靈命日糧 2012-03-28 美麗瞬間

靈命日糧    2012-03-28

美麗瞬間

读经 :  以賽亞書  Isaiah  40  :  1 - 11

40:1 你們的　神說：你們要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
 

40:2 要對耶路撒冷說安慰的話，又向她宣告說，她爭戰的日子已滿了；她的罪孽赦免了；她為自己的一切罪，從耶和華手中加倍受罰。
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. comfortably: Heb. to the heart warfare: or, appointed time
 

40:3 有人聲喊著說：在曠野預備耶和華的路（或譯：在曠野，有人聲喊著說：當預備耶和華的路），在沙漠地修平我們　神的道。
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
 

40:4 一切山窪都要填滿，大小山岡都要削平；高高低低的要改為平坦，崎崎嶇嶇的必成為平原。
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: straight: or, a straight place plain: or, a plain place
 

40:5 耶和華的榮耀必然顯現；凡有血氣的必一同看見；因為這是耶和華親口說的。
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
 

40:6 有人聲說：你喊叫吧！有一個說：我喊叫甚麼呢？說：凡有血氣的盡都如草；他的美容都像野地的花。
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
 

40:7 草必枯乾，花必凋殘，因為耶和華的氣吹在其上；百姓誠然是草。
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
 

40:8 草必枯乾，花必凋殘，惟有我們　神的話必永遠立定。
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
 

40:9 報好信息給錫安的啊，你要登高山；報好信息給耶路撒冷的啊，你要極力揚聲。揚聲不要懼怕，對猶大的城邑說：看哪，你們的　神！
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! O Zion...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion O Jerusalem...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem
 

40:10 主耶和華必像大能者臨到；他的膀臂必為他掌權。他的賞賜在他那裡；他的報應在他面前。
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand , and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. with strong...: or, against the strong his work: or, recompence for his work
 

40:11 他必像牧人牧養自己的羊群，用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中，慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. that...: or, that give suck

 凡有血氣的盡都如草，他的美容都像野地的花。—以賽亞書40章6節

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按一下快門，就能捕捉到永恆時間裡的美麗瞬間。夏末時分，陽光照射在浪花上，拍打到岸上的海水閃爍著萬點金光。要不是我的朋友帶了相機到那裡，這不受人注意的浪花，就會像其他許多稍縱即逝的美景一樣，只有上帝能看到。

無人能想像有多少波浪會捲上密西根湖岸邊，但我們知道每一朵浪花都是獨一無二的。正如浪花一般，上帝也從看似平凡的事物中創造出絕倫的美感。祂用水和空氣 造出奇妙的自然美景。我們雖然可以欣賞到祂在天空、陸地及海洋的畫廊，但大部分的世間美景是人看不到，只有上帝才看得到的。

上帝用另一個畫廊來展現祂的榮美，那就是人類。我們也是從平凡的塵土所造出來的

創世記  Genesis  2 : 7 - 8

2:7 耶和華　神用地上的塵土造人，將生氣吹在他鼻孔裡，他就成了有靈的活人，名叫亞當。
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground

2:8 耶和華　神在東方的伊甸立了一個園子，把所造的人安置在那裡。
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

但祂卻在我們身上加入了非凡的成分──祂的氣息（7 節）。就像海裡的浪和野地的花（以賽亞書40章6節），我們的生命不僅短暫，見到我們的人也很有限。但我們每個人都是上帝所創造的美麗「瞬間」，為了要向 世界說：「看哪，你的上帝！」而上帝所說的話，將留存到永久（8節）。JAL

生命僅一次，切要倍珍惜；

讓你的燭光，溫馨又明亮；

從今世開始，直到永恆日；

你的生命燭，仍然在發光。Miller

服事造物主是我們被造的目的。