Oct 14【每日活水】神所眷顾的那地

申命记11:1~12

主的伟大
1「你要爱耶和华－你的　神，常守他的吩咐、律例、典章、诫命。

2你们今日当知道，我本不是和你们的儿女说话；因为他们不知道，也没有看见耶和华－你们　神的管教、威严、大能的手，和伸出来的膀臂，

3并他在埃及中向埃及王法老和其全地所行的神迹奇事；

4也没有看见他怎样待埃及的军兵、车马，他们追赶你们的时候，耶和华怎样使红海的水淹没他们，将他们灭绝，直到今日，

5并他在旷野怎样待你们，以致你们来到这地方；

6也没有看见他怎样待吕便子孙以利押的儿子大坍、亚比兰，地怎样在以色列人中间开口，吞了他们和他们的家眷，并帐棚与跟他们的一切活物。

7惟有你们亲眼看见耶和华所做的一切大事。」
应许之地的福泽
8「所以，你们要守我今日所吩咐的一切诫命，使你们胆壮，能以进去，得你们所要得的那地，

9并使你们的日子在耶和华向你们列祖起誓、应许给他们和他们后裔的地上得以长久；那是流奶与蜜之地。

10你要进去得为业的那地，本不像你出来的埃及地。你在那里撒种，用脚浇灌，像浇灌菜园一样。

11你们要过去得为业的那地乃是有山有谷、雨水滋润之地，

12是耶和华－你　神所眷顾的；从岁首到年终，耶和华－你　神的眼目时常看顾那地。

Love and Obey the Lord
1Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.

2Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;

3the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;

4what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them.

5It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place,

6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.

7But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.
8Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

9and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden.

11But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.

12It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

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内容观察

1.摩西强调，以色列百姓要如何遵守神的律例？（1节）

2.摩西如何描述神所眷顾的应许之地？（9, 11~12节）

思考与默想

3.为什么摩西向以色列百姓说明，神在他们中间所行的神迹，并强调进入应许地后要遵守神的命令？

个人感受

4.神与祂的百姓立约，会一直看顾保守他们居住之地，对此你有什么感受？

决心与应用

5.你为何愿意遵守神的命令？

6.为得着神的看顾，你应该做什么？

因为他们不知道……神的管教（2节）：强调以色列的上一代要成为下一代在信仰上的榜样。

民16:1~3 “利未的曾孙，哥辖的孙子，以斯哈的儿子可拉，连同吕便子孙中以利押的儿子大坍和亚比兰，与比勒的儿子安，带了以色列人中的二百五十个领袖，就是有名望、从会众中选出来的人，在摩西面前一同起来，聚集攻击摩西、亚伦，说：‘你们太过分了！全会众人人都成为圣，耶和华也在他们中间。你们为什么抬高自己，在耶和华的会众之上呢？’”

灵修指南

摩西吩咐以色列百姓要爱神，并天天遵守祂的律例和典章（1节）。他强调，神会引领顺服之人到流奶与蜜之地，并长久保守他们（9, 11节）。摩西提到神迄今所行的一切神迹，并且这些都是他们的亲身经历（2~7节；参民16:1~3）。摩西之所以如此，是为了让他们铭记过去曾走过的信仰历程，透过在这些事上的学习与历练，更有信心面对他们将要进去的那地，并且在那地安然居住，得蒙眷顾。事实上，以正常人的眼光来看，埃及或许可能比迦南还更为肥沃，水源也更充足，但差别在于是否有神的保守与同在，若有神的眷顾与应许，无论何处都会成为流奶与蜜之地。愿我们明白这个道理，即使在疲乏干渴之地，也能活出天国的滋味。

内室祷告

让我回想过去体验过的神的恩典，能有信心面对将来的事。

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