箴言27:20

陰間和滅亡永不滿足；人的眼目也是如此。。

Death and Destruction are never satisfied,
    and neither are human eyes.

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    剛信主耶穌的時候，聽到講員說：「上帝在每一個人的心中造了一個洞，然而人不知道這個洞需要上帝才能填滿，人就用上帝以外的事物，結果再怎樣填，都無法將這樣的洞填滿！」

    就想到媽媽曾經說過：「人的口就像無底洞，今天吃了，明天還要吃，天天都要吃。所以，天天都要煮飯！」

    的確，我們的生命一定要吃和喝，而且要天天又吃又喝！可是，主耶穌卻說：「我就是生命的糧。到我這裡來的，必定不餓；信我的，永遠不渴。」（約翰福音6:35）

    因此，我們要勝過「陰間和滅亡」之永不滿足，就必須把主耶穌當成生命的糧吃下去，要信靠祂，才會永遠不餓、永遠不渴，心中得著完全的滿足！因為主耶穌，是真為上帝，也是真為人，唯有透過祂，才能得上帝賜福，才能豐收百倍，得著真正滿足！

出埃及記18:13-27

18:13 第二天，摩西坐著審判百姓，百姓從早到晚都站在摩西的左右。
18:14 摩西的岳父看見他向百姓所做的一切事，就說：「你向百姓做的是甚麼事呢？你為甚麼獨自坐著，眾百姓從早到晚都站在你的左右呢？」
18:15 摩西對岳父說：「這是因百姓到我這裡來求問上帝。
18:16 他們有事的時候就到我這裡來，我便在兩造之間施行審判；我又叫他們知道上帝的律例和法度。」
18:17 摩西的岳父說：「你這做的不好。
18:18 你和這些百姓必都疲憊；因為這事太重，你獨自一人辦理不了。
18:19 現在你要聽我的話。我為你出個主意，願上帝與你同在。你要替百姓到上帝面前，將案件奏告上帝；
18:20 又要將律例和法度教訓他們，指示他們當行的道，當做的事；
18:21 並要從百姓中揀選有才能的人，就是敬畏上帝、誠實無妄、恨不義之財的人，派他們作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理百姓，
18:22 叫他們隨時審判百姓，大事都要呈到你這裡，小事他們自己可以審判。這樣，你就輕省些，他們也可以同當此任。
18:23 你若這樣行，上帝也這樣吩咐你，你就能受得住，這百姓也都平平安安歸回他們的住處。」
18:24 於是，摩西聽從他岳父的話，按著他所說的去行。
18:25 摩西從以色列人中揀選了有才能的人，立他們為百姓的首領，作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長。
18:26 他們隨時審判百姓，有難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裡，但各樣小事他們自己審判。
18:27 此後，摩西讓他的岳父去，他就往本地去了。

¹³ The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. ¹⁴ When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
¹⁵ Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. ¹⁶ Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”
¹⁷ Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. ¹⁸ You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. ¹⁹ Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. ²⁰ Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. ²¹ But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. ²² Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. ²³ If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
²⁴ Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. ²⁵ He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. ²⁶ They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.
²⁷ Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.

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    摩西的岳父葉忒羅將家人帶到摩西面前後，就觀察摩西的生活，發現摩西為了處理百姓的事情缺乏智慧，於是向摩西建議：「你這做的不好。你和這些百姓必都疲憊；因為這事太重，你獨自一人辦理不了。」

    於是葉忒羅告訴摩西要分層負責，「從百姓中揀選有才能的人，就是敬畏上帝、誠實無妄、恨不義之財的人，派他們作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理百姓，叫他們隨時審判百姓，大事都要呈到你這裡，小事他們自己可以審判。這樣，你就輕省些，他們也可以同當此任。你若這樣行，上帝也這樣吩咐你，你就能受得住，這百姓也都平平安安歸回他們的住處。」

