《耶和華不像人看人》Day03
《不敢伸手殺仇敵，要聽憑主怒》
1 掃羅追趕非利士人回來，有人告訴他說：「大衛在隱‧基底的曠野。」2 掃羅就從以色列人中挑選三千精兵，率領他們往野羊的磐石去，尋索大衛和跟隨他的人。3 到了路旁的羊圈，在那裏有洞，掃羅進去大解。大衛和跟隨他的人正藏在洞裏的深處。4 跟隨的人對大衛說：「耶和華曾應許你說：『我要將你的仇敵交在你手裏，你可以任意待他。』如今時候到了！」大衛就起來，悄悄地割下掃羅外袍的衣襟。5隨後大衛心中自責，因為割下掃羅的衣襟；6 對跟隨他的人說：「我的主乃是耶和華的受膏者，我在耶和華面前萬不敢伸手害他，因他是耶和華的受膏者。」7 大衛用這話攔住跟隨他的人，不容他們起來害掃羅。掃羅起來，從洞裏出去行路。(撒母耳記上廿四1-7)
（亞比該說）：「⋯⋯26 我主啊，耶和華既然阻止你親手報仇，取流血的罪，所以我指著永生的耶和華、又敢在你面前起誓說：『願你的仇敵和謀害你的人都像拿八一樣。』27 如今求你將婢女送來的禮物給跟隨你的僕人。28 求你饒恕婢女的罪過。耶和華必為我主建立堅固的家，因我主為耶和華爭戰；並且在你平生的日子查不出有甚麼過來。29 雖有人起來追逼你，尋索你的性命，你的性命卻在耶和華－你的神那裏蒙保護，如包裹寶器一樣；你仇敵的性命，耶和華必拋去，如用機弦甩石一樣。30-31 我主現在若不親手報仇流無辜人的血，到了耶和華照所應許你的話賜福與你，立你作以色列的王，那時我主必不致心裏不安，覺得良心有虧。耶和華賜福與我主的時候，求你記念婢女。」(撒母耳記上廿五26-31)
1 After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. (1 Samuel 24:1-7)
(Abigail said,)”… 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you. 28 “Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies He will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.” (1 Samuel 25:26-31)
(Abigail said,)”… 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you. 28 “Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies He will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.” (1 Samuel 25:26-31)
分享：昨天我們看了大衛最終堅定信靠神，遵從祂的吩咐返回猶大地。這果然再次招來了掃羅王的追殺，但不久後大衛便遇到一個可以逆轉情勢的機會。
掃羅王帶著精兵三千尋索大衛，在途中卻恰好孤身一人到了大衛藏身的洞中大解。對跟從大衛的人來說，復仇和取締的時候到了，難得的環境和時機似乎印證了神將仇敵交在大衛的手中。然而大衛卻指出掃羅乃耶和華的受膏者，他不敢伸手害他。(參撒上廿四1-7) 事實上，後來大衛又再次拒絕另一個類似的機會，他同樣以不敢伸手害耶和華的受膏者為由。(參撒上廿六1-12)
在這兩次不殺掃羅中間，大衛遇上了不承認自己是上帝受膏者、以惡報善的拿八，大衛原要報復拿八這個愚頑人。但透過拿八妻子亞比該的說話，大衛深切的意識到上帝會有祂的安排，神必會保護他，他不用親手報仇：「雖有人起來追逼你，尋索你的性命，你的性命卻在耶和華——你的神那裏蒙保護，如包裹寶器一樣；你仇敵的性命，耶和華必拋去，如用機弦甩石一樣。」(撒上廿五29)
這一連三次大衛放過仇敵的事蹟中，有著一個鮮明的對比：掃羅懼怕大衛而想殺掉另一位受膏者，大衛卻懼怕得罪神而不敢伸手加害另一位受膏者。但讓人真正體會到大衛對神的絕對敬畏，不是他著眼於神受膏者的身份，而是他從亞比該的說話中得到提醒：伸冤在神。「不要自己伸冤，寧可讓步，聽憑主怒。」(羅馬書十二19) 敬畏神的重點在於放下自己的執著，順從神的旨意和計劃，不越過神而為，「聽憑主怒」！
我們今天或許談不上有甚麼仇敵，但我們是否真正的敬畏神，願意等候祂的旨意和安排呢？耶和華不像人看人，祂更看重我們真正的敬畏和聽憑祂的安排。
反思：我是一個真正敬畏神的基督徒，願意聽憑主的安排嗎？
禱告：親愛的天父，感謝祢透過大衛一連三次放過仇敵的故事，讓我再次思想祢給我們的應許：「伸冤在我，我必報應！」的真義。讓我不管面對順逆境況，也放下自己的執著，聽憑主的安排，作一個真正敬畏神的基督徒。奉主名求，阿們。
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