Mar 23【每日活水】谦卑省察自己的过失

 

撒母耳记上14:36~46

36 扫罗说:「我们不如夜里下去追赶非利士人,抢掠他们,直到天亮,不留他们一人。」众民说:「你看怎样好就去行吧!」祭司说:「我们先当亲近  SHEN 。」

37 扫罗求问  SHEN 说:「我下去追赶非利士人可以不可以?你将他们交在以色列人手里不交?」这日  SHEN 没有回答他。

38 扫罗说:「你们百姓中的长老都上这里来,查明今日是谁犯了罪。

39 我指着救以色列-永生的耶/和/华起誓,就是我儿子约拿单犯了罪,他也必死。」但百姓中无一人回答他。

40 扫罗就对以色列众人说:「你们站在一边,我与我儿子约拿单也站在一边。」百姓对扫罗说:「你看怎样好就去行吧!」

41 扫罗dao告耶/和/华-以色列的  SHEN 说:「求你指示实情。」于是掣签掣出扫罗和约拿单来;百姓尽都无事。

42 扫罗说:「你们再掣签,看是我,是我儿子约拿单」,就掣出约拿单来。

43 扫罗对约拿单说:「你告诉我,你做了什么事?」约拿单说:「我实在以手里的杖,用杖头蘸了一点蜜尝了一尝。这样我就死吗?」

44 扫罗说:「约拿单哪,你定要死!若不然,愿  SHEN 重重地降罚与我。」

45 百姓对扫罗说:「约拿单在以色列人中这样大行拯救,岂可使他死呢?断乎不可!我们指着永生的耶/和/华起誓,连他的一根头发也不可落地,因为他今日与  SHEN 一同做事。」于是百姓救约拿单免了死亡。

46 扫罗回去,不追赶非利士人;非利士人也回本地去了。

36 Saul said, “Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive.”“Do whatever seems best to you,” they replied.But the priest said, “Let us inquire of God here.”

37 So Saul asked God, “Shall I go down and pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into Israel’s hand?” But God did not answer him that day.

38 Saul therefore said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed today.

39 As surely as the Lord who rescues Israel lives, even if the guilt lies with my son Jonathan, he must die.” But not one of them said a word.

40 Saul then said to all the Israelites, “You stand over there; I and Jonathan my son will stand over here.”“Do what seems best to you,” they replied.

41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.

42 Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”

44 Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan.”

45 But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

46 Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

 

内容观察

1.当扫罗要求追击非利士人,以色列人、祭司和 SHEN 各有什么回应?(36~37节)

2.以色列人如何看待违反扫罗命令的约拿单?(45节)

 

思考与默想

 

3. SHEN 为什么没有回答扫罗的求问?
 

个人感受

4.看到扫罗不懂得省察自己的错误,一再做出愚蠢的判断,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾忘记自我省察,反而首先质疑、责怪别人?

6.为了学习谦卑自省,使自己能按着 SHEN 的心意行事,我决定要怎么做?

查明今日这罪是怎样发生的(38节):“罪”的意思是“脱离、偏离”,指偏离律/法的行为。约拿单因为父亲错误的命令,从有战功的拯救者,一下变成了犯罪者。

灵/修指南

扫罗计划要追击非利士人,并将他们赶尽杀绝。虽然以色列人愿意听从扫罗,但祭司提议在进行计划前先求问 SHEN 。不过, SHEN 以沉默来回应扫罗。 SHEN 的沉默不答,意味着扫罗的命令是有问题的,然而扫罗没有发现这一点,反倒认为 SHEN 的沉默是因以色列人中有人犯罪,因此试图透过抽签找出原因。结果,最后发现是约拿单违背了扫罗的命令,对此,扫罗发誓一定要按军令将自己的儿子处死。然而以色列人民的想法和扫罗不同,他们认为约拿单在战争中有功,应该要免去他的死罪(45节)。我们看见,扫罗至此仍然没有反省自己所下的错误命令,竟然愚蠢地要执行军令将与 SHEN 同工的约拿单处死。无视 SHEN 的旨意、只为树立自己权威感的扫罗,不仅没能看清战争胜利是 SHEN 的恩典,就连自己的儿子是按着 SHEN 的心意行事也不知道。愿我们在质疑他人之前,都能谦卑自我反省,时时觉察自己的心态、行为是否违背了 SHEN 的心意,避免做出更多违背 SHEN 心意的错误决定。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 帮助我懂得谦卑自省,能够发觉并勇于承认自己的错误。

 

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