Feb22【每日活水】过专心一意而非形式化的信/仰生活

 

撒母耳记上 4:1b~4:11

约柜被掳
1以色列人出去与非利士人打仗,安营在以便以谢非利士人安营在亚弗
2非利士人向以色列人摆阵。两军交战的时候,以色列人败在非利士人面前;非利士人在战场上杀了他们的军兵约有四千人。
3百姓回到营里,以色列的长老说:「耶/和/华今日为何使我们败在非利士人面前呢?我们不如将耶/和/华的约柜从示罗抬到我们这里来,好在我们中间救我们脱离敌人的手。」
4于是百姓打发人到示罗,从那里将坐在二基路伯上万军之耶/和/华的约柜抬来。以利的两个儿子何弗尼非尼哈与  SHEN 的约柜同来。
5耶/和/华的约柜到了营中,以色列众人就大声欢呼,地便震动。
6非利士人听见欢呼的声音,就说:「在希伯来人营里大声欢呼,是什么缘故呢?」随后就知道耶/和/华的柜到了营中。
7非利士人就惧怕起来,说:「有 SHEN 到了他们营中」;又说:「我们有祸了!向来不曾有这样的事。
8我们有祸了!谁能救我们脱离这些大能之 SHEN 的手呢?从前在旷野用各样灾殃击打埃及人的,就是这些 SHEN 。
9非利士人哪,你们要刚强,要作大丈夫,免得作希伯来人的奴仆,如同他们作你们的奴仆一样。你们要作大丈夫,与他们争战。」
10非利士人和以色列人打仗,以色列人败了,各向各家奔逃,被杀的人甚多,以色列的步兵仆倒了三万。
11  SHEN 的柜被掳去,以利的两个儿子何弗尼非尼哈也都被杀了。
The Philistines Capture the Ark
1Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.
2The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.
3When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
6Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?”
When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,
7the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.
8We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
9Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.
11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
 

内容观察

1.以色列人作战失利后,为下一场战争做了什么准备?(3节)

2.约柜到了以色列营中,非利士人为何感到惧怕?(7~8节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.以色列人为何在有约柜的情况下还是败给了非利士人?
 

个人感受

4.看到约柜被掳,何弗尼和非尼哈被杀,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我在信/仰生活的哪些方面,可能参杂了形式化或迷信?

6.为了脱离偏差的信/仰观念及信/仰生活,全然活出顺从的生命,我决定要怎么做?

 
罗12:1“所以,弟兄们,我以 SHEN 的慈悲劝你们,将身体献上当作活祭,是圣洁的,是 SHEN 所喜悦的,你们如此事奉乃是理所当然的。”

灵/修指南

以色列人和非利士人发生了两次交战。在第一次交战中,以色列损失了四千余人,随后,以色列人为了下一次交战能取得胜利,请来了 SHEN 的约柜和祭司。非利士人听到这个消息,想起 SHEN 曾带领以色列人出埃及的经历,就因约柜来到以色列营中而惧怕,甚至为此做了决一死战的准备(6~8 节)。然而,第二次交战的结果,是以色列人再次战败,损失了至少三万人,并且祭司何弗尼和非尼哈都被杀, SHEN 的约柜被非利士人掳去(9~11 节)。以色列人之所以两次都作战失利,是因为他们不敬畏 SHEN 的缘故。他们虽然在宗教形式上看重约柜和祭司,但内心并没有真的敬畏 SHEN ,而是将约柜视为让自己征战得胜的工具,因此 SHEN 使他们屡次遭遇战败。我们不该将信/仰视为满足自己利益的工具,而是应当借着与 SHEN 亲密的交通,让我们的生活本身成为对 SHEN 的敬/拜(参罗 12:1)。 SHEN 所喜悦的敬/拜,不是形式化的宗教行为,而是真心诚意的敬/拜。
 

内室祷/告

求 SHEN 帮助我脱离以满足私欲为目的的信/仰观,成为敬畏 SHEN 的纯全敬/拜者。

 

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