每日箴言（中英）｜约书亚—对神充满信心的人

每日箴言

约书亚—对神充满信心的人

“有耶和华与我们同在，不要怕他们。” - 民 14:9

? 灵修

以色列人在旷野里艰苦跋涉了很久，终于望见了应许之地。他们选了十二个探子去窥探那地，探子回来之后，描述那地绿草茵茵、土地丰饶、并硕果累累。但是其中十个探子说要征服那地是不可能的，因为他们也看到巨人和坚固城邑。（民数记 13:26-33）

百姓又哭号又抱怨。是有两个探子，迦勒和约书亚却提醒大家，神已经应许将那地赐给他们，因此他们若信靠神，就会得到那地。然而百姓不听他们，还说要把迦勒和约书亚给杀了。所以，因着他们的抱怨和牢骚，神决定只有信靠祂的新一代的人才能承受那地。四十年之后，在新的领袖约书亚的带领下，神帮助以色列人占据那地。约书亚（他的名字意思是“神拯救”）他经历神在许多方面为祂百姓所施展的拯救大能。

有些时候，我们可能会惧怕将要发生的事。人和环境就像隐约可见的巨人，问题好像没法解决，但是我们需要做出选择，我们可以停留在惧怕中，也可以信靠神会和我们同行。我们能够选择后者，是因为我们属于另一位名字——耶稣这个名字的意思为“神拯救”。祂被赐予这个名字，是因为祂要“将自己的百姓从罪恶里救出来”（马太福音 1:21）。你信靠能拯救你的这一位吗？

? 祷告

耶稣啊，当我们面对巨大难题和可怕对手时，求祢帮助我们来呼求祢——能拯救的那一位。奉祢的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

? Confident Joshua

"The Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them." — Numbers 14:9

? Devotion

After a long trek through the wilderness, the Israelites were within view of the promised land. Twelve spies were chosen to scout out the land. They returned describing a land of green pastures and rich soil and produce. But ten of them said that conquering the land would be impossible, for they had also seen giants and fortified cities (Number 13:26-33).

The people whined and complained. But two of the spies, Caleb and Joshua, reminded everyone that God had promised that land to them, so God would make it theirs if they trusted him. But the people wouldn't listen and instead talked of killing Joshua and Caleb. So God decided that because of their grumbling and complaining, a different, more trusting generation would inherit the land. Forty years later, God helped Israel claim the land under their new leader, Joshua. Joshua, whose name means "God saves," grew to experience God's saving power in many ways for his people.

Sometimes we can be afraid of what lies ahead. People and circumstances loom like giants, and problems seem impossible to solve. But we have a choice. We can stay afraid, or we can trust God to walk with us. We can do that because we belong to another whose name means "God saves"—Jesus. He was given that name because he would "save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). Do you trust in the one who saves?

? Prayer

Jesus, when we face enormous problems and scary opponents, help us to call on you, the one who saves. Amen.

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