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The Most Important Thing You Can Do

2019-08-06 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 29:21-30.  Let’s go!

1 Chronicles 29:22 (NIV) 
22  They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the LORD to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.
 
On verses 21-22:  It touches my heart deeply to think that David’s last act as king of Israel, before he handed the reigns of his kingdom to his son Solomon, was to lead his people in worshiping the Lord, both through giving the most generous offering they could muster together (v1-9) and giving God praise through prayer and song (v10-20).  And now, one day later, the people are at it again, giving God worship through generous sacrifices and offerings (v21).  They eat and drink together with great joy before recognizing and anointing Solomon as their king and ruler (v22).  What can we learn from this? The most important thing you can do with the power God has given you is lead others to know and worship the Lord.  Like David, may you do it until you don’t have the power to do it anymore.

诗篇第八篇 诗篇

2019-08-05 in /by

诗篇第八篇

大卫的诗，交于伶长。用迦特乐器。

1 耶和华我们的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美，祢将祢的荣耀彰显于天！
2 祢因敌人的缘故，从婴孩和吃奶的口中建立了能力，使仇敌和报仇的闭口无言。
3 我观看你指头所造的天，并祢所陈设的月亮星宿，
4 便说：「人算什么，祢竟顾念他？世人算什么，祢竟眷顾他？
5 祢叫他比天使微小一点，并赐他荣耀尊贵为冠冕。
6 祢派他管理祢手所造的，使万物，就是一切的牛羊，田野的兽，空中的鸟，海里的鱼，凡经行海道的，都服在他的脚下。」
9 耶和华我们的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美！

从〈诗篇〉第3-7篇里，大卫经历了许多的痛苦忧伤，但是当他仰望神时，他皂心就充满了喜桨和赞美。这诗篇提醒我们，不要一直注目在地上的人事物，要抬头仰望，因为神也在看我们，要借着祂的创造赐给我们信心。神将祂的荣耀彰显于天，所以当我们看天空时，时时感到惊奇。晨曦带来的生命力，天空中的颜色变幻无穷，夕阳之美，夜里繁星灿烂，没有一刻是无聊的。

Your Wealth Is From God and For God

2019-08-05 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 29:10-20.  Let’s go!

1 Chronicles 29:10 (NIV) 
10  David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

On verse 10-13:  Having given the most personal and precious offering he has ever given, and having seen how his officials and the people respond in kind by giving willingly and generously toward the building of the temple as well, David praises God.  Notice a few things about how David praises God:

David is the king of Israel, the most powerful man in his country, and yet David says to God, “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor…Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.” (v11)

诗篇第七篇

2019-08-04 in /by

诗篇第七篇

大卫指着便雅悯人古实的话，向耶和华唱的流离歌。

1 耶和华我的神啊，我投靠祢，求祢救我脱离一切追赶我的人，将我救拔出来，
2 恐怕他们像狮子撕裂我，甚至撕碎，无人搭救。
3 耶和华我的神啊，我若行了这事，若有罪孽在我手里，
4 我若以恶报那与我交好的人（连那无故与我为敌的，我也救了他），
5 就任凭仇敌追赶我，直到追上，将我的性命踏在地下，使我的荣耀归于灰尘！（细拉）
6 耶和华啊，求祢在怒中起来，挺身而立，抵挡我敌人的暴怒；求祢为我兴起，你已经命定施行审判。
7 愿众民的会环绕你，愿祢从其上归于高位。
8 耶和华向众民施行审判。耶和华啊，求祢按我的公义和我心中的纯正判断我。
9 愿恶人的恶断绝，愿你坚立义人，因为公义的神察验人的心肠肺腑。
10 神是我的盾牌，祂拯救心里正直的人。……….

大卫王是这首诗的作者，但是便雅悯人古实是指谁呢？流离歌是一种不规则的抒情诗，有点像我们的现代诗，随着当时的心情和情景而吟颂的诗。古实的意思原是黑色，但在此是一个人的名字，因为冠上了便雅悯人，不免让人联想到扫罗。扫罗就是便雅悯人，所以当扫罗在追杀大卫时，他的族人必然倾心相助，也去追赶大卫。古实很可能就是紧追大卫不舍的一个。

在这首诗里讲到正义之人看起来仿佛很软弱，就像他和扫罗相比，扫罗是王，拥有军队，而大卫手无寸铁，只有一把非利士人哥利亚的刀，还有一批流浪者跟着他，两相比较，大卫何等虚弱。但大卫到神面前祈求时，他以自己的公义求神判断，他相信神必拯救无辜之人。因为神是公义的审判者。

Great Leaders Lead by Example

2019-08-04 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 29:1-9.  Let’s go!

