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

提摩太前书3:14-15  这家就是永生神的教会,真理的柱石和根基。

希伯来书3:6   但基督为儿子,治理神的家。我们若将可夸的盼望和胆量坚持到底,便是祂的家了。

在圣经里,神的家常是有形的建筑体,如:会幕、圣殿、会堂、或是现代的教会,更重要的是,神的家不仅是指神的居所,更是指那居所中属神的群体,神的家是神的百姓共同属灵的家。

大卫描述他对神的家的渴慕,说:「万军之耶和华啊,祢的居所何等可爱!我羡慕渴想耶和华的院宇,我的心肠、我的肉体向永生神呼吁。」(诗篇84:1-2)神的家是信徒心灵的归属,是渴望亲近神、敬拜神之处。

神是爱,家中有爱,神的家就是爱的居所,在这里,信徒彼此相顾,彼此扶持。正如耶稣所说:「你们若有彼此相爱的心,众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。」(约翰福音13:35)

神的家也是真理的柱石和根基。使徒保罗提到他指望快到提摩太那里去,那里是神的家,「这家就是永生神的教会,真理的柱石和根基。」(提摩太前书3:14-15)

眼光

诗篇31:7-8    我要为祢的慈爱高兴欢喜;因为祢见过我的困苦,知道我心中的艰难。祢未曾把我交在仇敌手里;祢使我的脚站在宽阔之处。

我第一次提出院内研究计画,是在接到副座电话后,为了协助医院顺利通过评鉴,答应他两周内把它生出来。正式开始执行计画时,我找了相关单位去咨询计画内容和统计分析,两位教授的不同反应,让我有深刻的体会。

先说第二位教授B,我一去就先被质疑我不是医师、不会写论文,接着他针对我提出的主题表示这项研究没有意义,不值得探讨。这位教授叹了一口气,就结束了咨询,我心想我付一小时咨询费,还有20分钟没用完呢!走到楼梯间,一阵委屈涌上心头,但真的感谢主,我前一天有先咨询另一位教授A。

这位教授A知道评鉴要求下我需要完成的任务,他认真听完我的简报,他说了很多,但我只记得他说,不要害怕做不出结果。咨询结束我要付费时,他表示为了帮助像我一样的研究新手,非医师的人首次咨询是免费的。后续几次咨询中,教授看得出我的统计基础是真的差,因此鼓励我有空就去旁听他的课。

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.