《飲飲食食,重新得力》Day22

《炭火餅與水:從天使來的安慰》
1 亞哈將以利亞一切所行的和他用刀殺眾先知的事都告訴耶洗別。2 耶洗別就差遣人去見以利亞,告訴他說:「明日約在這時候,我若不使你的性命像那些人的性命一樣,願神明重重地降罰與我。」3 以利亞見這光景就起來逃命,到了猶大的別是巴,將僕人留在那裏,4 自己在曠野走了一日的路程,來到一棵羅騰樹下,就坐在那裏求死,說:「耶和華啊,罷了!求你取我的性命,因為我不勝於我的列祖。」5 他就躺在羅騰樹下,睡著了。有一個天使拍他,說:「起來吃吧!」6 他觀看,見頭旁有一瓶水與炭火燒的餅,他就吃了喝了,仍然躺下。7 耶和華的使者第二次來拍他,說:「起來吃吧!因為你當走的路甚遠。」8 他就起來吃了喝了,仗著這飲食的力,走了四十晝夜,到了神的山,就是何烈山。 (列王紀上十九1-8)
1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. (1 Kings 19:1-8)
分享:以利亞剛在迦密山上面對巴力的先知,靠著神的大能顯明耶和華是真神,帶領百姓重新回轉。但在這樣關鍵的屬靈爭戰後,他卻立刻遭到王后耶洗別的追殺,被迫逃亡。他一路奔走,心中充滿恐懼與無力,最終在曠野中的羅騰樹下崩潰,向神求死。 (參列王紀上十九4) 當他見到神後,疑惑地問:「我為耶和華萬軍之神大發熱心,為什麼卻落得如此地步?」 (參列王紀上十九14) 這一刻的以利亞,不是不信神的大能,而是心力交瘁,感到極度孤單。
經文提到,神差派天使守候在以利亞身旁,早在他感到飢餓之前,就已預備好炭火餅與水。他吃了、休息,再吃、再休息,直到適當時機,才被喚醒踏上前往何烈山的旅程。這一連串溫柔的行動,顯明神深切的體恤:祂沒有立刻解決問題,而是先照顧他疲憊的身心,讓他在靜默中重新得力。
值得留意的是,在當時出現這兩樣食物並非偶然,各有實際意義:炭火帶來溫暖與保護,避免在曠野夜間受寒,以此燒出來的餅,更能補足體力使人有力量走前面的路;水則滋潤乾渴的身體,也安慰他疲憊的心靈。神一直所賜的不只是飲食,更是針對他全人需要的扶持。祂不是只在意我們能做什麼,更關心我們是否還有力氣走下去。就這樣,以利亞「仗著這飲食的力,走了四十晝夜,到了神的山」(參列王記上十九8) ,踏上再次與神相遇的旅程。
對以利亞所經歷「灰心失望」,許多信徒並不陌生。我們努力跟隨神、忠心事奉,卻仍會遇上打擊、拒絕,甚至懷疑自己是否走錯了路。但神沒有責備以利亞的軟弱,反而用最溫柔的方式安慰他的僕人,重新扶持他走前面的路。
一位在印度偏遠山區服事的宣教士曾分享,他在一次探訪後病倒路邊,幾乎無法行走,心中滿是灰心與懷疑。這時,一位婦人走近,遞給他一塊餅和一瓶水,輕聲說:「你是神的人,祂會照顧你。」他淚流滿面,說:「不是餅救了我,而是神藉著這餅提醒我:祂仍與我同在。」
今天,你是否也正陷入灰心、疲乏,甚至想要放棄呢!要記得,神一直都為你默默預備屬於你的「炭火餅與水」,要給我們夠用的力量走下去。
反思:你是否察覺神已默默為你預備了「炭火餅與水」嗎?
禱告:親愛的天父,謝謝祢在我們疲乏無力時,沒有離棄我們,反而以祢的方式安慰、扶持我們。求祢幫助我們學會停下來,領受祢所賜的餅與水,然後重新得力,走向祢所預備的地方。奉主名求,阿們。
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