【2012 ∕ 12 ∕ 14】
QT:鱷魚顯出神的全能(約伯記41:01—41:34)
[生命泉源]
41:01 — | 你能用魚釣上鱷魚麼?能用繩子壓下他的舌頭麼? "Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope? |
41:02 — | 你能用繩索穿他的鼻子麼?能用穿他的骨麼? Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
41:03 — | 他豈向你連連懇求,說柔和的話麼? Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words? |
41:04 — | 豈肯與你立約,使你拿他永遠作奴僕麼? Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life? |
41:05 — | 你豈可拿他當雀鳥玩耍麼?豈可為你的幼女將他拴住麼? Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls? |
41:06 — | 搭夥的漁夫豈可拿他當貨物麼?能把他分給商人麼? Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? |
41:07 — | 你能用倒槍扎滿他的皮,能用魚叉叉滿他的頭麼? Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? |
41:08 — | 你按手在他身上,想與他爭戰,就不再這樣行吧! If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again! |
41:09 — | 人指望捉拿他是徒然的;一見他,豈不喪膽麼? Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering. |
41:10 — | 沒有那麼光Er的人敢惹他。這樣,誰能在我面前站立得住呢? No one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me? |
41:11 — | 誰先給我甚麼,使我償還呢?天下萬物都是我的。 Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. |
41:12 — | 論到鱷魚的肢體和其大力,並美好的骨骼,我不能緘默不言。 "I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form. |
41:13 — | 誰能剝他的外衣?誰能進他上下牙骨之間呢? Who can strip off his outer coat? Who would approach him with a bridle? |
41:14 — | 誰能開他的頰?他牙齒四圍是可畏的。 Who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth? |
41:15 — | 他以堅固的鱗甲為可誇,緊緊合閉,封得嚴密。 His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; |
41:16 — | 這鱗甲一一相連,甚至氣不得透入其間, each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. |
41:17 — | 都是互相聯絡、膠結,不能分離。 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. |
41:18 — | 他打噴嚏就發出光來;他眼睛好像早晨的光線(原文是眼皮)。 His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn. |
41:19 — | 從他口中發出燒著的火把,與飛迸的火星; Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. |
41:20 — | 從他鼻孔冒出來,如燒開的鍋和點著的蘆葦。 Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. |
41:21 — | 他的氣點著煤炭,有火焰從他口中發出。 His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth. |
41:22 — | 他頸項中存著勁力;在他面前的都恐嚇蹦跳。 Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him. |
41:23 — | 他的肉塊互相聯絡,緊貼其身,不能搖動。 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. |
41:24 — | 他的心結實如石頭,如下磨石那樣結實。 His chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. |
41:25 — | 他一起來,勇士都驚恐,心裏慌亂,便都昏迷。 When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing. |
41:26 — | 人若用刀,用槍,用標槍,用尖槍扎他,都是無用。 The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. |
41:27 — | 他以鐵為乾草,以銅為爛木。 Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. |
