May 17【每日活水】 SHEN 将绝望变为盼望

撒母耳记上30:1~15

与亚玛力人争战
1第三日,大卫和跟随他的人到了洗革拉亚玛力人已经侵夺南地,攻破洗革拉,用火焚烧,
2掳了城内的妇女和其中的大小人口,却没有杀一个,都带着走了。
3大卫和跟随他的人到了那城,不料,城已烧毁,他们的妻子儿女都被掳去了。
4大卫和跟随他的人就放声大哭,直哭得没有气力。
5大卫的两个妻-耶斯列亚希暖和作过拿八妻的迦密亚比该,也被掳去了
6大卫甚是焦急,因众人为自己的儿女苦恼,说:「要用石头打死他。」大卫却倚靠耶/和/华-他的  SHEN ,心里坚固。
7 大卫亚希米勒的儿子祭司亚比亚他说:「请你将以弗得拿过来。」亚比亚他就将以弗得拿到大卫面前。
8大卫求问耶/和/华说:「我追赶敌军,追得上追不上呢?」耶/和/华说:「你可以追,必追得上,都救得回来。」
9于是,大卫和跟随他的六百人来到比梭溪;有不能前去的就留在那里。
10大卫却带着四百人往前追赶,有二百人疲乏,不能过比梭溪,所以留在那里。
11这四百人在田野遇见一个埃及人,就带他到大卫面前,给他饼吃,给他水喝,
12又给他一块无花果饼,两个葡萄饼。他吃了,就精 SHEN 复原;因为他三日三夜没有吃饼,没有喝水。
13大卫问他说:「你是属谁的?你是哪里的人?」他回答说:「我是埃及的少年人,是亚玛力人的奴仆;因我三日前患病,我主人就把我撇弃了。
14我们侵夺了基利提的南方和属犹大的地,并迦勒地的南方,又用火烧了洗革拉。」
15大卫问他说:「你肯领我们到敌军那里不肯?」他回答说:「你要向我指着  SHEN 起誓,不杀我,也不将我交在我主人手里,我就领你下到敌军那里。」

David Destroys the Amalekites

1David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,
2and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.
3When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
4So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
5David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
6David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
7Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar brought it to him, 8and David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?”“Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”
9David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.
10Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.
11They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat—
12part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?”
He said, “I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.
14We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, some territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag.”
15David asked him, “Can you lead me down to this raiding party?”
He answered, “Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them.”
 

内容观察

1.大卫到了洗革拉之后,看到了怎样的光景?(1~3 节)

2.大卫面对百姓的愤怒怪罪,如何因应?(6—8节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.大卫为什么要亚比亚他祭司拿以弗得来求问 SHEN 的旨意?

 

个人感受

4.看到大卫在面临极端的危机时,首先求问 SHEN 的旨意,并得到肯定的回应,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.当我的生活遭遇危机,我最先采取的行动是什么?

6.为了在苦难之中,从 SHEN 得着将绝望变为盼望的力量,我决定要怎么做?

大卫非常焦急……却倚靠耶/和/华——他的 SHEN ,坚定自己(6节):大卫在危难之际,得着来自 SHEN 的安慰、勇气、智慧与分辨力

灵/修指南

大卫回到洗革拉,迎接他的是洗革拉被亚玛力人攻破、被火焚烧,自己和部下的家人也都被掳走的惨状(1—3节)。百姓极其痛苦,并将一切责任都归咎给大卫,想用石头把他打死。大卫在这样的光景中间,让亚比亚他祭司拿来以弗得,恳切求问 SHEN 的旨意,从 SHEN 得着力量。 SHEN 回应大卫的恳求,告诉他可以追击,也一定追得上,一定可以把家人都救回来(6—8节)。大卫在得着 SHEN 的回应之后,开始猛烈追赶亚玛力人,并在追赶途中救了一名埃及人,他曾是亚玛力人的奴仆,后来被主人撇弃。大卫透过这埃及人,得知了亚玛力人的行踪(11—15节)。与扫罗不同,大卫在遭遇危机时,最先寻求的是 SHEN 的旨意。虽然他也可以随时用人的手段,和方法来解决问题,但他知道,愈是危急,就愈当寻求 SHEN 的指引。要铭记,当我们处在绝望之中, SHEN 可以将绝望变为盼望,只要我们与 SHEN 有亲密的关系。
 

内室dao告

愿我相信 SHEN 必回应我的dao告,也会将我的绝望变为盼望。

 

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