Jan 10【每日活水】仰望信实成就应许的主

 

路加福音1:67~80

撒迦利亚的预言
67  他父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满了,就预言说:
68  主-以色列的 神是应当称颂的!
因他眷顾他的百姓,为他们施行救赎,
69  在他仆人大卫家中,
为我们兴起了拯救的角,
70  正如主藉着从创世以来圣先知的口所说的话,
71  拯救我们脱离仇敌
和一切恨我们之人的手,
72  向我们列祖施怜悯,
记念他的圣约-
73  就是他对我们祖宗亚伯拉罕所起的誓-
74  叫我们既从仇敌手中被救出来,
75  就可以终身在他面前,
坦然无惧地用圣洁、公义事奉他。
76  孩子啊!你要称为至高者的先知;
因为你要行在主的前面,
预备他的道路,
77  叫他的百姓因罪得赦,
就知道救恩。
78  因我们 神怜悯的心肠,
叫清晨的日光从高天临到我们,
79  要照亮坐在黑暗中死荫里的人,
把我们的脚引到平安的路上。
80  那孩子渐渐长大,心灵强健,住在旷野,直到他显明在以色列人面前的日子。
Zechariah’s Song
67  His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68  “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69  He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70  (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71  salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72  to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73  the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74  to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75  in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76  And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77  to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78  because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79  to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80  And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
 

内容观察

1.撒迦利亚被圣灵充满,说出怎样的预言?(68—71节)

2.神与谁立了应许之约?(70~73节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.神为什么要成就祂借旧约的众先知所说的话,以及与亚伯拉罕所立的约?
 

个人感受

4.看到神信实地成就祂的应许,拯救祂的百姓,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在苦难中仰望主的信实并得着恢复?

6.为了恢复对神的爱和信心,我决定要怎么做?

被圣灵充满,就预言说(67节):撒迦利亚的预言表明神将以新的方式降临在祂的子民中间并作工。
施行救赎(68节):当神施行救赎,以色列和神的子民将经历罪得赦免的恩典。
拯救的角(69节):圣经中,角象征着能力和权势,这里指的是成就救恩的弥赛亚。
孩子啊,你要称为至高者的先知(76节):施洗约翰有以利亚的精神和能力,为耶稣预备道路。
清晨的日光(78节):描述日光从高天临到的景象,寓意神将透过弥赛亚恢复自己的百姓。

灵修指南

今天的经文是路加福音中的第二首诗歌「撒迦利亚颂」(67~79节)。撒迦利亚被圣灵充满,仰望着神将要成就的应许,开口称颂神。这首诗歌是对于第66节人们所提问题的回答,撒迦利亚的预言蕴含了天父爱以色列并伸手拯救的牧者心肠。神预言大卫的家中将兴起拯救的角,祂要拯救万民。撒迦利亚清楚地认识到神的性情,他确信神是满有怜悯的神,记念并信守与亚伯拉罕所立的约。他坚信,只要倚靠神的信实和应许,神必会照着祂的信实和公义拯救世人,并引导他们成为圣洁公义、坦然无惧、全心全意事奉主的百姓。神如今也一如既往地爱着祂的子民,履行着与他们所立的约。盼望我们不再倚靠自己,而是信靠神的信实和应许,靠着信心过得胜的生活。
 

内室祷告

愿我仰望信实成就应许的主,倚靠祂的怜悯和慈爱,过得胜的生活。

 

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