107:1 你們要稱謝耶和華,因他本為善;他的慈愛永遠長存!
107:2 願耶和華的贖民說這話,就是他從敵人手中所救贖的,
107:3 從各地,從東從西,從南從北,所招聚來的。
107:4 他們在曠野荒地漂流,尋不見可住的城邑,
107:5 又飢又渴,心裡發昏。
107:6 於是,他們在苦難中哀求耶和華;他從他們的禍患中搭救他們,
107:7 又領他們行走直路,使他們往可居住的城邑。
107:2 願耶和華的贖民說這話,就是他從敵人手中所救贖的,
107:3 從各地,從東從西,從南從北,所招聚來的。
107:4 他們在曠野荒地漂流,尋不見可住的城邑,
107:5 又飢又渴,心裡發昏。
107:6 於是,他們在苦難中哀求耶和華;他從他們的禍患中搭救他們,
107:7 又領他們行走直路,使他們往可居住的城邑。
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
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上帝的拯救包括從仇敵的手中被釋放出來,還有從人生所預見的苦難中脫離。然而人常常只是注意後面的事,卻不去思考、也不去珍惜上帝從仇敵中將我們拯救出來。
對於人生的苦難,人是可以馬上感受得到的,而且是十分在意的,認為上帝是慈愛的上帝,就要馬上幫助我們脫離苦難,不然上帝是沒有慈愛的上帝!
其實上帝並沒有直接將我們從其中救拔出來,祂是透過就拔我們脫離仇敵的手,使我們心中有平安之後,透過這個平安使我們有勇氣來面對苦難!正如主耶穌所說:「我將這些事告訴你們,是要叫你們在我裡面有平安。在世上,你們有苦難;但你們可以放心,我已經勝了世界。」(約翰福音16:33)
因此,我們要勇敢的靠主面對苦難,篤定的相信主耶穌既已經救拔我們脫離仇敵的手,苦難只是短暫的,將來上帝國完全實現的時候,這一切苦難就要過去了!
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