JUN 26【每日活水】担当使命

 

以赛亚书49:1~7

外邦之光
1  众海岛啊,当听我言!
远方的众民哪,留心而听!
自我出胎,耶和华就选召我;
自出母腹,他就提我的名。
2  他使我的口如快刀,
将我藏在他手荫之下;
又使我成为磨亮的箭,
将我藏在他箭袋之中;
3  对我说:你是我的仆人以色列;
我必因你得荣耀。
4  我却说:我劳碌是徒然;
我尽力是虚无虚空。
然而,我当得的理必在耶和华那里;
我的赏赐必在我 神那里。
5  耶和华从我出胎,造就我作他的仆人,
要使雅各归向他,
使以色列到他那里聚集。
原来耶和华看我为尊贵;
我的 神也成为我的力量。
6  现在他说:你作我的仆人,
使雅各众支派复兴,
使以色列中得保全的归回尚为小事,
我还要使你作外邦人的光,
叫你施行我的救恩,直到地极。
7  救赎主-以色列的圣者耶和华
对那被人所藐视、本国所憎恶、
官长所虐待的如此说:
君王要看见就站起,
首领也要下拜;
都因信实的耶和华,
就是拣选你-以色列的圣者。
The Servant of the Lord
1  Listen to me, you islands;
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born the Lord called me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.
2  He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow
and concealed me in his quiver.
3  He said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.”
4  But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,
and my reward is with my God.”
5  And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to himself,
for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength—
6  he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
7  This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel—
to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
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内容观察

1.神的仆人如何评价自己所做的工?(4节)

2.神说,祂的仆人将来要做什么事?(6节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.神为什么要将新的使命交给自认为徒劳的人?
 

个人感受

4.看到神鼓励祂的仆人,说新使命是容易承担的,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾因无法胜任神所交托的使命而感到沮丧?

6.为了承担神所赐的新使命和新事工,我决定要怎么做?

灵修指南

神的仆人称颂神,说他自出母腹就得蒙神的选召。实际上,神所预备的仆人就像是一把锋利的刀,或是磨好的箭一般,借着神的预备而蒙祂使用(2节)。一个藏在神的箭袋之中的人是领受了使命,为了神的荣耀而活的人(3节)。然而,他所经历的苦难使他觉得自己毫无用处,并为此感到悲伤,而神却赐给他新的使命和事工。神的想法和仆人的想法截然不同,神高度认可了仆人所做的工,并提供其继续为神工作的机会。神帮助仆人继续完成祂的事工,即使经历失败和挫折,神也会赐下重新站起来的力量。神所爱的人应当继续承担归荣耀给神的事工,神也希望祂的仆人借着担当使命来成为万邦之光。盼望我们都能够蒙神的拣选和使用,即使是无用的仆人,也要努力为神做工,归荣耀给祂。
 

内室祷告

虽然我的劳碌看似徒然,但求神拣选并使用我,使我有力量担当新的使命和事工

 

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