分裂磐石

“他在旷野分裂磐石,多多地给他们水喝,如从深渊而出。” - 诗 78:15

和家人相聚时,很多家庭都会重复讲述某些百听不厌的故事的。数年前我和家人经历了驾车进入北极圈的刺激旅程,我们喜欢回想,我们因河水泛滥滞流在极北的地方的时候;神帮助我们,衪为我们预备了一个懂得怎样穿越那里的河水的当地人,他把我们带到河流安全的那一边。我们永远不会忘记我们是怎样获救的。

同样,以色列民也永远不会忘记,神怎样在旷野供应食水给他们。这件事成为故事的关键,是他们极重要的回忆;除非你知道神藉着在旷野分裂磐石来供应水给他们喝这件事,不然,你并没有真正认识神子民的故事。

在这件事上,我们学了重要的两课:我们的神是一位满有能力的神,祂施展异常的作为来表达祂的爱;我们也需要彼此数说神的作为来建立我们的信心,并且深信衪必定会继续作工。

你或许正感到被现状所困,可能是因为无力应付的环境或缺乏资源 — 看来似乎完全没有出路。今天就求神在你的生命中施展大能,也敞开自己去接受祂慈爱的回应 — 或许是出乎你意料之外的回应,就像以色列民从磐石得水那样。

祷告

主啊,祢为祢的子民作了那么多奇妙的事情。求祢帮助我们记着并且知道,祢必定会继续作工和建立我们的。我们赞美祢的名!阿们。

 

诗篇 78:1-16

1 我的民哪,你们要留心听我的训诲,侧耳听我口中的话。
2 我要开口说比喻,我要说出古时的谜语,
3 是我们所听见所知道的,也是我们的祖宗告诉我们的。
4 我们不将这些事向他们的子孙隐瞒,要将耶和华的美德和他的能力,并他奇妙的作为,述说给后代听。
5 因为他在雅各中立法度,在以色列中设律法,是他吩咐我们祖宗要传给子孙的,
6 使将要生的后代子孙可以晓得。他们也要起来告诉他们的子孙,
7 好叫他们仰望神,不忘记神的作为,唯要守他的命令,
8 不要像他们的祖宗,是顽梗悖逆居心不正之辈,向着神心不诚实。
9 以法莲的子孙带着兵器拿着弓,临阵之日转身退后。
10 他们不遵守神的约,不肯照他的律法行。
11 又忘记他所行的,和他显给他们奇妙的作为。
12 他在埃及地,在琐安田,在他们祖宗的眼前,施行奇事。
13 他将海分裂,使他们过去,又叫水立起如垒。
14 他白日用云彩,终夜用火光,引导他们。
15 他在旷野分裂磐石,多多地给他们水喝,如从深渊而出。
16 他使水从磐石涌出,叫水如江河下流。 

Splitting Rocks

"He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas." - Psalm 78:15

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Many families have stories they tell again and again when they get together. My family had a great adventure driving up to the Arctic Circle a few years ago, and we like to recall the time we were stranded by a big flood there in the remote north. God helped us by providing a local man who knew how to navigate those waters to bring us to the safe side of the river. We will never forget how we were rescued.

Similarly, the people of Israel never forgot how God provided them water in the desert. It became a defining part of their story, a memory of such great importance that you couldn’t really know the story of God’s people unless you knew that God provided water for them by splitting rocks in the wilderness.

Here we find two important lessons: our God is a powerful God who does extraordinary acts of love; and we need to tell each other what God has done in order to build up our faith and have confidence that he will continue to act.

Maybe you feel stuck where you are, perhaps by overwhelming circumstances or a lack of resources—and there seems to be no way out. Ask God today to act powerfully in your life, and open yourself to receive his loving response—maybe even in an unexpected way, as the Israelites received water from a rock.

Prayer

Lord, you have done so many wonderful things for your people. Help us remember and know that you will keep working and building us up. We praise your name! Amen.

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