(493) 「灵粮主题 TODAY’s Topic」：凡热切等候神的人是有福的 Blessed Are Those Who Wait Eagerly for God

「灵粮经节 TODAY’s Verses」：「作为一名积极的荣誉工人，他相信神的呼召，并按照神的旨意完成祂的使命和工作。 这位工人对神坚定不移的爱感到鼓舞和感激，最近他从美国南部的一所美国神学院,获得神授予他的一份礼物，学院光荣地授予他教牧博士学位。正如使徒保罗在罗马书 8 章 28 节中鼓励我们说： “我们晓得万事互相效力，叫爱他的人得益处，就是按他旨意被召的人。” 因此，在今天的灵粮主题：“凡热切等候神的人是有福的”的分享，所引用的经文使徒保罗进一步阐述，说：“但我们若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候。况且我们的软弱有圣灵帮助，我们本不晓得当怎样祷告，只是圣灵亲自用说不出来的叹息替我们祷告。鉴察人心的，晓得圣灵的意思，因为圣灵照着神的旨意替圣徒祈求。我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处，就是按他旨意被召的人。”; As an active Emeritus Worker, he believed in God’s call and completed His mission and work according to the Will of God. Encouraged and grateful for God's unfailing love, this worker recently received a gift from God from an American seminary in the southern United States, which honoured and conferred him with the earned Doctor of Ministry degree. As the apostle Paul encourages us in Romans 8: 28: “We know that in all things God works for good for those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Therefore, in today’s spiritual food topic: “Blessed Are Those Who Wait Eagerly for God.” The apostle Paul further elaborated on the scripture he quoted, saying: “But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” 」 (罗马书 Romans 8: 25-28)

「灵粮分享 TODAY’s Sharing」： 今晨在「圣经日日行 We Devote」里，读到甘力克牧师 Rev. Nicky Gumbel， “求问神的旨意” 的分享。牧者引用以赛亚书 Isaiah 29: 1 - 30: 18 节，尤其是 30: 18 节，描述旧约里顽固的民族，神所喜爱的子民有祸了。先知以赛亚批评以色列人一意孤行。以色列人不去求告神，反而找埃及人帮忙。但是神仍然怜悯等候他们的反省和回转，也将要施恩给他们。这也就是「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」主题所要分享的， “凡热切等候神的人是有福的” 。

甘力克牧师在分享里给我们有详细的分析和举例解释说道：通常，我们不是自做主张，就是请求别人帮忙。而忘记先“求问神的旨意”。富有魅力的基督教作家、演说家乔伊斯. 迈尔 Joyce Meyer 说得好，“当你遇到麻烦，不要先打电话，要先去王的宝座。”在牧者所引用的以赛亚书 30: 1-2 节里，先知以赛亚批评以色列人一意孤行。他们没有求问神。结果，以色列人在错误的道路上越走越远。以色列人不去求告神，反而找埃及人帮忙。以色列人并不想知道神对他们的计划，这才是根本问题。以赛亚书 29: 13 节里描述他们的敬拜只是走走形式， “这百姓亲近我，用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我。他们敬畏我，不过是领受人的吩咐。”

耶稣表明，此警告不仅是对当时的以色列人说的。马太福音15: 7-9节，耶稣对法利赛人和律法师也是这么说： “假冒为善的人哪，以赛亚指着你们说的预言，是不错的。他说，这百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我。他们将人的吩咐，当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然。” 正因心术不正，这些人才会想尽一切办法向神掩盖他们的阴谋，所以以赛亚书 29: 15-16 节提醒着说：“祸哉，那些向耶和华深藏谋略的，又在暗中行事，说，谁看见我们呢？谁知道我们呢？你们把事颠倒了，岂可看窑匠如泥吗？被制作的物，岂可论制作物的说，他没有制作我。或是被创造的物论造物的说，他没有聪明。” 所以，以赛亚书30: 1-2 节里便说，而结果是：“他们同谋，却不由于我；结盟，却不由于我的灵，以至罪上加罪。起身下埃及去，并没有求问我。”。在以赛亚书 30：9- 11 节，更加指责他们是“因为他们是悖逆的百姓、说谎的儿女，不肯听从耶和华训诲的儿女。他们对先见说：不要望见不吉利的事，对先知说：不要向我们讲正直的话；要向我们说柔和的话，言虚幻的事。你们要离弃正道，偏离直路，不要在我们面前再提说以色列的圣者。” 百姓不希望听到先知的警告。他们对一切警示都视而不见，在同一章30：11 节里，甚至想把写着“离弃正道，偏离直路”的警示牌拆掉。接着，在 16 节里说，“不然，我们要骑马奔走。”我有时也一样，常常一意孤行，在还没有求问神的情况下擅自行事。但本段经文 29: 24 节里，也含有盼望： “心中迷糊的，必得明白，发怨言的，必受训诲。” 所以，神在 30: 15 节里提醒他们说：“你们得救在乎归回安息。你们得力在乎平静安稳。”我们凡事都要祈求神，“求问神的旨意”；所以说，“凡热切等候神的人是有福的”。等待神的帮助才是上策。大家星期五开心与周末愉快！

