每日诗歌: All I Have Is Christ
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGucoYMmKg )
每日读经:诗篇 107-108
( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+107&version=CUVS )
每日问题:
诗篇107篇所描述的这些关于神的属性与我们有什么关系呢?
每日金句:
你对神的心志是否坚定?你是否有持续地读圣经,祷告,发自内心的赞美神?
每日灵修:
诗篇不仅提醒我们我们所敬拜的这位神到底是谁,而且也教导我们如何来回应神的爱。
诗篇107篇告诉我们耶和华本为善,他的慈爱永远长存,当人们在苦难中哀求耶和华的时候,他从祸患中搭救他们。这位神使心里渴慕的人得以知足,使心里饥饿的人得饱美物。那些违背神的话语,藐视神旨意的人,坐在黑暗中,如同在死荫里的囚犯。他使旷野变为水潭,叫旱地变为水泉。我们要记得我们基督徒所敬拜的不是一种思想主义,不是一本书,也不是一系列的道德准则,我们所敬拜的是神!
诗篇107篇所描述的这些关于神的属性与我们有什么关系呢?作者在43节清楚的回答了这个问题。“凡有智慧的,必在这些事上留心,也必思想耶和华的慈爱”。
如果我们真的愿意去思想并留心这些事直到我们的生命被改变,那我们就真会变成那有智慧的人。诗篇108篇描述了当我们的心被神改变后的样子。“神啊,我的心坚定,我口要唱诗歌颂…我要在万名中称谢你,在列邦中歌颂你!”你对神的心志是否坚定?你是否有持续地读圣经,祷告,发自内心的赞美神?
我知道我自己的心与诗篇108篇所描述的相比就好像是干旱的旷野。如果你也这样觉得,弟兄姊妹,不要灰心,因为我们的神使旱地变为水泉,他使心里渴慕的得以知足,心里饥饿的得饱美物。让我们一起来思想耶和华的慈爱!
祷告:
亲爱的天父,我们称谢你因为你本为善,你的慈爱真是永远长存。我们赞美感谢你,因你在苦难中听我们的哀求,你从患难中拯救我们。我们知道只有你才能使我们饥渴的心灵得到真正的满足。我们的心如旱地,但你却使旱地变为水泉。神啊,为了你的荣耀在全地得到彰显,求你赐给我们渴慕的心来寻求你的面。求你使我们的心在列邦中歌颂你!奉耶稣基督的名求,阿们!
Daily Verse:
Psalm 107:43“Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.”
Daily Devotion:
Psalm is a great reminder of who this God is that we worship. Not only is this a reminder, but this Psalm also instructs us on how we should respond to this God’s love.
In 107:1 we see the thesis statement: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. In verse 107:6 we see that people have cried out to God, and he delivers them from their troubles. 107:9 This God satisfies longing souls and fills the soul with good things. 107:10-11 tells us that those who do not obey the words of God sit in darkness in the shadow of death as prisoners. 107:35-36 we see that this God turns deserts into pools of water. Remember that as Christians, we do not worship an idea, a book, or even a set of morality, we worship God. What the point of this Psalm, what are we to do with all these wonderful descriptions of our God? Well, the author tells us what to do very clearly in 107:43, “Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord. “
If we truly ponder these things of God and attend to them until they produce action within us, we will truly become wise as described above. Psalm 108 depicts our God-changed hearts. 108:1 – My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Is your heart for your personal devotions steadfast? Do you read your Bible, pray, and sing soulful praises to God as consistently as you brush your teeth, shower, charge your phone, and eat?
I know for me, my heart compared to Psalm 108 is a desert; it is a dry and parched land. If you feel this way too, take heart, brothers and sisters, for our God turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs, (107:35-36) and He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. So let us ponder the loving deeds of the Lord (107:43).
Prayer:
Dear God,We give all of our thanks to you for you are good. Truly Your love endures forever.When we cry to you in our days of trouble, you hear us God; and you save us from our distress. God, we know only you can satisfy our longing souls. Our hearts and souls are dry deserts, but You turn them into pools of water. God, for the sake of Your glory all over the earth, please give us the life-changing desire to seek your face. Make our hearts sing Your praise among the nations. In Jesus name, Amen!