蒙神祝福的子民
当有人向基督徒问安时，听到他们说：“我是蒙福的人，” 是毫不出奇的。
以色列民真的是蒙福的。与亚伯拉罕和他的后裔立约时，神这样说：“我必叫你成为大国。我必赐福给你” （创世记 12:2）。神应许以色列民，衪以与他们同在为祝福，衪又应许赐他们繁荣昌盛，亚伯拉罕的后裔将会多如海边的沙，神更应许赐一个居住地给他的后裔。
以色列民既然在昔日和将来都领受这些应许，神便不容许巴兰咒诅衪的子民。摩押王巴勒认为，找巴兰咒诅以色列民，是削弱以色列和制止他们夺取自己领地的唯一方法，不过，这个做法是行不通的，也不可能行得通。
我们也是蒙福的人。因着耶稣的缘故，亚伯拉罕和以色列民得到的祝福，也成为我们的祝福。神又应许亚伯拉罕，地上的万族都要因他得福（创世记 12:3）。这个应许在亚伯拉罕的后裔耶稣身上实现了。在基督里，神是我们的帮助；神若帮助我们，没有人能敌挡我们，也没有人能使我们与神的爱隔绝、或阻止我们得到衪应许赐给我们的永远产业（罗马书 8:31-39）。在基督里，我们每一个人确实能够说：“我是蒙福的人。”
父啊，感谢你在基督里赐给我们一切的属灵的福气。惟愿我们看到，在你里面我们是何等安稳。阿们。
民数记 22:1-12
1以色列人起行，在摩押平原，约旦河东，对着耶利哥安营。
2以色列人向亚摩利人所行的一切事，西拨的儿子巴勒都看见了。
3摩押人因以色列民甚多，就大大惧怕，心内忧急，
4对米甸的长老说：“现在这众人要把我们四围所有的一概舔尽，就如牛舔尽田间的草一般。”那时西拨的儿子巴勒做摩押王。
5他差遣使者往大河边的毗夺去，到比珥的儿子巴兰本乡那里，召巴兰来，说：“有一宗民从埃及出来，遮满地面，与我对居。
6这民比我强盛，现在求你来为我咒诅他们，或者我能得胜，攻打他们，赶出此地。因为我知道，你为谁祝福，谁就得福；你咒诅谁，谁就受咒诅。”
7摩押的长老和米甸的长老手里拿着卦金，到了巴兰那里，将巴勒的话都告诉了他。
8巴兰说：“你们今夜在这里住宿，我必照耶和华所晓谕我的回报你们。”摩押的使臣就在巴兰那里住下了。
9神临到巴兰那里，说：“在你这里的人都是谁？”
10巴兰回答说：“是摩押王西拨的儿子巴勒打发人到我这里来，说：
11‘从埃及出来的民遮满地面，你来为我咒诅他们，或者我能与他们争战，把他们赶出去。’”
12神对巴兰说：“你不可同他们去，也不可咒诅那民，因为那民是蒙福的。”
God's Blessed People
"God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.'" - Numbers 22:12
It's not unusual to hear Christians say "I am blessed" when someone asks how they are doing.
Israel was indeed blessed. When God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants, he said, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you" (Genesis 12:2). God promised Israel the blessing of his presence. He promised them the blessing of prosperity. Abraham's descendants would be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. God also promised the blessing of a land for his descendants to live in.
Because Israel had these promises in their past and future, God would not allow Balaam to curse his people. King Balak of Moab thought that the only way he could weaken Israel and keep them from taking his land was to get Balaam to put a curse on Israel. But that would not and could not work.
We too are blessed people. Because of Jesus, the blessings given to Abraham and Israel are ours. God also promised Abraham that all nations would be blessed through him (Genesis 12:3). That promise was fulfilled in Abraham's descendant, Jesus. In Christ, God is for us; and if God is for us, no one can stand against us. No one can separate us from God's love or keep us from receiving the eternal inheritance he has promised (Romans 8:31-39). In Christ each of us can truly say, "I am blessed."
Father, we thank you for all the spiritual blessings that are ours in Christ. May we see that we are secure in you. Amen.
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