2006-05-29 20:22:01Jacky
試探上帝？
讀 經：詩篇145篇
金 句：「……凡是誠心求他的，耶和華便與他們相近。」（詩篇145：18）
全年讀經：詩篇145-147篇
瑪格麗特又看到母親為這極端貧窮的家禱告了，儘管她母親不斷禱告，這個家貧窮依舊。所以瑪格麗特認為禱告沒有什麼用處。
幾十年後的今天，瑪格麗特仍是一個無神論者，她說：「對我來說，如果禱告真有用處，應該能看到效果才對。」她錯把她母親的禱告，當作了對上帝的試探。
禱告並不是試驗性的輕氣球，我們放上去看看上帝是否在天上。禱告乃是一個上帝給我們與上帝溝通的機會。如果用它來試探上帝是否存在，那就是對創造我們聖者的侮辱。
請看詩篇145：18，詩篇說：「凡求告他的，耶和華便與他們相近。」對一些在困難之中的人，這個應許比任何物質上的幫助都有價值。這一段信息也指出上帝也希望我們對他有反應。當我們禱告時，他希望我們：「誠心地求告他。」（18節）並且要「敬畏他。」（19節）。
當我們禱告的時候，不能去試探上帝存在與否，我們不能去問他是否真實。當我們禱告的時候，我們是向上帝表示我們相信他並且願去實踐他所說的一切話。
禱告不是一種試探，乃是一種崇拜的行動。JDB
主！當我在安靜中
等候你的時候，
請你對我說話；平靜我的心，
去期待地聽聞。 Grimes
金 句：「……凡是誠心求他的，耶和華便與他們相近。」（詩篇145：18）
全年讀經：詩篇145-147篇
瑪格麗特又看到母親為這極端貧窮的家禱告了，儘管她母親不斷禱告，這個家貧窮依舊。所以瑪格麗特認為禱告沒有什麼用處。
幾十年後的今天，瑪格麗特仍是一個無神論者，她說：「對我來說，如果禱告真有用處，應該能看到效果才對。」她錯把她母親的禱告，當作了對上帝的試探。
禱告並不是試驗性的輕氣球，我們放上去看看上帝是否在天上。禱告乃是一個上帝給我們與上帝溝通的機會。如果用它來試探上帝是否存在，那就是對創造我們聖者的侮辱。
請看詩篇145：18，詩篇說：「凡求告他的，耶和華便與他們相近。」對一些在困難之中的人，這個應許比任何物質上的幫助都有價值。這一段信息也指出上帝也希望我們對他有反應。當我們禱告時，他希望我們：「誠心地求告他。」（18節）並且要「敬畏他。」（19節）。
當我們禱告的時候，不能去試探上帝存在與否，我們不能去問他是否真實。當我們禱告的時候，我們是向上帝表示我們相信他並且願去實踐他所說的一切話。
禱告不是一種試探，乃是一種崇拜的行動。JDB
主！當我在安靜中
等候你的時候，
請你對我說話；平靜我的心，
去期待地聽聞。 Grimes
Testing God?
Read: Psalm 145
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. --Psalm 145:18
Margaret watched as her mother prayed for the help her poor family desperately needed. Despite those prayers, the family's poverty remained. Margaret concluded that prayer does no good.
Now, decades later, Margaret is an atheist. "It seemed to me that if prayer really worked," she said, "it would have much more effect." Margaret misinterpreted her mother's prayers to be a test for God.
Prayer is not a trial balloon we send up to see if God is there. It is an opportunity He has given us to communicate with Him. To use it as a test for God's existence is an insult to the One who created us.
Look at Psalm 145:18. There we read, "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him." For those in trouble, that promise has more value than any temporary physical help. The passage also points out that God expects something from us. When we pray, He expects us to "call upon Him in truth" (v.18) and to "fear Him" (v.19).
God's existence is not being put to the test when we pray. We don't make requests of Him to see if He's real. When we pray, we are showing God that we have faith in Him and that we are willing to do what He says.
Prayer is not a test. It's an act of worship. --JDB
Speak, Lord, in the stillness
While I wait on Thee,
Hushed my heart to listen
In expectancy. --Grimes
© 1951 Singspiration, Inc.
Pray to get to know God, not just to get things from God.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
Time With God
Praying With Confidence
Jesus' Blueprint For Prayer
Read: Psalm 145
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. --Psalm 145:18
Margaret watched as her mother prayed for the help her poor family desperately needed. Despite those prayers, the family's poverty remained. Margaret concluded that prayer does no good.
Now, decades later, Margaret is an atheist. "It seemed to me that if prayer really worked," she said, "it would have much more effect." Margaret misinterpreted her mother's prayers to be a test for God.
Prayer is not a trial balloon we send up to see if God is there. It is an opportunity He has given us to communicate with Him. To use it as a test for God's existence is an insult to the One who created us.
Look at Psalm 145:18. There we read, "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him." For those in trouble, that promise has more value than any temporary physical help. The passage also points out that God expects something from us. When we pray, He expects us to "call upon Him in truth" (v.18) and to "fear Him" (v.19).
God's existence is not being put to the test when we pray. We don't make requests of Him to see if He's real. When we pray, we are showing God that we have faith in Him and that we are willing to do what He says.
Prayer is not a test. It's an act of worship. --JDB
Speak, Lord, in the stillness
While I wait on Thee,
Hushed my heart to listen
In expectancy. --Grimes
© 1951 Singspiration, Inc.
Pray to get to know God, not just to get things from God.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
Time With God
Praying With Confidence
Jesus' Blueprint For Prayer