Apr 17【每日活水】明白 SHEN 旨意就不会嫉妒

撒母耳记上20：12～23

12 约拿单对大卫说：「愿耶/和/华－以色列的　 SHEN 为证。明日约在这时候，或第三日，我探我父亲的意思，若向你有好意，我岂不打发人告诉你吗？

13 我父亲若有意害你，我不告诉你使你平平安安地走，愿耶/和/华重重地降罚与我。愿耶/和/华与你同在，如同从前与我父亲同在一样。

14 你要照耶/和/华的慈爱恩待我，不但我活着的时候免我死亡，

15 就是我死后，耶/和/华从地上剪除你仇敌的时候，你也永不可向我家绝了恩惠。」

16 于是约拿单与大卫家结盟，说：「愿耶/和/华藉大卫的仇敌追讨背约的罪。」

17 约拿单因爱大卫如同爱自己的性命，就使他再起誓。

18 约拿单对他说：「明日是初一，你的座位空设，人必理会你不在那里。

19 你等三日，就要速速下去，到你从前遇事所藏的地方，在以色磐石那里等候。

20 我要向磐石旁边射三箭，如同射箭靶一样。

21 我要打发童子，说：『去把箭找来。』我若对童子说：『箭在后头，把箭拿来』，你就可以回来；我指着永生的耶/和/华起誓，你必平安无事。

22 我若对童子说：『箭在前头』，你就要去，因为是耶/和/华打发你去的。

23 至于你我今日所说的话，有耶/和/华在你我中间为证，直到永远。」

12 Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the Lord, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?

13 But if my father intends to harm you, may the Lord deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the Lord be with you as he has been with my father.

14 But show me unfailing kindness like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed,

15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.”

17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

19 The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel.

20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.

21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,’ then come, because, as surely as the Lord lives, you are safe; there is no danger.

22 But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, because the Lord has sent you away.

23 And about the matter you and I discussed—remember, the Lord is witness between you and me forever.”

†

内容观察

1．约拿单和大卫彼此作了什么约定？（12～15节）

2．大卫和约拿单能够立下如此约定的基础是什么？（17，23节）

思考与默想

3．大卫深陷危机，自身难保，约拿单为什么却请求大卫不可向他家断绝恩惠？

个人感受

4．看到约拿单明知大卫会取代他们家的王位，仍和大卫保持良好的关系，我有什么感想？

决心与应用

5．我何时曾因为私心和嫉妒而无法真心祝福人？

6．为了不嫉妒，活出祝福并帮助他人的人生，我决定要怎么做？

灵/修指南

约拿单向大卫承诺，如果自己探知了扫罗的邪恶计划，却不告诉大卫，自己甘愿受到 SHEN 的责罚。但另一方面，约拿单也要求大卫，在将来大卫亨通的时候，不可向他的家断绝恩惠（13～15节）。接着，约拿单约定，一旦自己确认了扫罗是否对大卫起了杀心，便会带着僮仆到大卫的藏身处附近，依照所约定的暗号向大卫报信（21～23节）。约拿单在短短的一段话中，一连三次提到了耶/和/华的名，显明他心中真正的王是谁。敬畏 SHEN 的约拿单虽是扫罗王的儿子，却不执着于登上王位，而是相信 SHEN 拣选了自己的朋友大卫，并真心送上祝福，这是因为约拿单平时就按着 SHEN 的心意，过着被 SHEN 引导的生活。敬畏 SHEN 的人不会被私欲蒙蔽双眼，而是单单承认 SHEN 的主权，活出祝福他人而非嫉妒他人的人生。

内室dao告

求 SHEN 帮助我不被私欲和嫉妒蒙蔽双眼，使我活出敬畏 SHEN 和祝福他人的人生。

浏览量: 29