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诗篇一百十九篇137-144节

2020-01-02 in /by

ץ Tsadde（第18段）

137耶和华啊，祢是公义的，祢的判语也是正直的。
138祢所命定的法度是凭公义和至诚。
139我心焦急，如同火烧，因我敌人忘记祢的言语。
140祢的话极其精炼，所以祢的仆人喜爱。
141我微小被人藐视，却不忘记祢的训词。
142祢的公义永远长存，祢的律法尽都真实。
143我遭遇患难愁苦，祢的命令却是我所喜爱的。
144祢的法度永远是公义的，求祢赐我悟性，我就活了。

新年2020的第二天，我们还是希望新酒装在新皮袋里，能有一个崭新的人生。有人说：如果连你自己都不喜欢你自己，你就不会对你自己很好，因为我们通常不会对不喜欢的人太好。所以你不喜欢你自己，你就不会做对自己有帮助的事情，你同意吗？

那怎样才能喜欢自己，对自己好，做对自己有帮助的事呢？

作者大卫在这段经文里讲到他微小被人藐视，大卫的身才材确实不是又高又有型的。在博物馆里，大卫王年轻时的雕像都是比较矮小的。现在的男孩子若长得矮小一点，上学有时会被欺负，被覇凌。大卫说到，他也是因为微小，所以被人渺视。

你有没有被人渺视的经历呢？大卫被人渺视，遭遇患难愁苦，但是他懂得抓紧神的话，紧紧地倚靠神。

In Your Pain, Surrender to God

2020-01-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Job 1:13-22.  Let’s go!

On verses 13-22:  In one day, four messengers come to Job, one after another, each delivering horrifying news: Sabeans attack and carry off Job’s donkeys and oxen (v13-15), fire from God (possibly lightning) falls and destroys his sheep (v16), Chaldeans attack and steal Job’s camels (v17), and by far most tragically of all, a hurricane-like wind causes the house in which Job’s children are partying to collapse, killing all of Job’s children (v18-19).  Notice that in two cases, the loss came as a result of attacks by people.  In the other two cases, the loss came as a result of “an act of God”.

In response, Job tears his robe and shaves his head in mourning.  Rather than cursing God or accusing God with wrongdoing (v22), Job falls to the ground in worship and speaks some of the most famous words in the book of Job:

Job 1:21 (NIV) 
21  …”Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”
 

诗篇一百十九篇129-136节

2019-12-31 in , /by

Pe（第17段）

129祢的法度奇妙，所以我一心谨守。
130祢的言语一解开，就发出亮光，使愚人通达。
131我张口而气喘，因我切慕祢的命令。
132求祢转向我，怜悯我，好像祢素常待那些爱祢名的人。
133求祢用祢的话使我脚步稳当，不许什么罪孽辖制我。
134求祢救我脱离人的欺压，我要遵守祢的训词。
135求祢用脸光照仆人，又将祢的律例教训我。
136我的眼泪下流成河，因为他们不守祢的律法。

在2020年的第一天，我们可以用这句经文作为开始，何等美好: 「祢的法度奇妙，所以我一心谨守。」在新年的第一天，我们若能认定今年要持守神的话语，我相信这便是一个非常美好的开始。

因为「祢的言语一解开，就发出亮光，使愚人通达。」神的话语一解开，就能使我们的愚钝变通达，有智慧啦! 你希望在今年的一开始就成为一个有智慧的人吗？

当我们切慕神的话语时，神就转向我们，怜悯我们。

神的话使我们的脚步稳当，别人不能用罪孽辖制我们。很多人被逼着去干坏事或做自己不愿意做的事，是因为有把柄落到人家手里，不得不被辖制，神的话可以保守我们，远离恶人恶事的辖制,得有真正的平安。

3 Reasons God Tests You

2019-12-31 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today we begin the book of Job.  It tells one of the most famous stories in the Bible about a man who experiences incredible suffering and loss despite being a seemingly moral and upright man.  It deals head on with the question “how could a loving God allow people to suffer?”  In terms of date, a good argument can be made that when you consider the names, cultural references and the lack of any mention of Mosaic law or Jewish transitions in the book of Job, a good argument can be made that the book of Job was written around or before 2000 B.C., relatively close to the time of the Old Testament patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (The Bible Knowledge Commentary).  The book of Job is likely one of the oldest books in the Bible.

Some have suggested that Job himself wrote the book, but the fact is that very little is known about the human author who wrote the book of Job.  Still the book of Job has been heralded as one of the greatest literary works of ancient or modern times.  Believing the Holy Spirit inspired its writing, we will look into the book of Job and find valuable lessons for us today.

Today’s passage is Job 1:1-12.  Let’s go!

The Key to Praying Powerful Prayers

2019-12-30 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is James 5:12-20.  Let’s go!

James 5:12 (NIV) 
12  Above all, my brothers, do not swear–not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, or you will be condemned.

