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每日箴言(中英)︱牧羊人(记号:牧羊人的杖)


每日箴言

不像英雄的的

“他(耶西)回答说,还有个小的,现在放羊。” - 撒上 16:11

? 灵修

耶西的儿子们一个接一个地从先知撒母耳面前经过。当撒母耳看见长子以利押,就心里说,“耶和华的受膏者必定在此。”但实际上神耶和华说:“你只是在看外表,而我看的是内心。”


耶西的七个儿子依次从撒母耳面前经过,撒母耳告诉耶西:“这都不是耶和华所拣选的。”于是他们从田里叫来最小的儿子,牧童大卫——撒母耳奉神之命膏他为王,要统治神的百姓。


事实证明,大卫比以色列的第一个王扫罗好得多。只是他也有自己的缺点和失败。但神能看见我们所看不见的,祂选择了大卫,说他是一个“合神心意的人”(撒上 13:14)。在大卫的故事跟他所写的诗篇里,我们看到了他对神的荣耀和能力的敏锐以及惊叹,还有在神面前他有很深的谦卑,特别在他失败的时候。这些特质使得他不仅能做一个好王,也能做神百姓的牧者。


后来,神应许大卫,他的国位将被坚立,直到永远(撒下7)。这意味着神将从大卫的家族中带来最伟大的王和牧者:耶稣基督。

? 祷告

神啊,你知道万人的心,求你洁净我们的心,好使我们成为合你心意的儿女,奉耶稣的名祷告,阿们!

普世佳音每日箴言

A Shepherd (Symbol: A Shepherd’s Crook)

"'There is still the youngest,' Jesse answered. 'He is tending the sheep.'" — 1 Samuel 16:11

 

? Devotion

One by one, the sons of Jesse pass before the prophet Samuel. When Samuel sees Eliab, the eldest son, he says to himself, “Surely the LORD’s anointed stands here.” But the Lord says, in effect, “You’re only looking at appearances, but I look at the heart.”


When seven of Jesse’s sons have passed before him, Samuel tells Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.” So then the youngest, the shepherd-boy David, is summoned from the fields—and at God’s command Samuel anoints him king over God’s people.


David turns out to be a much better king than Saul, the first king of Israel. Yet David too has flaws and failings of his own. But God, who sees what we cannot, chooses David, indicating he is “a man after [God’s] own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14). Throughout David’s story and in the psalms he wrote, we see a sensitivity and a wonder at God’s glory and power, as well as a deep sense of humility before God, especially when he fails. These qualities make him not only a good king but also a suitable shepherd for God’s people.


Later God makes a promise to David that his throne will be established forever (2 Samuel 7). And this means that God will bring from David’s line the very greatest King and Shepherd, Jesus Christ.


? Prayer

You know all human hearts, O God. Purify ours so that we can be your children after your own heart. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.


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