2015年12月12日
渴慕上帝 A Hunger for God
读经: 申命記4章9-14節
Reading: Deuteronomy 4:9-14
聖經都是上帝所默示的，於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的。-提摩太後書3章16節
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.- 2 Timothy 3:16
全年读经: 何西阿書9-11章;啟示錄3章
Bible in a Year: Hosea 9–11; Revelation 3
亞比爺爺是一位阿卡族的老人，住在山區部落。最近我們有機會和亞比爺爺見面，他告訴我們，因為下大雨的關係，他錯過了那週的查經，所以他懇求我們：「你們能不能跟我分享上帝的話語？」
亞比爺爺並不識字，所以每週的查經聚會對他來說非常重要。當我們為他讀聖經時，他很專注地聆聽。他認真學習聖經的態度提醒我，當我們仔細聆聽由上帝所默示的聖經時，我們就是在尊崇主。
在申命記4章，摩西敦促以色列人要認真聽從他所教訓他們的律例典章（1節），他提醒以色列人，他所教訓他們的話，都是來自那位在西乃山上「從火焰中」對他們說話的上帝（12節）。摩西說：「祂將所吩咐你們當守的約指示你們。」（13節）
但願亞比爺爺渴慕上帝話語的心能夠激勵我們，讓我們也像他一樣渴慕聆聽上帝的話。使徒保羅在提摩太後書3章15-16節提醒我們，聖經的話語都是上帝所默示的，是為了我們的益處和成長，能使我們有智慧，可以因信基督耶穌得著救恩，明白上帝的真理。
主，賜給我們渴慕的心，
讓我們渴慕聽見並了解祢話語中的真理。
幫助我們忠實地活出祢的話語，在他人面前見證祢的愛。
基督是活潑常存的道，勤讀聖經可更認識祂。
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A-poe-la-pi is an elderly member of the Akha, a hill tribe people who live on the mountain ranges of Yunnan Province in China. As we visited him on a recent missions trip, A-poe-la-pi told us that he had missed the weekly Bible study because of heavy rains. So he implored us, "Could you share God's Word with me?"
A-poe-la-pi can't read, so the weekly gathering is vital to him. As we read the Bible to him, he listened intently. His earnest attitude reminded me that when we listen carefully to the story of the inspired Scriptures, we honor the Lord.
In Deuteronomy 4, Moses urged the Israelites to listen carefully to the rules and regulations he was teaching them (v. 1). He reminded them that the source and inspiration behind the teaching was none other than God Himself, who had spoken to them "out of the fire" of Sinai (v. 12). Moses said, "He declared to you his covenant . . . which he commanded you to follow" (v. 13).
May A-poe-la-pi's hunger to hear God's Word encourage a similar desire in us. As the apostle Paul reminds us in 2 Timothy 3:15-16, the inspired Scriptures have been given for our good and growth—to make us wise in the salvation and ways of God.
Lord, give us a hunger to hear and understand the truth of Your Word. Help us show Your love to others by faithfully living out its instructions for us.
To know Christ, the Living Word, is to love the Bible, the written Word.