2016年1月3日
全是祂的恩典 All His Benefits
读经: 詩篇103篇
Reading: Psalm 103
我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記祂的一切恩惠！-詩篇103篇2節
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.- Psalm 103:2
全年读经: 創世記7-9章;馬太福音3章
Bible in a Year: Genesis 7–9; Matthew 3
在人生旅途中，我們常常過於專注眼前的需要，而忘記已經擁有的一切。當教會詩班詠唱改編自詩篇103篇的詩歌：「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記祂的一切恩惠！」 （2節） 這讓我想到，上帝不但赦免我們的罪，還成為我們的醫治者、救贖者和供應者，並使我們得著飽足與更新 （4-5節） 。我們怎能忘記上帝的恩典呢？然而，日常生活中的事物，卻常使我們只注意到迫切的需要、周而復始的失敗，以及看似失控的情境。
這詩篇的作者提醒我們時時謹記：「耶和華有憐憫，有恩典⋯⋯祂沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。天離地何等的高，祂的慈愛向敬畏祂的人也是何等的大！」 （8、10-11節）
在信仰的道路中，我們深知自己原本不配來到耶穌基督的面前，而是靠著祂的恩典，祂豐盛的愛。這一切都不是理所當然的，完全出於祂的恩惠。
讓我們同聲稱頌：「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌祂的聖名！」 （1節）
親愛的天父，我們願停下腳步，
思想我們在祢裡面所擁有的一切。
求祢開啟我們的眼睛，看見祢的供應，
並且細細數算祢賜給我們的恩典。
愛就是上帝屈尊為人。
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A recurring difficulty on our journey of life is becoming so focused on what we need at the moment that we forget what we already have. I was reminded of that when our church choir sang a beautiful anthem based on Psalm 103. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (v. 2 nkjv). The Lord is our forgiver, healer, redeemer, provider, satisfier, and renewer (vv. 4-5). How could we forget that? And yet we often do when the events of daily life shift our attention to pressing needs, recurring failures, and circumstances that seem out of control.
The writer of this psalm calls us to remember, "The Lord is compassionate and gracious . . . He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him" (vv. 8,10-11).
In our walk of faith, we come to Jesus Christ humbled by our unworthiness. There is no sense of entitlement as we receive His grace and are overwhelmed by the lavishness of His love. They remind us of all His benefits.
"Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name" (v. 1).
Heavenly Father, we pause to consider all we have in You. Grant us eyes to see Your provision and help us to remember every benefit You have given to us.
Love was when God became a man.