You Were Made For More Than Just Surviving

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 23:15-25. With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!
 
Leviticus 23:15-22 (NIV)
15  “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
16  Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

On verses 15-22:  Leviticus 23 is basically the Israelites’ event calendar, listing out all the biggest holidays that God wanted the Israelites to celebrate during the year.  It starts with the weekly Sabbath day, meant as a day of rest (Leviticus 23:3).

神的家

提摩太前書3:14-15  這家就是永生神的教會,真理的柱石和根基。

希伯來書3:6   但基督為兒子,治理神的家。我們若將可誇的盼望和膽量堅持到底,便是祂的家了。

在聖經裡,神的家常是有形的建築體,如:會幕、聖殿、會堂、或是現代的教會,更重要的是,神的家不僅是指神的居所,更是指那居所中屬神的群體,神的家是神的百姓共同屬靈的家。

大衛描述他對神的家的渴慕,說:「萬軍之耶和華啊,祢的居所何等可愛!我羨慕渴想耶和華的院宇,我的心腸、我的肉體向永生神呼籲。」(詩篇84:1-2)神的家是信徒心靈的歸屬,是渴望親近神、敬拜神之處。

神是愛,家中有愛,神的家就是愛的居所,在這裡,信徒彼此相顧,彼此扶持。正如耶穌所說:「你們若有彼此相愛的心,眾人因此就認出你們是我的門徒了。」(約翰福音13:35)

神的家也是真理的柱石和根基。使徒保羅提到他指望快到提摩太那裡去,那裡是神的家,「這家就是永生神的教會,真理的柱石和根基。」(提摩太前書3:14-15)

眼光

詩篇31:7-8    我要為祢的慈愛高興歡喜;因為祢見過我的困苦,知道我心中的艱難。祢未曾把我交在仇敵手裡;祢使我的腳站在寬闊之處。

我第一次提出院內研究計畫,是在接到副座電話後,為了協助醫院順利通過評鑑,答應他兩週內把它生出來。正式開始執行計畫時,我找了相關單位去諮詢計畫內容和統計分析,兩位教授的不同反應,讓我有深刻的體會。

先說第二位教授B,我一去就先被質疑我不是醫師、不會寫論文,接著他針對我提出的主題表示這項研究沒有意義,不值得探討。這位教授嘆了一口氣,就結束了諮詢,我心想我付一小時諮詢費,還有20分鐘沒用完呢!走到樓梯間,一陣委屈湧上心頭,但真的感謝主,我前一天有先諮詢另一位教授A。

這位教授A知道評鑑要求下我需要完成的任務,他認真聽完我的簡報,他說了很多,但我只記得他說,不要害怕做不出結果。諮詢結束我要付費時,他表示為了幫助像我一樣的研究新手,非醫師的人首次諮詢是免費的。後續幾次諮詢中,教授看得出我的統計基礎是真的差,因此鼓勵我有空就去旁聽他的課。

Time to Party

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 23:1-14. With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Leviticus 23:1-8 (NIV)

1  The LORD said to Moses,
2  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

On verses 1-8:  When you read in Leviticus 23 of all the various feasts that God told the Israelites to observe, let it be a reminder that God loves to party.  Notice that in Leviticus 23 God doesn’t tell the people to stop and complain about everything that’s wrong with their life or wrong with the world.