箴言29:13 贫穷人强暴人在世相遇，他们的眼目都蒙耶和华光照。
阅读经文：箴言 29:13
13贫穷人强暴人在世相遇，他们的眼目都蒙耶和华光照。
有一种喜好认知的动机，是深知自己的贫穷。知道自己不明白的太多，这是知识的贫穷。平日太少喜乐，这是生活的贫穷。面对未来太少盼望，这是灵性的贫穷。
贫穷的人啊，要在哪里得供应呢？我们需要蒙上帝的光照，看见周遭充满祂的恩惠与供应，不要落在这个不足、那个不足，要抓到一些人、事、物，才能证明自己的 足够。上帝知道我们的需要，祂没有立刻供应所需，祂有美意。也许我们迫切的需求，不是真需求，而是需要等待；抓到的不是问题的解决，而是更多问题的前来。
软弱的器皿，一生要承受多少？贫穷的目的，是什么？也许贫穷是让我们蒙受上帝的光照，单纯的仰望主。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 7:15-28. Let’s go!
Daniel 7:15-18 (NIV)
15 “I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me.
16 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this. “So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:
17 ‘The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth.
18 But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever–yes, for ever and ever.’
On verses 15-18: Still within his own dream, Daniel inquires as to their meaning of the visions he saw. He is given a short explanation: the four great beasts he saw represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth (v17). In the end, however, it is God’s people (“the saints of the Most High” – v18) who will prevail and receive a kingdom that will last forever.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 7:1-14. Let’s go!
Daniel 7:1 (NIV)
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
On verse 1: Chapter 6 of Daniel concerned a time when the Medes and Persians had already succeeded the Babylonians as the dominant empire. But here in chapter 7 Daniel goes backward in time to describe a dream that Daniel had while the Babylonians were still in power, before the events of even Daniel 5. Why didn’t Daniel order everything chronologically? We don’t know for sure, but notice this: chapters 1-6 describe very public, high drama events where Daniel and his friends are dealing with the kings in power at that time, while chapters 7-12 concern private visions and dreams that Daniel had.
箴言29:11 愚妄人怒气全发，智慧人忍气含怒。
阅读经文：箴言 29:10-12
10好流人血的，恨恶完全人，索取正直人的性命。11愚妄人怒气全发，智慧人忍气含怒。12君王若听谎言，他一切臣仆都是奸恶。
提防政治的陷阱
「好流人血的，恨恶完全人，索取正直人的性命。」(箴言二十九：10)
恐怖世代的背后，常有好杀戮的领袖。危险国家的前提，是人民将主权交给好流人血的管理者。
在政治操作的开始，喜好杀戮的领袖常以开明者出现，让完全人接近他；或先以正义者现身，招聘正直人。他先用完全人与正直人巩固地位，等到权力稳固，就杀害 完全人与正直人。上帝告诉我们，要提防这种灭命的陷阱，这种领袖用人，是有不好的目的；高举人，是他找时机索取他们生命。
权力里的黑暗面，是人性里邪恶的投射；政治里的杀戮，常落在完全人与正直人身上。善良的人，要看清邪恶者的多面。人要有高尚的表现，要看谁在使用你。你的贡献，不该是你生命的奉献；你的给予，不该是落入灭命下的网罗。
箴言29:7 义人知道查明穷人的案，恶人没有聪明就不得而知。
阅读经文：箴言 29:7-9
7 义人知道查明穷人的案，恶人没有聪明就不得而知。8亵慢人煽惑通城，智慧人止息众怒。9智慧人与愚妄人相争，或怒，或笑，总不能使他止息。
分辨正义的人
「义人知道查明穷人的案，恶人没有聪明就不得而知。」(箴言二十九：7)
真正能够为穷人伸冤，不是穷人翻身的社会改革，而是福音所结的果子。义的工作，要有义人在其中。从事社会的正义，改革者必须是义人。改革不单是程序正义、方法正义、理想正义、口号正义，而是改革者为义。
这是上帝给义人的能力，他们能够了解穷人，体会贫穷的原因，能够替穷人辩白，为穷人发声。有这种能力的人，自己还需要有装备、思考、调查，才能「查明」穷人的案。
有义的本质，才能胜任义的工作。义的工作，还需要靠主学习、头脑清楚。求主给这世代，有这种年轻人，能在穷人之中见证主恩，预备自己蒙主用。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 6:15-28. Let’s go!