    就今天的管理學看法，這是信任與授權，層層負責，這樣頂層的領導人才能做他們該做的事情，才能發揮果效！就像今日的教會，為什麼要走小組化？如此才能充分牧養，在強大的牧者，若沒有用這樣的牧養方式，只有等著被「燒毀」（burn-out）！這樣不但沒有榮耀上帝，還讓自己垮掉，真是划不來呢！

出埃及記18章

                出埃及記18:1-12  ,

                出埃及記18:13-27 ,

出埃及記18:1-12

18:1 摩西的岳父，米甸祭司葉忒羅，聽見上帝為摩西和上帝的百姓以色列所行的一切事，就是耶和華將以色列從埃及領出來的事，
18:2 便帶著摩西的妻子西坡拉，就是摩西從前打發回去的，
18:3 又帶著西坡拉的兩個兒子，一個名叫革舜，因為摩西說：「我在外邦作了寄居的」；
18:4 一個名叫以利以謝，因為他說：「我父親的上帝幫助了我，救我脫離法老的刀。」
18:5 摩西的岳父葉忒羅帶著摩西的妻子和兩個兒子來到上帝的山，就是摩西在曠野安營的地方。
18:6 他對摩西說：「我是你岳父葉忒羅，帶著你的妻子和兩個兒子來到你這裡。」
18:7 摩西迎接他的岳父，向他下拜，與他親嘴，彼此問安，都進了帳棚。
18:8 摩西將耶和華為以色列的緣故向法老和埃及人所行的一切事，以及路上所遭遇的一切艱難，並耶和華怎樣搭救他們，都述說與他岳父聽。
18:9 葉忒羅因耶和華待以色列的一切好處，就是拯救他們脫離埃及人的手，便甚歡喜。
18:10 葉忒羅說：「耶和華是應當稱頌的；他救了你們脫離埃及人和法老的手，將這百姓從埃及人的手下救出來。
18:11 我現今在埃及人向這百姓發狂傲的事上得知，耶和華比萬神都大。」
18:12 摩西的岳父葉忒羅把燔祭和平安祭獻給上帝。亞倫和以色列的眾長老都來了，與摩西的岳父在上帝面前吃飯。

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

² After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her ³ and her two sons. One son was named Gershom,^[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”; ⁴ and the other was named Eliezer,^[b] for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
⁵ Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain of God. ⁶ Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
⁷ So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. ⁸ Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved them.
⁹ Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. ¹⁰ He said, “Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. ¹¹ Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” ¹² Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

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    在出埃及的過程中摩西的家人還在米甸，而當摩西將百姓帶到平安之處以後，岳父葉忒羅將家人帶到摩西面前。

    摩西看見岳父葉忒羅之後，將上帝如何拯救以色列人的過程述說出來，葉忒羅聽完之後馬上說：「和華是應當稱頌的；他救了你們脫離埃及人和法老的手，將這百姓從埃及人的手下救出來。我現今在埃及人向這百姓發狂傲的事上得知，耶和華比萬神都大。」

    雖然葉忒羅是米甸的祭司，不認識耶和華上帝。但是，通過摩西的見證，也成為敬畏耶和華的人！因此，我們蒙了上帝的恩典一定要述說上帝的大能和讚美上帝，向列邦和萬國萬民述說：上帝大能的同在！

箴言27:19

水中照臉，彼此相符；人與人，心也相對。

As water reflects the face,
    so one’s life reflects the heart.

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    你怎樣對待人，別人有怎樣對待你，就像在水邊，水像鏡子一樣反映出我們的面貌一般，這是很正常的事情！所以你感到別人對你好，表示你對人不錯！反過來，人都對你不好，表示你對人不好！

    也因為這樣，有許多人為了不讓自己被冷落，處處討好人，生活沒有原則，這也是另一種迷失！

    因此，我們需要回到上帝面前，重新認識我們該如何生活，而不是一味討好人！而上帝已經透過耶穌基督讓我們看見，我們必須靠耶穌基督的救贖與上帝和好，以榮耀上帝為我們一生努力的目標，如此才能重拾我們的尊嚴！