創世記28:16-22

28:16 雅各睡醒了，說：「耶和華真在這裡，我竟不知道！」
28:17 就懼怕，說：「這地方何等可畏！這不是別的，乃是上帝的殿，也是天的門。」
28:18 雅各清早起來，把所枕的石頭立作柱子，澆油在上面。
28:19 他就給那地方起名叫伯特利（就是上帝殿的意思）；但那地方起先名叫路斯。
28:20 雅各許願說：「上帝若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃，衣服穿，
28:21 使我平平安安地回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的上帝。
28:22 我所立為柱子的石頭也必作上帝的殿；凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。」

¹⁶ When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” ¹⁷ He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. ¹⁹ He called that place Bethel,^[e] though the city used to be called Luz.
²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear ²¹ so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord^[f] will be my God ²² and^[g] this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”

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    雅各是因為上帝向他顯現、向他啟示，他才真正認識上帝，敬拜上帝、遵上帝為大，並且向上帝許願：「上帝若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃，衣服穿，使我平平安安地回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的上帝。我所立為柱子的石頭也必作上帝的殿；凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。」

   可見信仰是人被上帝所引導與賜福所產生的，不是人主動要信靠上帝！也因此，若沒有上帝的恩典，人是無法經歷到上帝在他身上做為！也因為這樣，不是高舉人的良善、也不是高舉人的信心，而是要高舉上帝的憐憫與恩典！

    我們常常落入自我中心的迷思，以為上帝也是因為我們信靠與敬畏才賜福給我們。其實應該反過來，是上帝賜福我們、引導我們，讓我們透過在基督的恩典，我們才能夠信靠與敬畏上帝，才能成為義人！