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每日箴言
在火焰中的呼召
“耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。” - 出 3:2
灵修
升天节和即将来临的五旬节,是教会这个月的行事历的重心,而我们也可以从圣经找到一些和这两个节日有关的经文。
神一直都在作工,来建立和救赎一群子民。从在埃及的约瑟的故事中,我们看到神保护一个破裂的家——以色列,祂在饥荒中为他们预备食粮。可是,在几个年代之后,局面完全扭转了,以色列民成为埃及人的奴隶。然而神听见祂子民的哀声,祂便领他们离开埃及进入了应许之地。
执行这个使命的领导人竟然是个杀人犯,真是意想不到。他为了保护一个被人殴打的人,杀了一个埃及人,接着便逃亡了(出埃及记2:12 - 15)。多年之后,摩西在旷野蒙神呼召,神让他看到被火烧着,却没有烧毁的荆棘;当摩西走近这片圣地时,神宣告祂听见了祂的子民的哀声,祂吩咐摩西领他们离开为奴之地。这就是火焰中的呼召了。
神在神圣的火焰中呼召摩西去服事祂,这事是神的圣灵像舌头的火焰浇灌下来那一天的先驱(使徒行传2:3),在一个绝望愤怒中发出呼求的世代,那些带给他们盼望和爱的使者,都得蒙圣灵的浇灌。
祷告
亲爱的神,祢呼召我们成为祢的子民,向人传讲祢伟大的作为。我们知道,我们可以信赖祢必常与我们同在的应许,惟愿我们因此得到安慰。奉耶稣的名祷告,阿们。
普世佳音每日箴言
Fire And Calling
The angel of the LORD appeared to [Moses] in flames of fire from within a bush. — Exodus 3:2
Devotion
As Ascension Day and (soon) Pentecost Sunday focus the attention of the church calendar this month, we can make connections from these events to other Bible passages.
God has always been at work in developing and redeeming a people. From the story of Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 50), we see how God protected a fractured family—Israel—and provided food for them in the midst of a famine. But after several generations, the tables turned, and the people of Israel became slaves to the Egyptians. God heard the cries of his people, however, and would lead them out to the promised land.
The unlikely leader for this mission was a murderer, Moses. He killed an Egyptian to protect someone from getting a beating and then ran away (Exodus 2:12-15). Then, some years later, out in the wilderness, Moses received God’s call by way of a bush that was on fire but did not burn up. As Moses drew closer to this holy ground, God declared that he had heard the cries of his people and wanted Moses to bring them out of slavery. Fire and calling.
As Moses was called into God’s service through holy fire, that event anticipated the day when the Holy Spirit of God would be poured out, in tongues like fire (Acts 2:3), on all who would be messengers of hope and love to a world crying out in despair and anger.
Prayer
Dear God, you call us to be your people and tell others about your mighty acts. May we also find comfort in knowing that we can trust your promises to be with us. Amen.
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