1 Chronicles 29:3 (NIV) 
3  Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple…

On verses 1-9:  After commissioning his son Solomon to build the temple and encouraging his top leaders in chapter 28, here in chapter 29 David addresses the whole assembly of Israelites.  He tells them of the great vision ahead of them to build a temple for the Lord.  He also tells them of the great challenges that are before them as they pursue this vision (v1).  Then David announces that he has already donated a tremendous amount toward this cause from all his own personal resources, which probably consisted of spoils that he had acquired over time as king (v2).  Now David says he is about to make an even greater personal donation (v3-5a).  This greater personal donation – which in the Hebrew means “my most personal treasure” – consisted of 3,000 talents of gold from Ophir (the most coveted gold in the region at that time) as well as 7,000 talents of refined silver.   Then he asks the entire assembly “Who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?” (v5b), meaning “Who will give of themselves personally toward building the temple?” (In fact, the word “consecrate” in Hebrew literally means to “fill the hand”.) 

诗篇第六篇

2019-08-02 in /by

诗篇第六篇

1 耶和华啊，求你不要在怒中责备我，也不要在烈怒中惩罚我！
2 耶和华啊，求你可怜我，因为我软弱。耶和华啊，求你医治我，因为我的骨头发战。
3 我心也大大地惊惶。耶和华啊，你要到几时才救我呢？
4 耶和华啊，求你转回，搭救我，因你的慈爱拯救我。
5 因为在死地无人记念你，在阴间有谁称谢你？
6 我因唉哼而困乏，我每夜流泪，把床榻漂起，把褥子湿透。
7 我因忧愁眼睛干瘪，又因我一切的敌人眼睛昏花。
8 你们一切作孽的人，离开我吧！因为耶和华听了我哀哭的声音。
9 耶和华听了我的恳求，耶和华必收纳我的祷告。
10 我的一切仇敌都必羞愧，大大惊惶；他们必要退后，忽然羞愧。

这是大卫的诗歌，也是诗篇里七首忏悔诗篇的第一首。这篇诗歌写出在患病或正在受苦的人的心声，也表达了以色列遭受他国压迫和被蹂躏时的苦楚。

大卫王因罪惹动了神的怒气，在诗歌里他写出他的痛苦不只是因为对手的反击，而且他深深感受到永死，也就是与神隔绝的恐怖。他迫切渴望能得到神的宽恕。他对神的诉求是，倘若神在愤怒中取走他的性命，那么还有谁像他一样能赞美神，称谢神？

You Are Planned and Precious to God

2019-08-02 in /by

HI GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 28:11-21.  Let’s go!

1 Chronicles 28:11-13 (NIV) 
11  Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. 
12  He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the LORD and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things. 
13  He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the LORD, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service.

On verses 11-13, 19:   One of the key words in these verses is “the plans”.  David gives to Solomon the plans for the temple, plans which David says were inspired by the Holy Spirit.  What can we learn from this?  God is a planner.  He knows the plans He has for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).  

The Biblical Formula for Success

2019-08-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 28:1-10. Let’s go!

1 Chronicles 28:4-6 (NIV) 
4  “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 
5  Of all my sons–and the LORD has given me many–he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 
6  He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
 
On verses 1-6:  In these verses, David addresses the leaders of Israel (political officials, tribal leaders, military commanders, warriors and others).  First, David recounts how he originally had it in his heart to build a temple for the Lord where the ark of God could rest (v2), but that God told him that he was not the one to build the temple due to his having shed other people’s blood in battle (v3).

诗篇第五篇

2019-08-01 in /by

诗篇第五篇

1 耶和华啊，求祢留心听我的言语，顾念我的心思。
2 我的王我的神啊，求祢垂听我呼求的声音，因为我向祢祈祷。
3 耶和华啊，早晨祢必听我的声音；早晨我必向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒。
4 因为祢不是喜悦恶事的神，恶人不能与祢同居。
5 狂傲人不能站在祢眼前，凡作孽的都是祢所恨恶的。
6 说谎言的，祢必灭绝；好流人血弄诡诈的，都为耶和华所憎恶。
7 至于我，我必凭祢丰盛的慈爱进入你的居所，我必存敬畏祢的心向祢的圣殿下拜。
8 耶和华啊，求祢因我的仇敌，凭祢的公义引领我，使祢的道路在我面前正直。
9 因为他们的口中没有诚实，他们的心里满有邪恶，他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓，他们用舌头谄媚人。
10 神啊，求祢定他们的罪！愿他们因自己的计谋跌倒，愿祢在他们许多的过犯中把他们逐出，因为他们背叛了祢。
11 凡投靠祢的，愿他们喜乐，时常欢呼，因为祢护庇他们。又愿那爱祢名的人，都靠祢欢欣。
12 因为祢必赐福于义人，耶和华啊，祢必用恩惠如同盾牌四面护卫他。

这是大卫的早祷诗，也是许多人非常喜欢的。在古代近东的宗教中认为早祷是一件非常重要的事，因为他们相信神必听早晨的祈祷。正如大卫在第三节说的：“耶和华啊，早晨祢必听我的声音；早晨我必向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒。”这当中有呼应，想要神垂听，自己必须先早起向神陈明心意且警醒，不能躺在床上随随便便地唸，好像在吩咐仆人做事；要恭敬到神的面前陈明心意，这样的晨祷，神必垂听。