2016年2月16日
銘記於心Written on Our Hearts
读经: 申命記6章1-12節
Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-12
我今日所吩咐你的話都要記在心上。-申命記6章6節
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.- Deuteronomy 6:6
全年读经: 利未記19-20章;馬太福音27章51-66節
Bible in a Year: Leviticus 19–20; Matthew 27:51-66
在我居住的社區，隨處可見基督教用語。無論是在飾板、牆面、門柱、廣告宣傳車，甚至就連公司企業登記的名字都常與信仰有關。例如，有人在小巴士的車身上寫著：「主賜平安」，或是「沐恩書店」也使得商家的招牌增色不少。有一天，當我看到一輛賓士車上寫著：「天使守護，請勿靠近。」令我不禁莞爾。
然而，無論基督教用語是寫在飾板、是運用於首飾設計，或印製在T恤上，都不足以表達我們對上帝的愛。唯有將真理存記於心，才能夠顯示出我們渴望被上帝改變。
我記得在某個福音機構舉辦的活動中，每人都收到一張正反面都有聖經經文的小卡片，鼓勵人們背誦上帝的話語。這是依循摩西給以色列人的指示，正如他要以色列人將上帝的誡命「寫在你房屋的門框上，並你的城門上」 （申命記6章9節） 。我們要將上帝的話語珍藏在心裡 （6節） ，也當殷勤教訓兒女，並且「無論你坐在家裡，行在路上，躺下，起來，都要談論」 （7節） 。
願我們都有真實的信心，努力活出真理，盡心、盡性、盡力愛主我們的上帝 （5節） 。
天父，祢的話語不只是至理名言，
甚願將這些話語刻在我們的心版上，
讓我們更多地愛祢、愛人。
心中深藏主話語，就能順從主道路。
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In my neighborhood, religious inscriptions abound—on plaques, walls, doorposts, commercial vehicles, and even as registered names of businesses. By the Grace of God reads an inscription on a mini-bus; God's Divine Favor Bookshop adorns a business signboard. The other day I couldn't help smiling at this one on a Mercedes Benz: Keep Off—Angels on Guard!
But religious inscriptions, whether on wall plaques, jewelry, or T-shirts, are not a reliable indicator of a person's love for God. It's not the words on the outside that count but the truth we carry on the inside that reveals our desire to be changed by God.
When God's Word is hidden in our heart, His ways will become our ways.
I recall a program sponsored by a local ministry that distributed cards with Bible verses written on both sides that helped people memorize God's Word. Such a practice is in keeping with the instructions Moses gave the Israelites when he told them to write the commandments of God "on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates" (Deut. 6:9). We are to treasure God's Word in our hearts (v. 6), to impress it on our children, and to talk about it "when [we] walk along the road, when [we] lie down and when [we] get up" (v. 7).
May our faith be real and our commitment true, so we can love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and strength (v. 5).
Father, may Your words be more than nice sayings to us. May they be written on our hearts so that we will love You and others.
When God's Word is hidden in our heart, His ways will become our ways.