Pick A Side
We cannot win both the applause of people and the “well done” of Christ. Do you play both sides?
Many in the West did in the years leading up to World War II. In 1938 Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler. The British prime minister had long championed a policy of appeasing the dictator’s aggressions, so he agreed to Hitler’s demands. Six months later Hitler occupied all of Czechoslovakia. Next he invaded Poland, and the war began. For a decade the world watched as Hitler flexed his muscles. Yet freedom-loving nations waffled between apathy and fear. Many simply couldn’t pick a side.
The prophet Elijah once asked, “How long are you going to struggle with the two choices? If the Lord is God, follow Him” (1 Kings 18:21 NASB).
瑪拿西的困境
/in 每日親近神, 每日親近神-2026 /by meiling〈約書亞記〉 17:18 山地也要歸你，雖是樹林，你也可以砍伐。靠近之地必歸你。迦南人雖有鐵車，雖是強盛，你也能把他們趕出去。
閱讀經文：〈約書亞記〉 17:1-18
這段經文說約瑟的子孫，主要是講到瑪拿西。瑪拿西是個大族，共有五萬二千七百名。他們在約但河東分到基列和巴珊地；在河東河西也分到不少地。瑪拿西的孫女們指的就是西羅非哈的女兒們，摩西曾為她們的哀告求問神。她們為了讓父親留名而要求承受父親的產業。摩西也因而訂下了女性承受產業的條例，她們不可以嫁給別的支派；若是要嫁給別的支派，就得放棄土地。免得自己宗族的土地成為別人的，自己支派的土地就會減少。
從瑪拿西得到的分地來看，他們拿到了很好的地方，包括約旦河東大部份的耶斯列平原，還有十足輕重的米吉多。「米吉多(Megiddo)，是連貫非洲 與亞洲的古代著名地方，位置連貫兩洲軍事與貿易路線的要衝。