按次序排列敬拜的时间

作者:每日箴言   来源:普世佳音

“‘献给我 … 的食物,你们要按日期献给我。’” - 民 28:2

今天是特别的一天,是我们敬拜神和休息的日子,我们称它为主日(根据启示录 1:10所说的),来庆祝耶稣在一星期的第一天从死里复活。这一天与一星期其他的日子不同,我们留下这一天,与神的子民相聚、为我们在基督里的新生命和安息感恩、祷告和奉献、并聆听神对我们说的话。这样我们便准备好去安排未来一星期的活动了。

民数记28告诉我们,神吩咐以色列民,要把一系列的供物献给衪,这包括每天的献祭,以及每星期在安息日那天的献祭,还有按照节期、每个月或每年一次的献祭。以色列民的行事历都被排满了,百姓的生活按照这些敬拜活动依次安排好,好叫他们与神的团契成为生活的重心。这并不是说神的子民索性放下日常的生活,乃是不要让他们的日常生活琐事淹没了对神的敬拜。

敬拜神是你和你的家庭首要的事吗?有时,若要让生活上频繁的活动不去占用敬拜神的时间,是一个挑战;神吩咐我们每天拨出时间与衪共处,我们若忽视了这段属神的时间,我们的灵命是很难茁壮成长的,若忽视了神的计划,我们的生活秩序便会大大紊乱。

今天就与神的子民一起敬拜吧!让我们一起歌颂、赞美、向神祷告,又在基督耶稣里享安息。

祷告

主耶稣,感谢你,藉着你的复活,你保证我们能在今天得享安息。惟愿我们今天的敬拜充满喜乐,归荣耀与你。阿们。

民数记 28:1-10

1耶和华晓谕摩西说:
2“你要吩咐以色列人说:献给我的供物,就是献给我做馨香火祭的食物,你们要按日期献给我。
3又要对他们说:你们要献给耶和华的火祭,就是没有残疾、一岁的公羊羔,每日两只,作为常献的燔祭。
4早晨要献一只,黄昏的时候要献一只。
5又用细面伊法十分之一,并捣成的油一欣四分之一,调和作为素祭。
6这是西奈山所命定为常献的燔祭,是献给耶和华为馨香的火祭。
7为这一只羊羔,要同献奠祭的酒一欣四分之一。在圣所中,你要将醇酒奉给耶和华为奠祭。
8晚上,你要献那一只羊羔,必照早晨的素祭和同献的奠祭献上,作为馨香的火祭献给耶和华。
9“当安息日,要献两只没有残疾、一岁的公羊羔,并用调油的细面伊法十分之二为素祭,又将同献的奠祭献上。
10这是每安息日献的燔祭,那常献的燔祭和同献的奠祭在外。

Ordering Sacred Time

"Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings. . . ." - Numbers 28:2

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Today is a special day. It's a day of worship and rest. We call it the Lord's Day (based on Revelation 1:10) to celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week. This day is set apart from the other days of the week to gather with God's people, to thank God for the new life and rest we have in Christ, to pray and give, and to hear God's Word to us. This gives order to our week.

Numbers 28 shows that Israel was commanded to bring a series of offerings to God. There were daily offerings. There were weekly offerings to be given on the Sabbath. Then there were monthly and yearly offerings associated with festivals. Israel's calendar was full. The people's life was ordered by these worship activities so that fellowship with God would be at the center of their living. This didn't mean God's people could just quit ordinary life, but the ordinary was not to drown out worship.

Is worship a priority for you and your family? It can be challenging not to let the activities of life crowd out the worship of God. And it is hard to thrive spiritually when we neglect the sacred time God calls us to build into our lives. In general, our lives will get disordered when we neglect God's design.

So worship with God's people today! Sing, praise, and pray to the Lord. And celebrate your rest in Christ Jesus.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, thank you for securing our rest on this day through your resurrection. May our worship today be joyful and bring glory to you. Amen.

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发布日期:2020-07-26