每日箴言（中英）｜耶和华的火

每日箴言

耶和华的火

“众民看见了〔耶和华的火〕，就俯伏在地，说 ‘耶和华是神！耶和华是神！’” - 王上 18:39

灵修

火能毁坏，但也能照明。在迦密山上，先知以利亚代表神，站在膜拜其他神的人和那些不能决定拜哪位神的以色列人面前，以利亚呼召他们要作出决定，究竟选择独一真神耶和华，还是选择假神巴力。

在选择哪一位神之前，以利亚和巴力的先知先来一场比赛，他们看看谁能叫火从天降到祭物上。于是巴力的先知准备好祭物，他们大声呼喊巴力，甚至自割自刺以致流血，然而他们却没有得到任何回应，因为巴力根本不存在。

接着，以利亚把水倒在预备好的祭物上，祭物都湿透了，甚至坛四周的沟也充满了水，然后以利亚就祷告神；耶和华回应以利亚的祷告，祂降下火来，猛烈的火烧尽祭物、木柴、石头、尘土，又烧干了沟里的水。在这场比赛中，我们清楚看到谁是胜利者，百姓不再犹豫不决了，他们大声呼叫耶和华是神。

我们事奉一位愿意垂听我们的独一真神，我们事奉的神不会默不作声的。我们事奉的神，甚至愿意差遣祂的儿子耶稣基督为我们死，来保证我们得到拯救。这位神更来寻找我们，并且呼召我们跟随祂。

祷告

亲爱的神，有时我们犹豫不决、或甚至考虑投身其他偶像，例如自我、权势、身份，或物质，求祢赦免。惟愿我们天天都大声呼喊，承认祢是神。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

Fire And A Call For Decision

When all the people saw [the fire of the LORD], they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” — 2 Kings 18:39

Devotion

Fire can be destructive, but it can also illuminate. The prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel stands as God’s representative before people who worship other gods and people from Israel who can’t seem to choose. Elijah calls them to decide between the Lord, the one true God, and Baal, the false god.

Before any decision is made, a contest is played out between Elijah and the prophets of Baal as to who can bring fire from heaven down on a sacrifice. The prophets of Baal prepare their sacrifice and cry out for Baal’s attention, going so far as to cut themselves and bleed. But there is no response, because Baal does not exist.

Then Elijah pours water over the sacrifice he has prepared. The sacrifice is totally drenched, and water also fills a trench around the altar. Then Elijah prays to God. In response, the Lord sends fire so intense that it burns up the sacrifice and the wood, stones, and soil and evaporates the water in the trench. In this battle, it is clear who has won. The people no longer waver. They cry out and acknowledge the Lord as God.

We serve the one true God, who hears us. We serve the God who is not silent. We serve the God who was even willing to send his Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us, securing our salvation. This God also turns to us and calls us to follow him.

Prayer

Dear God, forgive us when we waver or even flirt with other gods like the god of self, or power, or status, or materialism. May we cry out and acknowledge you day by day. Amen.

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