Apr 12【每日活水】在纠纷之处作和平使者

 

撒母耳记上19:1~7

扫罗逼迫大卫

1  扫罗对他儿子约拿单和众臣仆说,要杀大卫;扫罗的儿子约拿单却甚喜爱大卫。

2 约拿单告诉大卫说:「我父扫罗想要杀你,所以明日早晨你要小心,到一个僻静地方藏身。

3 我就出到你所藏的田里,站在我父亲旁边与他谈论。我看他情形怎样,我必告诉你。」

4 约拿单向他父亲扫罗替大卫说好话,说:「王不可得罪王的仆人大卫;因为他未曾得罪你,他所行的都与你大有益处。

5 他拚命杀那非利士人,耶/和/华为以色列众人大行拯救;那时你看见,甚是欢喜,现在为何无故要杀大卫,流无辜人的血,自己取罪呢?」

6 扫罗听了约拿单的话,就指着永生的耶/和/华起誓说:「我必不杀他。」

7 约拿单叫大卫来,把这一切事告诉他,带他去见扫罗。他就仍然侍立在扫罗面前。

1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David

2 and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.

3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”

4 Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.

5 He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”

6 Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”

7 So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

 

内容观察

1.扫罗向约拿单和臣仆吩咐什么事情?(1节)

2.约拿单如何说服扫罗不要杀大卫?(4~5节) 

思考与默想

 

3.约拿单为什么愿意冒险在扫罗面前为大卫辩护?
 

个人感受

4.看到约拿单愿意冒险为大卫辩护,成为和平的使者,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在关系不好的人之间,成为使人和睦的人?

6.为在人际冲突中,成为缔造和平的人,我决定要怎么做?

约15:12~13“你们要彼此相爱,像我爱你们一样,这是我的命令。人为朋友舍命,人的爱心没有比这个更大的了。”
太5:9 “缔造和平的人有福了!因为他们必称为 SHEN 的儿子。”

灵/修指南

扫罗失去 SHEN 的同在后,愈发被私欲和恶意捆绑。因大卫在以色列人中声势高涨,扫罗决定除之而后快,吩咐约拿单和众臣仆取大卫的性命(1节)。在王权体制中,违抗王命很可能会失去性命,即使是王储也一样。然而,深爱大卫的约拿单违抗父王的命令,暗中要大卫速速藏身,躲避扫罗的格杀令。夹在父王和挚友之间,又有王命在上,约拿单必定承受了极大的压力。不过,约拿单没有撒手逃避,反倒在扫罗面前用好话为大卫辩护,以公正的道理劝说,承担起和平使者的角色,最终促使扫罗在 SHEN 的面前收回成命。维护正义及拯救生命的事,需要有不畏牺牲的爱与勇气。虽然这很困难,却是 YS JI DU 对我们的命令(参约15:12~13)。我们要谨记,使人和睦的人,有 YS 应许的福(参太5:9)。愿我们不畏艰难,勇敢成为缔造和平的人,为着正义及和平献身、献心。
 

内室dao告

愿我不畏艰难,为着维护正义及拯救生命的事,勇敢成为缔造和平的人。

 

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