Daniel 6:15-20 (NIV)
15 Then the men went as a group to the king and said to him, “Remember, O king, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed.
18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.
20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
On verses 15-20: Daniel was sentenced to death in the lion’s den because he had broken the king’s law. The king was distressed because he wanted to save Daniel but had no power to do so.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 6:1-14. Let’s go!
Daniel 6:1-2 (NIV)
1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.
On verses 1-2: Daniel has outlasted the Babylonian empire and now he is serving while the Medes and Persians are in power. King Darius is now at least the third king that Daniel has served as a top political advisor.
箴言29:4 王藉公平使国坚定，索要贿赂使国倾败。。
阅读经文：箴言 29:4-6
4王藉公平使国坚定，索要贿赂使国倾败。5谄媚邻舍的，就是设网罗绊他的脚。6恶人犯罪自陷网罗，唯独义人欢呼喜乐。
公平与贿赂
「王藉公平使国坚立，索要贿赂使国倾败。」(箴言二十九：4)
权力与金钱常连在一起，但是权力的公平性会与金钱的贿赂分开。一个有权力的人，过著朴实的生活，是令人尊敬的典范。一个有权力的人，过著奢华的生活，早晚 会身败名裂。偏偏有些人以权力，当成换取不法利益的捷径。他们忽略权力的本质来自上帝，自陷于权力的迷恋，忘了权力的所托来自全民，只为自己谋利，是辜负 了职权。
有权力，是让我们有服务别人的机会；有金钱，是让我们有帮助别人的机会。权力是给出，不是垄断；金钱是付出，不是占有。一个国家真正的权力在公平施予百姓，不是少数人。一个家庭真实的财富，是一家人共同拥有珍贵的回忆，不是帐户。
上帝，愿我的公平是以祢为基准，所得的金钱是祢给予，而非贿赂。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 5:13-31. Let’s go!
Daniel 5:13-24 (NIV)
13 So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
14 I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom.
15 The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.
16 Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
On verses 13-24: Belshazzar knew all about how God had shown up in Nebuchadnezzar’s life. Belshazzar knew how God had taken away Nebuchadnezzar’s authority and drove him into obscurity when Nebuchadnezzar pridefully attributed all his power and glory to himself. Belshazzar also knew how God exalted Nebuchadnezzar to an even higher level when Nebuchadnezzar humbled himself and gave praise to God. Daniel reminds Belshazzar that “though you knew all this” “you have not humbled yourself” (v22).
箴言29:2 义人增多，民就喜乐；恶人掌权，民就叹息。
阅读经文：箴言 29:1-3
1人屡次受责罚，仍然硬著颈项，他必顷刻败坏，无法可治。2义人增多，民就喜乐；恶人掌权，民就叹息。3爱慕智慧的使父亲喜乐，与妓女结交的却浪费钱财。
责罚之外的引导
「人屡次受责罚，仍然硬著颈项。」(箴言二十九：1)
对于刚硬的人，责罚不是使他们改过的教育。这种人做错不低头，犯罪不回头，惩罚不转头，称为硬著颈项。他们常自认是对，责罚他们是别人理亏，他们正直。刚硬的人易引来责罚，但是责罚使他们愈刚硬。
求主给我们智慧，用引导的方法，不是用责罚。外表刚硬的人，常是内在脆弱与自卑的人，他们用意志武装最后的尊严，责罚使他们更容易走入极端。偏激的人格， 常来自幼年不当的责罚，对人产生的不信任。给人责罚，需相当小心，不是生气下的打骂讥贬，而是用在合宜之处，责罚之后又重新和好。
使人心柔软，是圣灵的动工，从心里知道自己是罪人。不是责罚，叫人就范。
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