May 18【每日活水】属 SHEN 的群体分配公平

撒母耳记上30:16~31

16那人领大卫下去,见他们散在地上,吃喝跳舞,因为从非利士地和犹大地所掳来的财物甚多。
17大卫从黎明直到次日晚上,击杀他们,除了四百骑骆驼的少年人之外,没有一个逃脱的。
18亚玛力人所掳去的财物,大卫全都夺回,并救回他的两个妻来。
19亚玛力人所掳去的,无论大小、儿女、财物,大卫都夺回来,没有失落一个。
20大卫所夺来的牛群羊群,跟随他的人赶在原有的群畜前边,说:「这是大卫的掠物。」
21 大卫到了那疲乏不能跟随、留在比梭溪的二百人那里。他们出来迎接大卫并跟随的人。大卫前来问他们安。
22跟随大卫人中的恶人和匪类说:「这些人既然没有和我们同去,我们所夺的财物就不分给他们,只将他们各人的妻子儿女给他们,使他们带去就是了。」
23大卫说:「弟兄们,耶/和/华所赐给我们的,不可不分给他们;因为他保佑我们,将那攻击我们的敌军交在我们手里。
24这事谁肯依从你们呢?上阵的得多少,看守器具的也得多少;应当大家平分。」
25大卫定此为以色列的律例典章,从那日直到今日。
26 大卫到了洗革拉,从掠物中取些送给他朋友犹大的长老,说:「这是从耶/和/华仇敌那里夺来的,送你们为礼物。」
27他送礼物给住伯特利的,南地拉末的,雅提珥的;
28亚罗珥的,息末的,以实提莫的;
29拉哈勒的,耶拉篾各城的,基尼各城的;
30何珥玛的,歌拉珊的,亚挞的;
31希伯仑的,并大卫和跟随他的人素来所到之处的人。
16He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.
17David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.
18David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
19Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.
20He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”
21Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.
22But all the evil men and troublemakers among David’s followers said, “Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.”
23David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.
24Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.”
25David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.
26When David reached Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.”
27David sent it to those who were in Bethel, Ramoth Negev and Jattir;
28to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa
29and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites;
30to those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athak
31and Hebron; and to those in all the other places where he and his men had roamed.
 

内容观察

1.大卫从亚玛力人那里夺回了什么?(18~20节)

2.大卫吩咐要如何分配从战场上得来的战利品?(24节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.大卫为什么要与没有上战场的人分享战利品?
 

个人感受

4.看到大卫将战利品平分,上阵的和留下的一样,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我最近是否曾分享物资来服事周遭的人?

6.为了承认我所拥有的一切都是从 SHEN 而来,并努力服事周遭的人,我决定要怎么做?

大家应当平分(24节):大卫认为战争得胜和战利品都是 SHEN 所赐的,因此要公平分配给那些没有上战场的人,属 SHEN 的群体应当实践这样的分配和爱心。
大卫到了洗革拉,从掠物中取些送给他的朋友,就是犹大的长老(26节):大卫记念当初被扫罗追杀时曾帮助过自己的人,于是拿出一部分战利品分给犹大的十多座城镇。

灵/修指南

大卫靠那埃及人的指引,找到了沉醉在胜利之中得意忘形的亚玛力人。大卫击杀他们,除了四百个骑骆驼逃走的青年之外,一个也没有逃脱(16—17节),并且奇迹般地夺回了所有被掳去的人和财物。此次行动可谓出师大捷,但大卫没有贪功,而是归功于 SHEN 的赏赐,并决定连同没有上阵的两百人,大家一起平分战利品。跟随大卫的人中,有恶人和无赖反对平分(22—24节),但大卫坚持认为战争得胜是源自 SHEN 的帮助,因此决定所有人一起平分,大卫拥有群体意识,把那些没有上战场的人也一样视作 SHEN 的百姓。所以我们要知道,我们得胜,不是靠着我们自己的力量,而是靠着 SHEN 的帮助,因此,我们要时刻顾念和服事周遭的人。当我们承认我们所拥有的一切都是来自 SHEN 的恩典,就能更乐意分享自己所拥有的,以此服事周遭软弱的邻舍。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 帮助我铭记一切富足都是 SHEN 所赐,愿意分享和帮助有需要的人。

 

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