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只管靜默,不要作聲   --  熊天牧牧師

7/19/2020

 
​        「安靜讓平安入我心,深深知道你是我的神。風浪讓我靈更堅定,在我身旁你使風浪平息。」這是「讚美之泉」的詩歌「安靜」的歌詞。「安靜」也是我們每週在主日敬拜之前所播放的序曲,使我們的心安靜下來,預備一同來敬拜使風浪平息的主!。

        這首詩歌令我想到上帝帶領以色列百姓出埃及的經過。當時,因為上帝行十災,埃及人嚇得要死,乖乖地交出以色列人向他們所要的金器、銀器,求以色列人快快離開。以色列人是昂然無懼地出埃及(出14:8)。但就算上帝行了大神蹟之後,「風浪讓我靈更堅定」,真的嗎?當以色列人在紅海邊,看見埃及的追兵趕上了,現在換他們嚇得要死。你能夠想像埃及軍容的陣仗嗎?埃及的全軍和所有的馬車都出動了,還包括了六百輛特選的戰車,走在路上,大地都會震動。埃及大軍的威武和強盛,是以色列人實際上看得見的,也是真實的體會。上帝比他們還大嗎?能勝過嗎?連摩西也哀求,而停止了往前行的腳步。但摩西畢竟在自己對救恩深刻的了解中,他知道上帝既然施行拯救,就必整救到底。他對百姓說:「耶和華必為你們爭戰;你們只管靜默,不要作聲。」(出14:13-14)

        「只管靜默,不要作聲」是因為擁有救恩所產生出的信心,但絕不是說要有,就馬上有的。雖然以色列百姓仍然害怕,但在害怕中又經歷了上帝的拯救,這是以色列人信仰的過程。這讓我們看見在自己的信仰過程裡面,也一定會有掙扎。在每個困境中,上帝會用祂自己的方法來帶我們突破,可是我們真的相信上帝大過我們的害怕嗎?就算身處狂風巨浪,上帝都不出手,我們還能相信嗎?我們能靜默嗎?要來敬拜使風浪平息的主,還是得回到信心的基礎來看。沒有錯,上帝或許會不斷地使風浪平靜,但這不是我們信仰的目的。我們須要竭力追求的,是能夠擁有「只管靜默,不要作聲」的信心。

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