我們往往到了無能為力的危急關頭,才比較願意放下自己的驕傲與執著,承認和接受神成為自己一生的主宰。但即使我們如此頑劣,神仍以厚恩寛待所有投靠祂的人,讓我們可以藉着信靠父神的獨生子主耶穌基督,就不至滅亡,反得永生。
建議討論:
- 「我愛耶和華,因為祂聽了我的聲音和我的懇求。」(116:1, 和合本)
思想:神可曾聽了你的聲音和懇求?
- 「主啊,你救我的命免了死亡,救我的眼免了流淚,救我的脚免了跌倒;我要在耶和華面前行活人之路。」(116:8-9, 和合本)
思想:你認識詩人要行的「活人之路」嗎?
Scripture Reading: Psalms 116:1-11
Suggested Discussion:
- “I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my pleas.” (116:1, NASB)
Q: Has the Lord ever heard your voice and your pleas?
- “For You have rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling. I shall walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.” (116:8-9, NASB)
Q: Do you know the “the land of the living” that poets want to walk in?