Mar08【每日活水】谨言慎行来执行使命

撒母耳记上 10:9~16

扫罗转身离别撒母耳, 神就赐他一个新心。当日这一切兆头都应验了。
10  扫罗到了那山,有一班先知遇见他, 神的灵大大感动他,他就在先知中受感说话。
11  素来认识扫罗的,看见他和先知一同受感说话,就彼此说:「基士的儿子遇见什么了?扫罗也列在先知中吗?」
12  那地方有一个人说:「这些人的父亲是谁呢?」此后有句俗语说:「扫罗也列在先知中吗?」

13  扫罗受感说话已毕,就上邱坛去了。

14  扫罗的叔叔问扫罗和他仆人说:「你们往哪里去了?」回答说:「找驴去了。我们见没有驴,就到了撒母耳那里。」
15  扫罗的叔叔说:「请将撒母耳向你们所说的话告诉我。」
16  扫罗对他叔叔说:「他明明地告诉我们驴已经找着了。」至于撒母耳所说的国事,扫罗却没有告诉叔叔。

Saul Made King
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day.
10  When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.
11  When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked each other, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
12  A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
13  After Saul stopped prophesying, he went to the high place.
14  Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where have you been?”
“Looking for the donkeys,” he said. “But when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
15  Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”
16  Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

 

内容观察

1. 扫罗和仆人来到那座山,发生了什么事?(10~11节)
2. 扫罗如何回答叔叔的提问? (16节)
 

思考与默想

 

3. 扫罗为什么没有告诉叔叔,他将要作王的事?
 

个人感受

4. 看到扫罗以谨言慎行的态度来面对神交付的事,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5. 我曾在什么事情上没有谨慎口舌而犯错?
6. 为了怀着神所赐的新心,以谨言慎行的态度来执行使命,我决定要怎么做?
 
这些人的父亲是谁呢(12节):当时先知中的老师被学生尊称为“父亲”,因此这话应是在问这群先知和扫罗的先知身份师承何处。
扫罗也在先知中吗(12节):意为“扫罗也是先知吗?”。这句话之后成为带讽刺意味的俗语,因为事情发展到后来,扫罗并没有像先知一样按着神的心意行。

灵修指南

扫罗被撒母耳膏抹后,神赐给扫罗一颗不同以往的心。神改变了扫罗,预备他成为以色列的君王(9—10节)。
扫罗和他的仆人到了山上,遇到了一群先知,就在这时候,神的灵临到扫罗身上,扫罗就和他们一起说预言。扫罗被圣灵的能力所感动,领受并宣讲神的启示。
后来,扫罗遇见他的叔叔,告诉他自己因找不到驴子而去见了撒母耳。当叔叔问及他与撒母耳的谈话,扫罗只说了有关驴子已经找到的事。这是因为他不想因私下的谈话而妨碍了神所托付的使命,因为他还没有公开在以色列众人面前被宣告为王。
神的子民必须始终认真对待神托付的使命,谨慎地执行。愿我们始终过着以使命为中心的生活,以谨言慎行的态度来面对神交付的事情
 

内室祷/告

求神赐给我新的心,帮助我谨言慎行来完成主所托付的使命。

 

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