41:28 — | 箭不能恐嚇他使他逃避;彈石在他看為碎。 Arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him. |
41:29 — | 棍棒算為禾;他嗤笑短槍颼的響聲。 A club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance. |
41:30 — | 他肚腹下如尖瓦片;他如釘耙經過淤泥。 His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. |
41:31 — | 他使深淵開滾如鍋,使洋海如鍋中的膏油。 He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. |
41:32 — | 他行的路隨後發光,令人想深淵如同白髮。 Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair. |
41:33 — | 在地上沒有像他造的那樣,無所懼怕。 Nothing on earth is his equal-- a creature without fear. |
41:34 — | 凡高大的,他無不藐視;他在驕傲的水族上作王。 He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud." |
省 思 語— | 人的罪性就像鱷魚一樣,不是繫上繩索就能順服,也不會因為立下契約就順服。罪性如同最凶猛的野獸鱷魚,也會將靠近它的人引到死亡。 |
省 思 語— | 每每讓我跌倒與挫敗的罪有哪些? |
省 思 語— | 我是否因單憑己力解決或完全一些事,而精疲力竭呢?在我裡面還沒有被折斷的驕傲習性有哪些? |
[默想散文]
不一定非跌倒不可 檸檬,夢想成為檸檬汽水/李在基
馬丁 ‧ 路德曾說過這句話:「我們沒辦法阻止鳥兒從我們頭上飛過,卻可阻止鳥兒在我們頭上築巢。」誠然,罪的誘惑常常盤旋在我們周遭,但如果我們讓牠在頭上築巢,就必須為此負責。我們可以按著自己的貪念作選擇,也可以依從神的話語作決定。我們每天都可能站在向罪惡敞開的門前,然而專注在基督和祂話語上的人,即使看到那扇門也會掉頭就走;但被心中貪念引誘的人則會說:「唉呀,我沒辦法說不啊!」然後跨門而入。
有一位美式足球教練在找新的選手,職業球探問他說:「您需要哪一種選手?是那種被對方攔截跌倒,具有能夠馬上站起來的體力和反應敏捷的選手嗎?」教練說不是。「那麼是跌倒了又站起來,毅力和韌性很強的選手嗎?」教練這次又說不是,接著他說:「我要的選手不是被對方攔截跌倒後能夠站起來,而是能夠攔截並使對方跌倒。」
我們不一定非跌倒不可,不跌倒仍可以贏,為此我們要倚靠神的能力作出對的選擇。向神求助,但要丟棄一切藉口,承認選擇罪惡錯在自己。如此百分之百承認自己受了罪惡的誘惑,並求神幫助,聖靈必會幫助我們。
[我的省思]
今天的默想散文真真是說到我心坎兒裡去了,我明白,這正是神告誡我的,是真真切切要對我說的,感謝主願意訓誡我,求神幫助,助我丟棄一切藉口,助我裝備自己的心,助我不要被撒旦攔截,助我在撒旦門前掉頭離去,助我專注在祢和祢話語,助我為祢而活。
[今日禱告]
主啊!感謝主願意訓誡我,求神幫助,助我丟棄一切藉口,助我裝備自己的心,助我不要被撒旦攔截,助我在撒旦門前掉頭離去,助我專注在祢和祢話語,助我為祢而活。
主啊!求祢繼續幫助我,火熱我心,讓我積極的追求自我的成長,對每一項計畫都有非做不可的堅決。主啊!求祢使我成長,使我在每一項學習上都日日精進,使我能成就獨當一面的渴望,使我能幫助我的家人,減輕他們的負擔。主啊!我當懷抱最初的野望與信心,勇往直前。
主啊!求祢看顧保守國賢,賜他智慧與健康,使他的工作穩定且順利,使他與同事的相處和諧,使他上司長官能善待他,也求主記念他的勞苦,賜給他配得的工價。主啊!我們現在所擁有的一切都是祢的恩典,我們大大稱謝。我們雖心急我們的「家」仍沒有著落,但主啊!祢必會為我們安排最好的,我們要耐心等候,只要禱告。主啊!求祢幫我們預備我們的家,那裡會是我們的寄託,是有主的地方,是養育詠晴長大的地方,主啊!我們希望這個家的屋齡不要超過15年、新式裝潢、格局方正、國賢能負擔的售價且不把存款用盡的情況,讓我們能保有足夠的生活品質,主啊!求祢幫我們預備這樣的家好嗎?
主啊!求祢憐憫我的父母,求祢賜下平安與喜樂到達他們的心中,使他們不要受撒旦的綑綁、為金錢所苦,求祢破碎剛硬的心、撼動頑強的堅持,進到他們裡面,成為他們的盼望、他們的救贖。主啊!求祢鑒察我們的心,我們不是貪慕金錢,我們只要能稍微減輕一點負擔和壓力,主啊!求祢憐憫我的父母,雖然他們仍不認識祢,但主啊!求祢不要轉開祢慈愛的臉,求祢記念他們的苦,賜福給他們,救他們脫離金錢壓力的深淵,這一切都求主安排,都要按著祢的心意來行,無論如何,我們都全心感謝。
主啊!求祢看顧保守公公婆婆,求祢賜給他們健康、平安和喜樂,求祢降下聖靈到他們中間,求祢賜與他們祢的溫柔、慈愛、謙卑、公義、正直,願他們能越來越有祢的樣式,活出蒙祢喜悅的生活。
主啊!求祢賜下醫治的大能醫治媽媽的手,她的左手受傷了,也許是扭傷也許是骨頭或筋絡發炎,主啊!祢清楚明白媽媽的病情,求祢醫治媽媽,讓她早日脫離不適。
主啊!求祢看顧詠晴,求祢賜下聖靈在她裡面,親自引領她,使她用餐時能安靜自己的心,好好坐下來用餐;使她的個性可以平緩,不要不顧一切的急躁;使她個性大方,面對挑戰無所畏懼。求主看顧保守她,願她的成長有平安有喜樂。
感謝讚美主,一切榮耀都歸於主,孩子這樣感謝、禱告都是奉主耶穌基督的聖名祈求,阿門!
✿ 米拉‧ⓜⓘⓡⓐ ✿
《活潑的生命》2012-12-14 http://www.cgntv.net/player/tiny.cgn?vid=102893