Oct 19 【每日活水】铭记恩典,收回抱怨

 

出埃及记 17:1~7

磐石出水
1  以色列全会众都遵耶/和/华的吩咐,按着站口从的旷野往前行,在利非订安营。百姓没有水喝, 
所以与摩西争闹,说:「给我们水喝吧!」摩西对他们说:「你们为什么与我争闹?为什么试探耶/和/华呢?」 
百姓在那里甚渴,要喝水,就向摩西发怨言,说:「你为什么将我们从埃及领出来,使我们和我们的儿女并牲畜都渴死呢?」 
摩西就呼求耶/和/华说:「我向这百姓怎样行呢?他们几乎要拿石头打死我。」 
耶/和/华对摩西说:「你手里拿着你先前击打河水的杖,带领以色列的几个长老,从百姓面前走过去。 
我必在何烈的磐石那里,站在你面前。你要击打磐石,从磐石里必有水流出来,使百姓可以喝。」摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。 
他给那地方起名叫玛撒,又叫米利巴;因以色列人争闹,又因他们试探耶/和/华,说:「耶/和/华是在我们中间不是?」
Water From the Rock
The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 
So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 
I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 
And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
 

内容观察

1.以色列人和摩西争闹,向他抱怨什么?(2~3节)

2.当以色列人抱怨, SHEN 指示摩西做什么?(5节)

 

思考与默想

 

3. SHEN 为什么吩咐摩西,要拿着击打尼罗河所用的杖,走在百姓的前面?
 

个人感受

4.看到 SHEN 希望让心存怀疑和埋怨的以色列人,再次想起池所行的 SHEN 迹,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾专心顺从 SHEN 的话,却遭遇类似没有水喝的问题,以致抱怨 SHEN ?

6.为了在问题面前时刻记得 SHEN 的恩典,全然信靠 SHEN 而活,我决定要怎么做?

利非订(1节):  意为“平原”,在汛的旷野和西奈旷野之间的绿洲。
玛撒(7节):  意为“试探”。
米利巴(7节):  意为“争闹之地”。

灵/修指南

以色列人依照 SHEN 的吩咐前行,在利非订安营,百姓因为那里没有水喝而与摩西争闹(2节)。他们再次忘记 SHEN 曾经使玛拉的苦水变为甜水,又赐下吗哪和鹤鹑使他们得饱足。于是, SHEN 吩咐摩西拿着先前出埃及时击打尼罗河的杖,走在百姓前面(5节),这杖曾在摩西手中使水变为血。透过这一点, SHEN 要向百姓显明他统管万有的权能,而且他也愿意满足 SHEN 百姓的需要。 SHEN 希望以色列人在遇到问题时,不要像以前一样抱怨,而是能够记得 SHEN 如何引导他们和满足他们的需要。如今, SHEN 也希望我们在面对生活的困境时,能够记得他曾经赐下的恩典,收回抱怨,全然信靠他。
 

内室dao告

愿我在问题面前记得 SHEN 的恩典,收回抱怨,全然信靠 SHEN 而活。

 

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