The Frog Plague
W5 2011-04-29 (出8)
經文: 出埃及記 8:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
默想: 以色列人下埃及，本來是上帝藉著約瑟，要拯救以色列人免於餓死在饑荒裡面的恩典。那裡知道，這個恩典，卻慢慢變成讓以色列人無法侍奉上帝的綑綁。親愛的主啊！我是否也常常被你所賜我的恩典所綑綁，以致於我無法自由自在的侍奉你？求主幫助我，能夠從這樣的綑綁中得到釋放，好讓我這一生，能夠專一侍奉你。
題目: 法老王面對這些連續的發生的災情有何反應？對於「心裡剛硬」你有看法與提醒？
Although seeing how the Lord exerted impact on his land, the Pharaoh’s heart still hardened. Sometimes we are too stubborn to act in the way that God is pleased with because we tend to take the easy road. Moreover, some people stop their ears to the gospel.
回覆刪除Yet, no matter how we devise our strategy, it will be thwarted. However we propose our plan, it will not stand. That’s because God is with us (Isa 8:10).
耶和華降下災禍於埃及，當災情嚴重，法老請摩西亞倫求耶和華使災禍離開，則法老將容許百姓離開埃及去祭祀耶和華；當耶和華聽了摩西的呼求，使災禍趨緩，「但法老見災禍鬆緩，就硬著心不肯聽他們」如此惡性循環，埃及地不斷受耶和華降災，法老一次次剛硬其心，至少有十次之多，直至埃及全地的長子被除滅，才容以色列百姓出埃及。
回覆刪除當上帝懲治我們，應該及早反省、認罪悔改，不要如同埃及法老一樣，心裏剛硬，使得上帝的震怒一再臨到，落入以上的惡性循環，最後必須付上最慘痛的代價。
Pharaoh faced these disasters including blood, frogs, grants and
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not listen to Moses and Aaron.
Actually, the Lord gave Pharaoh many chances to repent his crime, but
Pharaoh could not keep his promise each time. Sometimes we made a
mistake and would not recognize it. Luckily, the Lord would give us
chances to repent our faults and would be with us to solve the problem.
But you must admit your fault first.
Mei-Chuan
大家平安
回覆刪除「硬著心」真是難解之謎，同樣的話，有人感動、有人無動於衷，trigger究竟是甚麼呢？不懂。惟有懇求神幫助我，讓我「有感」於神的作為。
哀莫大於心死，心裡剛硬便無法有愛，沒有愛的心等於一顆死掉的心，心死便無法用心去關心世事，即便看到也會視而不見。
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