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每日箴言(中英)|你在哪里?



每日箴言

你在哪里?

“耶和华神呼唤那人,对他说:‘你在哪里?’” - 创3:9

 灵修

神在圣经中所发出的第一个问题,似乎有一些令人费解。神吩咐亚当不可吃园中间那棵树的果子,亚当竟然违背了。我们可能以为神会问他:“你做了什么事?”然而,神却问他“你在哪里?”当然,神是肯定知道亚当和夏娃在哪儿的。


神提出的这个问题是要清楚告诉我们,我们无法可以躲避衪(诗篇139:7-12),我们必定在祂的同在中,而衪创造我们的计划是要我们与衪同行。可惜,罪疚感迫使我们尝试躲藏起来,我们尝试掩饰或逃走,因为我们不愿意承担犯罪的后果。


复活节之前的四十天是大斋节期,这是我们专注思想神问我们在“哪里”这个问题,也是思想我们“与神同行”的最好机会。圣经在创世记3:24第一次用“道路”这个词,这里说,有拿着剑的天使把守返回伊甸园的“道路”。然而,神深爱世人,藉着耶稣基督,衪为我们提供了一条回到衪那里的道路,好叫我们能再次得到丰盛的生命,正如耶稣所说:“我就是道路、真理、生命。”


与神同行,表示我们要不断回答“你在哪里”这个问题,并且从我们躲藏的地方出来,这样,我们便能够在神恩典的亮光中看到自己。在这个月,让我们以这个问题来开始每一天吧。

 祷告

主啊,求祢在我身上施行祢的旨意,又保守我的脚步,行走在指向永生的道路上。奉耶稣名祈求,阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

 Where Are You?

The LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” — Genesis 3:9


 Devotion


The first question God asks in the Bible may seem a bit strange. We might think God would ask, “What have you done?” since Adam had disobeyed God’s instruction not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden. But the question God asks is “Where are you?” — and, of course, God knows exactly where Adam and Eve are.


God’s question makes clear to us that we cannot hide from him (Psalm 139:7-12), that we belong in his presence, that he made us to walk with him. But the guilt of our sin pushes us to try to hide. We try to cover up or run away, not wanting to face up to what we’ve done.


The time of Lent, the forty days before Easter, gives us an excellent opportunity to focus on the “where” of God’s question: our walk with God. The Bible uses the word “way” for the first time in Genesis 3:24, saying that the “way” back to the garden was blocked by an angel with a sword. But God loved the world so much that he provided the way back to him, and to full life again, through Jesus Christ, who said: “I am the way and the truth and the life.”


Walking with the Lord means constantly answering the question “Where are you?” and emerging from our hiding places — that we may see ourselves in the light of God’s grace. It’s a good question to ask at the beginning of each day this month.


 Prayer

Have your own way with me, Lord, and keep my feet on the path that leads to eternal life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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