Mar 29【每日活水】看重 SHEN 的心意及认可

撒母耳记上15:24~35

24 扫罗对撒母耳说：「我有罪了，我因惧怕百姓，听从他们的话，就违背了耶/和/华的命令和你的言语。

25 现在求你赦免我的罪，同我回去，我好敬/拜耶/和/华。」

26 撒母耳对扫罗说：「我不同你回去；因为你厌弃耶/和/华的命令，耶/和/华也厌弃你作以色列的王。」

27 撒母耳转身要走，扫罗就扯住他外袍的衣襟，衣襟就撕断了。

28 撒母耳对他说：「如此，今日耶/和/华使以色列国与你断绝，将这国赐与比你更好的人。

29 以色列的大能者必不致说谎，也不致后悔；因为他迥非世人，决不后悔。」

30 扫罗说：「我有罪了，虽然如此，求你在我百姓的长老和以色列人面前抬举我，同我回去，我好敬/拜耶/和/华－你的 SHEN 。

31 于是撒母耳转身跟随扫罗回去，扫罗就敬/拜耶/和/华。

32 撒母耳说：「要把亚玛力王亚甲带到我这里来。」亚甲就欢欢喜喜地来到他面前，心里说，死亡的苦难必定过去了。

33 撒母耳说：「你既用刀使妇人丧子，这样，你母亲在妇人中也必丧子。」于是，撒母耳在吉甲耶/和/华面前将亚甲杀死。

34 撒母耳回了拉玛。扫罗上他所住的基比亚，回自己的家去了。

35 撒母耳直到死的日子，再没有见扫罗；但撒母耳为扫罗悲伤，是因耶/和/华后悔立他为以色列的王。

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them.

25 Now I beg you, forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”

26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”

27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.

28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.

29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

30 Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

33 But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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内容观察

1.扫罗如何解释自己违背 SHEN 命令的原因？（24节）

2.扫罗以什么理由请求撒母耳与他一起回去敬/拜 SHEN ？（30节）

思考与默想

3.扫罗为什么希望撒母耳在以色列人面前尊重他？

个人感受

4.看到恋栈权位的扫罗根本不在意敬/拜 SHEN 的事，而是想利用宗教仪式和有力人士的背书来巩固王位，我有什么感想？

决心与应用

5.我何时曾无视 SHEN 的想法，并企图透过宗教行为来获取他人认同？

6.为了在敬/拜中单单专注于 SHEN ，并看重 SHEN 的想法，我决定要怎么做？

灵/修指南

扫罗向撤母耳承认自己犯了罪，却又借口说自己是因为惧怕人民，所以听从了他们的话（24节）。这不是真心的悔改，而是想将自己的错误合理化的推托之词。扫罗请求撒母耳与他一同回去敬/拜 SHEN ，但他的态度就像是自己的过错已经得着 SHEN 赦免了一样，毫不在意 SHEN 对他犯错的评价和裁决。扫罗虽然透过撒母耳知道自己的王权已经不被 SHEN 认可，但他仍然希望撒母耳可以给他面子，与他一同出席宗教仪式，借以维系以色列人对他作王的认同。扫罗实际上并没有真的悔改，而是为了挽救自己的王位而用尽心机。信/徒应当要全然敬畏 SHEN ，并单单以 SHEN 为乐、为满足。让我们省察自己的心态，看看自己是不是以 SHEN 的心意及认可为重。愿我们不因着私欲而利用 SHEN ，而是为了活出 SHEN 的心意而甘愿顺从。

内室dao告

求 SHEN 帮助我以 TA 的想法为重，为了活出 SHEN 的心意而甘愿顺从。

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