JUN 29【每日活水】认清苦难的来源和意义

 

以赛亚书50:1~11

耶/和/华如此说:
我休你们的母亲,
休书在哪里呢?
我将你们卖给我哪一个债主呢?
你们被卖,是因你们的罪孽;
你们的母亲被休,是因你们的过犯。
我来的时候,为何无人等候呢?
我呼唤的时候,为何无人答应呢?
我的膀臂岂是缩短、不能救/赎吗?
我岂无拯救之力吗?
看哪,我一斥责,海就干了;
我使江河变为旷野;
其中的鱼因无水腥臭,干渴而死。
我使诸天以黑暗为衣服,
以麻布为遮盖。
耶/和/华仆人的顺服
主耶/和/华赐我受教者的舌头,
使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。
主每早晨提醒,
提醒我的耳朵,
使我能听,像受教者一样。
主耶/和/华开通我的耳朵;
我并没有违背,也没有退后。
人打我的背,我任他打;
人拔我腮颊的胡须,我由他拔;
人辱我,吐我,我并不掩面。
主耶/和/华必帮助我,
所以我不抱愧。
我硬着脸面好像坚石;
我也知道我必不致蒙羞。
称我为义的与我相近;
谁与我争论,
可以与我一同站立;
谁与我作对,
可以就近我来。
主耶/和/华要帮助我;
谁能定我有罪呢?
他们都像衣服渐渐旧了,
为蛀虫所咬。
10  你们中间谁是敬畏耶/和/华、
听从他仆人之话的?
这人行在暗中,没有亮光。
当倚靠耶/和/华的名,
仗赖自己的  SHEN 。
11  凡你们点火,用火把围绕自己的
可以行在你们的火焰里,
并你们所点的火把中。
这是我手所定的:
你们必躺在悲惨之中。
Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience
This is what the Lord says:
“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce
with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
did I sell you?
Because of your sins you were sold;
because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.”
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting.
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
and I know I will not be put to shame.
He who vindicates me is near.
Who then will bring charges against me?
Let us face each other!
Who is my accuser?
Let him confront me!
It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
Who will condemn me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
the moths will eat them up.
10  Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the word of his servant?
Let the one who walks in the dark,
who has no light,
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on their God.
11  But now, all you who light fires
and provide yourselves with flaming torches,
go, walk in the light of your fires
and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:
You will lie down in torment.
 

内容观察

1.以色列人受到审判的原因是什么?(1节)

2.当以色列人陷在罪孽和苦难中, SHEN 做了什么?(2节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.以色列人为什么不听 SHEN 的声音?
 

个人感受

4.看到 SHEN 在任何情况下都依然与我们同在,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾因遭受苦难而埋怨 SHEN ?

6.为了回应 SHEN 对我不停歇的呼唤,以及明白苦难的意义,我决定要怎么做?

灵/修指南

以色列人将他们的苦难归咎于 SHEN ,而不是他们自己,他们抱怨 SHEN 离弃并忘记了他们。然而, SHEN 指出以色列人如今受苦,原因不在于 SHEN ,而在于他们的罪孽(1节)。 SHEN 不会故意使 TA 的百姓受苦,他们是因为自己的罪孽而陷人痛苦之中,而他们甚至不知道那是苦难之路。 SHEN 差人到他们中间呼唤,他们却转身无人应答(2a节)。 SHEN 始终与 TA 的子民同在,无论他们身处何处。 SHEN 有时也会允许人们暂时受苦,但这并不是因为 TA 没有能力搭救(2b节),而是为了让人们在苦难中寻求和倚靠 TA (1节)。我是否转身不听 SHEN 的呼唤,不抓住 TA 伸向我的手?尽管我们犯了无视 SHEN 的罪,我们都要记得, SHEN 今天依然寻找并呼召我们。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 除去一切阻碍我与 TA 相交的罪,使我明白苦难的意义,更加信靠 TA 。

 

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