張，往往信自己多過神就有意想不到（應該說是被忽略）的後果。縱然後悔，慈愛的主還是願意我們回轉，讓他幫助我們收拾殘局。讓我們凡事謙卑求主罷！

亞拿尼亞、撒非喇－欺哄聖靈

2005-11-03T13:51:00.000+08:00

經文：使徒行傳第 5 章１－１０

1有一個人，名叫亞拿尼亞，同他的妻子撒非喇賣了田產， 2把價銀私自留下幾分，他的妻子也知道，其餘的幾分拿來放在使徒腳前。
3彼得說：「亞拿尼亞！為甚麼撒但充滿了你的心，叫你欺哄聖靈，把田地的價銀私自留下幾分呢？4田地還沒有賣，不是你自己的麼？既賣了，價銀不是你作主麼？你怎麼心裡起這意念呢？你不是欺哄人，是欺哄神了。」
5亞拿尼亞聽見這話，就仆倒，斷了氣；聽見的人都甚懼怕。 6有些少年人起來，把他包裹，抬出去埋葬了。
7約過了三小時，他的妻子進來，還不知道這事。 8彼得對他說：「你告訴我，你們賣田地的價銀就是這些麼？」他說：「就是這些。」
9彼得說：「你們為甚麼同心試探主的靈呢？埋葬你丈夫之人的腳已到門口，他們也要把你抬出去。」
10婦人立刻仆倒在彼得腳前，斷了氣。那些少年人進來，見他已經死了，就抬出去，埋在他丈夫旁邊。

1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet.
3Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."
5When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price."
9Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."
10At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

感想：

欺哄聖靈不一定是為了錢的，但凡為了虛有的敬虔而“欺騙觀眾”－例如假裝有事奉、靈修、祈禱等等－應該都算這一類。《默想聖經人物》一書中更提醒我們：就算沒有欺哄的成份，若我們依靠這些行為為得人稱讚也不該；神看重我們的內心。

每日親近主

2005-11-02T23:51:00.000+08:00

天父：你賜給我寶貴的恩典，就是你！至高的神願意聽我這微小的人的祈禱，又用上創世以來的先知把你的話記錄下來。神啊！求你使用此ＢＬＯＧ讓我持續渴慕你。