Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
 
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Day 231

Text: Exodus 33: 12

MEDITATION

Exodus 33:12

12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Learning vital Lessons about prayer

a. Moses learned much about praying to God. This had to be learned through personal experience.
b. He learned about God’s anger against:
i. Stubborn and wilful sinning.
ii. The problem of idolatry.

2. Applying Lessons learned in further prayer

a. Moses knew that God desired him to pray further. This was what he did.
b. He brought up some matters to God in prayer.
c. The Mission of God
i. God’s mission given to Moses.
“To bring up this people.”
Exodus 33:12a
ii. Moses had done this already. He had brought Israel out of Egypt.
iii. What was the next thing God wanted him to do?
d. Further knowledge was needed:
i. “But You have not let me know whom You will send with me.”
ii. Moses knew he would need more people to help him in ministry.
iii. He asked God to indicate whom He would send with him.
e. Appreciation of what God had shown him:
i. That God knows him by name.
ii. That God had shown him much grace.

经文:出埃及记 33:12

沉思

《出埃及记 33:12》

12摩西对耶和华说:“你吩咐我说:‘将这百姓领上去’,却没有叫我知道你要打发谁与我同去,只说:‘我按你的名认识你,你在我眼前也蒙了恩。’”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 学习关于祷告的关键功课

a. 摩西通过个人的经历,学习了许多有关向上帝祷告的功课
b. 他学习到上帝对某些事的愤怒:
i. 愚顽而故意犯罪
ii. 拜偶像

2. 在更深层祷告中,应用所学习到的功课

a. 摩西知道上帝要他更深层地祷告。这是他所做的。
b. 他通过祷告将一些事带到上帝面前
c. 上帝给摩西的使命
i. 上帝吩咐摩西行的事:
“将这百姓领上去”《出埃及记 33:12a》
ii. 摩西已经办到了这一点。他带领以色列人出埃及。
iii. 上帝接着要他做什么呢?
d. 需要更深层的了解
i. “却没有叫我知道你要打发谁与我同去”
ii. 摩西知道他需要更多人帮助他做这事工
iii. 摩西请求上帝让他知道祂会打发谁与他同去
e. 感激上帝向他彰显的
i. 上帝按摩西的名认识他
ii. 摩西在上帝眼前也蒙了恩