《耶和華不像人看人》Day05
《不能放任，總要回轉》
1 第三日，大衛和跟隨他的人到了洗革拉。亞瑪力人已經侵奪南地，攻破洗革拉，用火焚燒，2 擄了城內的婦女和其中的大小人口，卻沒有殺一個，都帶著走了。3 大衛和跟隨他的人到了那城，不料，城已燒毀，他們的妻子兒女都被擄去了。4 大衛和跟隨他的人就放聲大哭，直哭得沒有氣力。5 大衛的兩個妻－耶斯列人亞希暖和作過拿八妻的迦密人亞比該，也被擄去了。6 大衛甚是焦急，因眾人為自己的兒女苦惱，說：「要用石頭打死他。」大衛卻倚靠耶和華－他的神，心裏堅固。7 大衛對亞希米勒的兒子祭司亞比亞他說：「請你將以弗得拿過來。」亞比亞他就將以弗得拿到大衛面前。8 大衛求問耶和華說：「我追趕敵軍，追得上追不上呢？」耶和華說：「你可以追，必追得上，都救得回來。」(撒母耳記上三十1-8)
這稱為我名下的子民，若是自卑、禱告，尋求我的面，轉離他們的惡行，我必從天上垂聽，赦免他們的罪，醫治他們的地。 (歷代志下七14)
1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way. 3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God. 7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.” (1 Samuel 30:1-8)
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
分享：在這一個星期，我們見到大衛多次展示出神看重的特質，在面對人生的各種困難和挑戰中信靠神，作出一個又一個不同於世人的選擇。然而，大衛並非一個完全人，他其實也三番四次以自己的小聰明應對眼前的問題，甚至因為一個自以為是的選擇而漸漸泥足深陷，只是在最後的窮途末路中，大衛沒有放任下去，而是回轉依靠神。
兩次不殺掃羅後，大衛卻擔憂必有一天會死在掃羅手中，故從猶大地逃奔至非利士地。人在異國，大衛最初也依仗自己的小聰明，取信於非利士王亞吉，但又不致於作出有損以色列人和其盟友的舉措。只是兩地的軍隊終究要在戰場上對壘，大衛也只能硬著頭皮跟著亞吉王上去。然而，在大衛苦無對策的時候，非利士人的首領提出對大衛的質疑，阻止他上戰場。一波剛平，另一波又起，因著亞瑪力人的擄掠，財物、妻兒盡數失卻，大衛的威望也蕩然無存，眾人甚至想用石頭打死他來洩憤。就在這絕望之際，經文卻記「大衛卻倚靠耶和華－－他的神，心裏堅固。」(撒上三十6) 他求問耶和華，按神的指示追上亞瑪力人，取回財物，救回妻兒，並立下平均分配的定例。
從大衛放任自己的憂慮衍生，作出錯誤決定，自以為能左右逢源，欺瞞、謊言也隨之而至，一步步泥足深陷。然而，當大衛終於再次倚靠神，即使困境未脫，依靠著神啟示，他心已能堅固。神的恩典便是如此豐富，祂只是等我們回轉！
「這稱為我名下的子民，若是自卑、禱告，尋求我的面，轉離他們的惡行，我必從天上垂聽，赦免他們的罪，醫治他們的地。」(歷代志下七14) 這便是神留給我們各人的應許。
耶和華不像人看人，祂理解我們的軟弱，更期待我們的回轉。
反思：其實不用等到泥足深陷才回轉悔改，我今天有哪些放任自己、沒有依仗神的地方呢？
禱告：親愛的天父，感謝祢透過大衛作王前的故事，讓我見到祢對我們的憐憫和愛。就讓我敏感我生命中的抉擇，更多的自卑、禱告，尋求祢的面，不致於離開祢的教導。奉主名求，阿們。
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