On verse 12:  Years before James wrote verse 12, Jesus would say something similar:

Matthew 5:34-37 (NIV) 
34  But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 
35  or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 
36  And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 
37  Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

诗篇一百十九篇121-128节

2019-12-30 in /by

ע Ayin（第16段）

121我行过公平和公义，求祢不要撇下我给欺压我的人。
122求祢为仆人作保，使我得好处，不容骄傲人欺压我。
123我因盼望祢的救恩和祢公义的话，眼睛失明。
124求祢照祢的慈爱待仆人，将祢的律例教训我。
125我是祢的仆人，求祢赐我悟性，使我得知祢的法度。
126这是耶和华降罚的时候，因人废了祢的律法。
127所以我爱祢的命令胜于金子，更胜于精金。
128祢一切的训词，在万事上我都以为正直，我却恨恶一切假道。

今天是2019年的最后一天，在今天这段经文的开始是: 我行过公平和公义，求祢不要撇下我给欺压我的人。最后一句是：我却恨恶一切假道。这是不是我们今年的写照呢？

在119篇里，我们反反复复地读到作者对神的话之看重。在每一天的生活中，因为有神的话语在心中，他自觉比有智慧的人更通达。因为甚渴慕神的话，他的眼睛盼到失明；他求神赐下悟性，一再地祈求。

我们也都曾祈求悟性去明白神的话，希望从神的话中看到将来，得到指引。在过去的一年里，你可曾因为遵守神的话语而得到神的祝福？

诗篇一百十九篇113-120节

2019-12-29 in /by

ס Samek（第15段）

113心怀二意的人为我所恨，但祢的律法为我所爱。
114祢是我藏身之处，又是我的盾牌，我甚仰望祢的话语。
115作恶的人哪，祢们离开我吧，我好遵守我神的命令。
116求祢照祢的话扶持我，使我存活，也不叫我因失望而害羞。
117求祢扶持我，我便得救，时常看重祢的律例。
118凡偏离祢律例的人，祢都轻弃他们，因为他们的诡诈必归虚空。
119凡地上的恶人，祢除掉他，好像除掉渣滓，因此我爱祢的法度。
120我因惧怕祢，肉就发抖，我也怕祢的判语。

提起藏身之处，你可记得那位顶顶有名的大先知以利亚？在以色列最污名昭彰的亚哈王和耶洗别王后任期时，所有的百姓都跟着他们去拜偶像巴力和亚舍拉，神却兴起以利亚去对抗恶王和王后。以利亚最著名的事蹟就是迦密山上，一个人和450个巴力先知、400个亚舍拉的先知比赛，看看谁所敬拜的是真神。

当850个拜巴力和亚舍拉的先知们又唱又跳，使尽各种法宝，却始终唤不醒他们所拜的“神”来悦纳他们的献祭时，他们终于累得倒下来了。轮到以利亚上场，一个祷告，神就从天上降火烧尽祭坛上的供物、木柴、石头、尘土，又烧干沟里的水。以利亚有效地证明了谁是真神，他带领以色列人抓住巴力的先知到河边，全部杀了。神又降下大雨解除以色列的干旱，以利亚在雨中奔跑，竟奔在亚哈王的马车前面。那一天，以利亚何等威风！

Don’t Make Money Your Master

2019-12-29 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is James 5:1-11.  Let’s go!

On verses 1-11:  I believe there are two things that are possibly going on in this passage.  The first is that James is speaking against those who have put their hope in their wealth or in getting rich.  James is casting a scary vision of what their ultimate destiny will look like when they meet God face to face, a destiny where all their wealth and material possessions have rotted and have no lasting or eternal value (v2-3a), how God will bring to justice those who have hoarded wealth by oppressing and mistreating their employees (v3b-4) and other innocent people (v6), and how God will bring to account those who have lived in luxury and self-indulgence but have not lived for God’s purposes (v5).  It’s a similar picture to Jesus’ parable about the rich fool in Luke 12:13-21 — “This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:21)  This passage shows how foolish and short-sighted it is to be obsessed with gaining material wealth.

The second thing I think may be going on in this passage is that James is speaking to those who are persecuting the church.  James is writing at a time in history when persecution of Christians was widespread and vicious across the Roman empire.  James himself would later be martyred for his faith .  James’ words in verses 1-6 may also be a diatribe against persecutors of Christians.  James is saying that although at this time Christians are weeping, wailing, being eaten alive by animals in coliseums, and set on fire, it is their persecutors who will suffer in the end.

诗篇一百十九篇105-112节

2019-12-27 in /by

ן Nun（第14段）

105祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。
106祢公义的典章，我曾起誓遵守，我必按誓而行。
107我甚是受苦，耶和华啊，求祢照祢的话将我救活。
108耶和华啊，求祢悦纳我口中的赞美为供物，又将祢的典章教训我。
109我的性命常在危险之中，我却不忘记祢的律法。
110恶人为我设下网罗，我却没有偏离祢的训词。
111我以祢的法度为永远的产业，因这是我心中所喜爱的。
112我的心专向祢的律例，永远遵行，一直到底。

这是一个性命常在危险之中的人所写的。性命常在危险之中的人会让你想起谁呢？是不是007？还是咏春拳的发扬者、李小龙的师父叶问？或是耶利米先知？还是大卫？或是你自己？在诗篇119篇里，诗人经常强调神是他所倚靠的，他要求自己要对神有信心，要坚守神的律例和典章。他是在逆境之中求生存，并不是在顺境里享荣华富贵的人，他在苦难之中发现金银财宝于他都无用，唯有神的话可以做他脚前的灯，路上的光。

因为他发现他好像是一个在黑暗之中行路的人，不知道恶人的网罗设在何处，只要一不小心，就会遭害。因此他的心是谨慎的，他的脚步是犹疑的，他需要指引，需要有灯有光来照亮前面要走的路。就好像一个人走在布满地雷的战区，需要步步为营，不然就死无葬身之地了。