Mar17【每日活水】按着 SHEN 的心意做判断

 

撒母耳记上13:8~15

与非利士人争战

8 扫罗照着撒母耳所定的日期等了七日。撒母耳还没有来到吉甲,百姓也离开扫罗散去了。

9 扫罗说:「把燔祭和平安祭带到我这里来。」扫罗就献上燔祭。 

10 刚献完燔祭,撒母耳就到了。扫罗出去迎接他,要问他好。 

11 撒母耳说:「你做的是什么事呢?」扫罗说:「因为我见百姓离开我散去,你也不照所定的日期来到,而且非利士人聚集在密抹。 

12 所以我心里说:恐怕我没有dao告耶/和/华。非利士人下到吉甲攻击我,我就勉强献上燔祭。」 

13 撒母耳扫罗说:「你做了糊涂事了,没有遵守耶/和/华-你  SHEN 所吩咐你的命令。若遵守,耶/和/华必在以色列中坚立你的王位,直到永远。 

14 现在你的王位必不长久。耶/和/华已经寻着一个合他心意的人,立他作百姓的君,因为你没有遵守耶/和/华所吩咐你的。」 

15 撒母耳就起来,从吉甲上到便雅悯基比亚。 扫罗数点跟随他的,约有六百人。

8 He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter.
9 So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering. 
10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
11 “What have you done?” asked Samuel. Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash, 
12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
13 “You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 
14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”
15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.
 

内容观察

1.扫罗等不到撒母耳来,便怎么做?(8~9节)

2.撒母耳看到扫罗所做的事后,说了什么?(13~14节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.扫罗被撒母耳责备的根本原因是什么?
 

个人感受

4.看到扫罗没有顺从 SHEN 的命令,而是按着自己的判断僭越 SHEN 的权柄,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾自己作判断,因而违背了 SHEN 的心意?

6.为了不倚靠自己的判断,而是懂得等候,并按着 SHEN 的吩咐而行,我决定要怎么做?

你做了糊涂事了(13节):“糊涂事”指的不是扫罗不应该献/祭,而是指出他的心态不正确,导致他没有顺从 SHEN 的吩咐行事。
你的国度必不长久(14节):失去 SHEN 信任的王,就等于失去 SHEN 对其王座及权柄的保证,在这样的属/灵原理之下,扫罗的王权无法继承给后代,等于王座已经被 SHEN 废黜。

灵/修指南

在面临非利士人攻击的情势中,扫罗在吉甲照着撒母耳的吩咐等候了七日(参撒上10:8),然而因撒母耳到了第七天仍未出现,跟随扫罗的人渐渐散去。扫罗担心再这样下去,以色列的士兵会全都离他而去,因此便径自献上燔祭(8~9节)。扫罗害怕自己会失去军心的心态,促使他舍弃 SHEN 借撒母耳的吩咐,按着自己对现实的判断来作决定。当撒母耳到了吉甲,看到扫罗已擅自献了燔祭,就责备他所做的是糊涂事(13~14节)。撒母耳说扫罗的国度无法长久,因为扫罗没有看重遵行 SHEN 吩咐的重要性,而 SHEN 已经另外寻找了一个合 TA 心意的人要立他作王。从人的角度来看,扫罗所做的是合理的判断,但 SHEN 所希望的却是人对 TA 的顺从和信靠,而非人按着自己的利益所作看似合理的判断。 SHEN 希望我们信靠等候 TA ,并按着 TA 的心意,而非按着自己的利益作决定。愿我们都能顺从 SHEN ,成为合 SHEN 心意的人。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 帮助我按 SHEN 的心意为标准来作决定,活出合 SHEN 心意的人生。

 

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