每日诗歌：Cornerstone( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3HH__-1Zbs )
每日读经：申命记19-20 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+19&version=CUVS )
每日金句：
Deuteronomy 19: 9 Because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.
申19:9 你 若 谨 守 遵 行 我 今 日 所 吩 咐 的 这 一 切 诫 命 ， 爱 耶 和 华 ─ 你 的 神 ， 常 常 遵 行 他 的 道 ， 就 要 在 这 三 座 城 之 外 ， 再 添 三 座 城 。
每日问题：
Where can I find my refuge?
我在哪里能找到我的避难所？
每日灵修：
当我读到圣经中的逃城的时候，我就想象自己逃到那座城的景象。
想象一下下面的情景：有一天早上你和你的邻居去据一些木头。突然之间，你的斧头飞出去了！你回头一看，斧子恰好砸死了你的邻居！这个场面实在想想都可怕！你当时会是什么感觉？惊讶？恐惧？内疚？可能当时这些情绪都交织在一起了。你该怎么做呢？你准备逃跑。但是跑到哪里去呢？跑去谁那里呢？突然间，你想到了逃城，那是上帝专门为这种情况下设置的避难所。所以你一定会跑去那里避难。
如果我只读这一章经文，我会很惊讶，上帝竟为这样如此偶发的事件作了精心的准备。这像只有在电视上才能看到的新闻，“Pris意外用斧头砸死了她的邻居，正在跑往逃城避难”。这对我今天的生活有什么应用价值呢？我想了一下，我自己也经常想要隐藏自己的罪。有些罪是我自己知道的，有时是我自己在不知情的情况下犯了罪。如果我回头细想，这些罪其实是非常丑陋的。所以我想要把他们隐藏起来，让我在外人面前看起来更光鲜。但其实，我只需要将这些罪带到神的面前。神已经为我的罪付出了代价，也为我准备了一个避难所。这两章圣经体现了神的公义和怜悯的完美结合。意外杀人有出可逃，但是如果因心中起恨念而杀人就必须要死。哪里有公义，哪里就有怜悯；哪里有律法，哪里就有恩典。
感谢上帝提醒我他是完美的，并不吝惜把他完美的恩典给予给我。
Devotional :
Whenever I read about the cities of refuge, I always imagine myself as the person running to the city. Just imagine…
one day you’re going out one morning to chop some wood with your neighbor. All of a sudden, thwack! Your axe head goes flying! You turn around to see where it went, only to see that it has hit your neighbor, who is now dead. What an ugly and grisly sight that is. What will you feel in that moment? Shock? Fear? Guilt? Probably a mixture of all those things. What can you do? You start to run away. But where can you go at this moment? Who can you turn to? And suddenly, you think of THAT city… the one that God has set as a city of refuge for such a time as this. And you know where you must go.
If I read this chapter by itself, I would be surprised that God would prepare for such a coincidental occurrence. It’s like a story that would be reported on the TV: “Priscilla is running to the city of refuge after accidentally killing her neighbor with an axe head”. How can this situation apply to my life today? Thinking about it, I am often hiding from my own sin as well. It could be sins that I know about, or sins that I commit without even thinking about it. If I stop to look them, I can see how ugly they are. So, I try to hide it, try to make myself look better, try to pretend it’s not there. In reality, I should just bring it to God. God has already paid the price and prepared a place of refuge for me. These two chapters show an intersection of God’s justice and mercy. With justice, there is mercy, with the law there is grace.
Thank you, Lord for reminding me of your perfect character, and extending to me your perfect grace.
