每日灵修 – 2024 年 8 月 22 日
上帝为你行事
戴维·威尔克森
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你认为上帝会袖手旁观,任由魔鬼对你为所欲为吗?如果上帝在你需要他的时候不为你采取行动,他就只不过是假神巴力罢了。
在《列王纪上》中,以利亚在迦密山与巴力的先知们展开了决斗,那里建了一座祭坛。这场考验是,回应祷告的神就是上帝!以利亚祈求火以超自然的方式降在他放在祭坛上的祭品上,结果果然发生了。
然而,在以利亚的祷告得到回应之前,巴力的先知们从早上跳到中午,哭喊着,乞求着,恳求他们的神回应。“于是他们把所赐的公牛预备好,从早上到中午,求告巴力的名,说:‘巴力啊,求你应允我们!’但没有声音,也没有人回应……” (列王纪上 18:26,NKJV)。
以利亚嘲笑那些假先知,说:“你们要大声呼喊,因为他是神。他或正在沉思,或正在忙碌,或正在旅行,或正在睡觉,需要被唤醒。” (列王纪上 18:27)以利亚说:“你们的神在哪里?他在度假吗?他在睡觉吗?他一定是出去散步了。”
如果上帝不回应我们的祷告,我们也会同样嘲笑他。你看,当我们祷告时,他的荣誉就岌岌可危,他不会因不回应而被嘲笑。圣经说:“他必不叫你的脚摇动;保护你的必不打盹。看哪,保护以色列的,也不打盹也不睡觉。” (诗篇 121:3-4)我们的上帝时刻清醒,他关注着我们的每一个需要。“那些追求恶事的人临近你,他们远离你的律法。耶和华啊,你已经临近你,你的一切诫命尽都真实。” (诗篇 119:150-151)
这段经文中的荣耀真理可以改变你的生活,给你带来平安,让你得到前所未有的安宁。一旦你明白了上帝始终与你同在的真理,他爱你,一直在你身边,所有的恐惧和焦虑都会消失。
DAILY DEVOTIONAL – August 22, 2024
God Acts on Your Behalf
By David Wilkerson
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Do you think the Lord is going to sit by passively and let the devil do to you what he pleases? If God didn’t act on your behalf when you needed him, he would be nothing more than the false god Baal.
In 1 Kings, Elijah has a showdown with the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel, where an altar was built. The test was that the god who answers prayer will be God! Elijah prayed that fire would fall supernaturally on the sacrifice he laid on the altar, and that is exactly what happened.
Before Elijah’s prayer was answered, though, the prophets of Baal danced from morning till noon, crying, begging and pleading with their god to answer. “So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, ‘O Baal, hear us!’ But there was no voice; no one answered…” (1 Kings 18:26, NKJV).
Elijah mocked those false prophets by saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened” (1 Kings 18:27). Elijah was saying, “Where is your god? Is he on vacation? Is he sleeping? He must be out walking somewhere.”
We could make the same mockery of God if he did not answer when we prayed. You see, his honor is at stake when we pray, and he will not be mocked for not answering. The Bible says: “He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:3-4). Our God is awake at all times, and he is attentive to our every need. “They draw near who follow after wickedness; they are far from your law. You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are truth” (Psalm 119:150-151).
The glorious truth in this passage can change your life, bringing you peace and giving you rest beyond anything you have yet experienced. Once you understand the truth of God’s constant nearness to you, that he loves you and is continually near you, all fear and anxiety must go.