2021年1月18日 星期一

列王紀上19:1-8

 


19:1 亞哈將以利亞一切所行的和他用刀殺眾先知的事都告訴耶洗別。
19:2
耶洗別就差遣人去見以利亞,告訴他說:「明日約在這時候,我若不使你的性命像那些人的性命一樣,願神明重重地降罰與我。」
19:3
以利亞見這光景就起來逃命,到了猶大的別是巴,將僕人留在那裡,
19:4
自己在曠野走了一日的路程,來到一棵羅騰樹下(小樹名,松類;下同),就坐在那裡求死,說:「耶和華啊,罷了!求你取我的性命,因為我不勝於我的列祖。」
19:5
他就躺在羅騰樹下,睡著了。有一個天使拍他,說:「起來吃吧!」
19:6
他觀看,見頭旁有一瓶水與炭火燒的餅,他就吃了喝了,仍然躺下。
19:7
耶和華的使者第二次來拍他,說:「起來吃吧!因為你當走的路甚遠。」
19:8
他就起來吃了喝了,仗著這飲食的力,走了四十晝夜,到了上帝的山,就是何烈山。

 

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

Elijah was afraid[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.

All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

 

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    以利亞雖然為上帝大發熱心不畏懼巴力先知的挑戰卻為皇后耶洗別的話而懼怕讓人覺得不可思議但是聖經卻不忌諱將先知的軟弱記載下來讓我們知道服事上帝的人也會有軟弱

 

    然而以利亞在軟弱的時候走一天的路奔向曠野之中找到一棵羅騰樹就在那裏求死:「耶和華啊,罷了!求你取我的性命,因為我不勝於我的列祖。」

 

    以利亞這樣做的意思就是說:寧可死在上帝的手下,也不要死在耶洗別的手下!因為生命是出於耶和華,收取也應該是耶和華。他之所以求死,也是感受到自己的軟弱,只能處理那些被惡者所利用的人,卻無法處理真正的惡者!

 

    以利亞這樣的經歷,讓我們想到羅所說的:「因我們並不是與屬血氣的爭戰(原文是摔跤;下同),乃是與那些執政的、掌權的、管轄這幽暗世界的,以及天空屬靈氣的惡魔爭戰。」(以弗所書612節)

 

    因此,我們不可以用血氣來行事,保羅更進一步說:「因為我們雖然在血氣中行事,卻不憑著血氣爭戰。我們爭戰的兵器本不是屬血氣的,乃是在上帝面前有能力,可以攻破堅固的營壘,將各樣的計謀,各樣攔阻人認識上帝的那些自高之事,一概攻破了,又將人所有的心意奪回,使他都順服基督。」(哥林多後書10:3-5

 

    而以利亞之後也是得著上帝的能力不再憑血氣」,他吃了天使預備的餅並且也喝了水就起來行走,走了四十晝夜,到了上帝的山,就是何烈山。這不僅是身體的復甦,更是得著復活的大能,重新位上帝爭戰!

 

 

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