「灵粮祷告 TODAY’s Prayer」：「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」也就引用耶利米哀歌 Lamentation 3： 25-26 节和大家在主的爱里相互勉励祷告。甘力克牧师在今日灵粮的分享里，提醒我们凡事都要祈求神的帮助，也得“求问神的旨意”，就如以赛亚书 30：18 节 第一段里先知以赛亚勉励着以色列人说，“耶和华必然等候，要施恩给你们 ...”。今日灵粮的主题，也就是在勉励大家，“凡热切等候神的人是有福的”。先知耶利米在他的哀歌三章里，也都这样鼓励我们凡事都要求靠神，因为;“凡等候耶和华，心里寻求他的，耶和华必施恩给他。仰望耶和华，静默等候他的救恩，这原是好的。”求神帮助我们凡事都能有耐心等候神的帮助，因为神会期待祝福你的。“ 祷告奉主名求的，阿们！

This morning in "圣经日日行 We Devote ", I read Rev. Nicky Gumbel's sharing on "Ask God for His Will." The pastor quoted Isaiah 29:1 - 30:18, especially verse 30: 18, describing the stubborn people in the Old Testament and woe to God's favored people. The prophet Isaiah criticized the Israelites for going their own way. Instead of calling on God, the Israelites turned to the Egyptians for help. But God is still mercifully waiting for their reflection and conversion, and will also show mercy to them. This is what the theme of "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY " is about to share, " Blessed Are Those Who Wait Eagerly for God."

In his sharing, Pastor Gumbel like gave us a detailed analysis and explanation with examples: Usually, we either make our own decisions or ask others for help. And forget to “ask God’s will” first. Charismatic Christian author and speaker Joyce Meyer said it best, “When you are in trouble, don’t call first, go first to the throne of the king.” In the book of Isaiah quoted by the pastor in verses 30: 1-2, the prophet Isaiah criticized the Israelites for going their own way. They did not ask God. As a result, the Israelites went further and further down the wrong path. Instead of calling on God, the Israelites turned to the Egyptians for help. The Israelites did not want to know God's plan for them, and that was the fundamental problem. Isaiah 29: 13 describes their worship as a mere formality, "This people draws near to me and honuors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They fear me only at the command of men."

Jesus showed that this warning was not just for the Israelites of his time. Matthew 15: 7-9 Jesus also said this to the Pharisees and teachers of the law: “You hypocrites, Isaiah was right in prophesying about you. He said, this people they honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They teach people what they command as doctrines, so worshiping me is in vain." Because of their evil intentions, these people will try every means to hide their conspiracy from God, so is in Isaiah 29: 15-16 reminds: “Woe to them who have hidden their counsel from the LORD, and who work in secret, saying, who has seen us? Who knows us? You have turned things upside down; how can you see is the potter like clay? Shall the things that are made say to the one who made them, He did not make me? Or the things that are made, say to Him who made them, He has no understanding.” So, Isaiah 30: 1-2 the verse says it, as a result: "They conspired together, but not from me; they made alliances, but not from my Spirit, so that they might add sin to sin. They arose and went down to Egypt without consulting me." So is the verse in Isaiah 30: 9-11, which accuses them even more of "because they are a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not obey the commandment of the Lord. They said to the seers: Do not see anything evil; Say to the prophet: Speak not to us what is right; speak to us soft and deceitful things. Turn aside from the straight path and turn aside from the straight path; do not mention the Holy One of Israel again before us." The people did not want to hear the prophet. warning. They turned a blind eye to all warnings, and in the same chapter, verse 30: 11, even tried to take down the warning sign that said, “Forsaken from the straight path,”. And then, in verse 16, it says, “Otherwise, we will ride on horseback and ride.” I’m the same way sometimes, too often going my own way and doing things on my own without asking God. But this passage also contains hope in verses 29 : 24: “Those who are confused in their hearts will be understood, and those who murmur will be disciplined.” Therefore, God reminded them in verse 30: 15: “Your salvation lies in your return and rest. In peace and stability will be your strength." We must pray to God in everything and "Ask God for His will"; therefore, "Blessed are those who eagerly wait for God." Waiting for God's help is the best policy. Happy Friday and great weekend everyone!

In conclusion, “今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY” would like to quote Lamentation 3: 25-26 of Prophet Jeremiah and encourages everyone to pray for each other in the love of the Lord. In today’s sharing of spiritual food, Pastor Gumbel reminded us that we must pray for God’s help in everything and “Ask God for His will”, just like the prophet Isaiah’s encouragement in the first paragraph of Isaiah 30: 18 He said to the Israelites, "The Lord is waiting to be gracious to you ..." The theme of today’s spiritual food is to encourage everyone and recognize that, “Blessed Are Those Who Wait Eagerly for God.” The prophet Jeremiah also encourages us in his Lamentations chapter 3 to rely on God in everything, because: “The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. " Pray in the name of the Lord, Amen!

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