2023年3月31日 星期五

歷代志下17:1-6

17:1 亞撒的兒子約沙法接續他作王,奮勇自強,防備以色列人,
17:2
安置軍兵在猶大一切堅固城裡,又安置防兵在猶大地和他父亞撒所得以法蓮的城邑中。
17:3
耶和華與約沙法同在;因為他行他祖大衛初行的道,不尋求巴力,
17:4
只尋求他父親的上帝,遵行他的誡命,不效法以色列人的行為。
17:5
所以耶和華堅定他的國,猶大眾人給他進貢;約沙法大有尊榮資財。
17:6
他高興遵行耶和華的道,並且從猶大除掉一切邱壇和木偶。

Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel. He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. The Lord established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

 

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    亞撒的兒子約沙法接續他作王,他有幾項重要政策:

 

1.      安置軍兵在猶大一切堅固城裡,又安置防兵在猶大地和他父亞撒所得以法蓮的城邑中。

2.      他行他祖大衛初行的道,不尋求巴力,只尋求他父親的上帝,遵行他的誡命,不效法以色列人的行為。

3.      他高興遵行耶和華的道,並且從猶大除掉一切邱壇和木偶。

 

    由於他正確使用上帝給他的權柄,使猶大王朝興盛起來,上帝堅固了他的國,並得著百姓的尊敬,提供他財務上的需要,大大獲得尊榮!

 

    這告訴我們,人生在世必須倚靠上帝,而不是追求財富及名聲。若是敬畏上帝,一切好處都不會缺乏!但是,我們必須先敬畏上帝,不是求財富和名聲!

 

 

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