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使徒行傳七章30-38節
神的小僕人
經文:
30 過了四十年,在西乃山的曠野,有一位天使,從荊棘火焰中,向摩西顯現。
31 摩西見了那異象,便覺希奇,正進前觀看的時候,有主的聲音說:
32 『我是你列祖的神,就是亞伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神。』摩西戰戰兢兢,不敢觀看。
33 主對他說:『把你腳上的鞋脫下來,因為你所站之地是聖地。
34 我的百姓在埃及所受的困苦,我實在看見了,他們悲歎的聲音,我也聽見了,我下來要救他們,你來,我要差你往埃及去。』
35 這摩西,就是百姓棄絕說:誰立你作我們的首領,和審判官的,神卻藉那在荊棘中顯現之使者的手,差派他作首領,作救贖的。
36 這人領百姓出來,在埃及,在紅海,在曠野,四十年間行了奇事神蹟。
37 那曾對以色列人說:『神要從你們弟兄中間,給你們興起一位先知像我的,』就是這位摩西。
38 這人曾在曠野會中,和西乃山上與那對他說話的天使同在,又與我們的祖宗同在,並且領受活潑的聖言傳給我們。
司提反敍述摩西被呼召的經歷和他在服事上遇到的拒絕。上帝是憐憫的神,祂知道服事者的困擾,安排祂的使者來拯救和幫助。而被呼召的人必須有受苦的心,這樣,才能堅持完成上帝吩咐的工作。
我們今天若在困難中,神是知道的,祂派天使在我們身邊,幫助我們,只是我們可能拒絕,或者看不見。另一方面,神也可能呼喚我們去幫助別人,作神的工,我們可能被拒絕,但我們必須堅持。
今天我們願意接受幫助,又或者成為幫助別人的天使嗎?
Acts 7:30-38
Stephen retold the story of Moses, describing two very important truth. God is merciful, and He was willing to rescue when He sees His people suffer. He sent Moses who was however rejected by His people. To serve we need to persevere and get prepared to persist and complete what we have been asked to accomplish.
If we are struggling we need to believe that God cares and He will send His servant to help. If we are serving we need to understand we may be rejected and we need to put up with the frustration of servanthood.
God understands and is willing to rescue. Do we want His help and are we willing to be His servant to help?
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