🙏韋恩每日靈修:出埃及記15:22-27 苦水變甘甜 (2026/09/17 禮拜四)
📜百姓就向摩西發怨言,說:「我們喝甚麼呢?」摩西呼求耶和華,耶和華指示他一棵樹。他把樹丟在水裏,水就變甜了。耶和華在那裏為他們定了律例、典章,在那裏考驗他們。
Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink.
It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him.
(出埃及記 Exodus 15:24-25)
💡剛剛才經歷了從十災到第一個逾越節,以及過紅海神蹟式的逃脫埃及追兵,如今又遇上了麻煩——他們在曠野已經三天尋不到水源,好不容易找到了水,竟然是苦的。這樣期待與失望的落差,使得以色列人向摩西發出了怨言。摩西求告上主得到指示,使水由苦變甜,於是他們再次經歷了上主的救贖。
從他們的經歷中,你是否也有類似的體會?在經驗上主大大地工作、還在興奮之際,旋即又進入了新的試煉,以致信心頓時遇到挑戰?你會不禁發怨言嗎?你相信即使遇到困境,苦水也能轉為甘甜嗎?
(龐君華/每日三讀三禱團隊)
❤️人生之路有時起、有時落,上主對人信心的考驗也是這樣。但我們內心發苦、有苦水要吐的時候,其實為我們背十字架的主也在不遠處。
(張勝為牧師)