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Devotion 2

GOOD GROUND
Weekly Devotions
# 2

Bible Reading:

3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
Who have been upheld by Me from birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:

4 Even to your old age, I am He,
And even to gray hairs I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Isaiah 46:3-4

1. Repeat Reading of the Scriptures

a) We can do “fresh reading”
i) New text
ii) New thoughts
iii) New lessons
b) We can also do “repeat reading”
i) This is done if the text is rich and deep
ii) If the text is not easily understood
iii) If full understanding is not there yet

2. Theme of Reading today: “Upheld by Me from birth” Isaiah 46:3c

a) God wanted to remind the remnant nation Israel of His role in upholding the nation
b) He was Israel’s faithful Creator God
c) God had been sustaining Israel throughout its existence

HISTORICAL INSIGHT

7 Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
As a besieged city.

9 Unless the LORD of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:7-9

1. The nation of Israel

a) The country had become desolate
b) The cities had been burned badly
c) Foreign invaders had occupied the nation

2. Compared to a booth and a hut

a) A small booth is made in a vineyard for the workers to rest
b) A small hut is made for workers in a cucumber garden
c) Israel had fallen badly into a state of disrepair

THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED

1. Does God still care?

2. Would He still uphold His people?

3. The answer
A Positive YES!

4. We must never yield to negative thoughts that haunt us

5. We must seek to build a stronger faith in God

SOWING SEEDS OF FAITH ON GOOD GROUND

1. Seeds of Faith

a) That God will always care for His people
b) That He will never abandon His people

2. Seeds of Doubt

a) They may be compared to weeds
b) Let’s weed the garden of our hearts

3. Let us thank God for who He is

a) He is a good God
b) His mercy endures forever
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
4 Let those who fear the LORD now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Psalm 118:1-4

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好土
每周灵修
(二)

经文阅读

“雅各家、以色列家一切余剩的，要听我言！
你们自从生下，就蒙我保抱；自从出胎，便蒙我怀揣。
直到你们年老，我仍这样；直到你们发白，我仍怀揣。
我已造作，也必保抱；我必怀抱，也必拯救。”

《以赛亚书46:3-4》

1. 重读圣经

a. 我们可以进行“新鲜阅读”
i. 新的经文内容
ii. 新的思考
iii. 新的教训
b. 我们也可以进行“重复阅读”
i. 当经文内容丰富且深奥时
ii. 当经文不容易理解时
iii. 当我们尚未完全明白时

 

2. 今日阅读主题:“自从生下，就蒙我保抱”
《以赛亚书46:3》

 

a. 上帝要提醒以色列余民，祂如何保抱他们
b. 祂是以色列信实的创造主
c. 上帝在整个历史中持续扶持以色列

 

历史见解

你们的地土荒凉，你们的城邑被火焚毁，
你们的田地在你们眼前为外邦人所侵吞，
既被外邦人倾覆，就成为荒凉。
仅存锡安城，好像葡萄园的草棚，
瓜田的茅屋，被围困的城邑。
若不是万军之耶和华给我们稍留余种，
我们早已像所多玛，蛾摩拉的样子了。

《以赛亚书1:7-9》

 

1. 以色列国的光景

a. 国家变得荒凉
b. 城市被严重焚毁
c. 外邦入侵者占据土地

2. 草棚与茅屋的比喻

a. 葡萄园中的草棚，是工人休息的小棚子
b. 瓜田里的茅屋，是守园人的简陋遮蔽处
c. 以色列处境如同破败、微弱的残余

 

需要提出的重要问题

1. 上帝还在乎吗？

2. 祂还会扶持祂的子民吗？

3. 答案是：肯定！

4. 我们不可被负面思想缠绕。

5. 我们要建立更坚固的信心。

 

在“好土”上撒下信心的种子

 

1. 信心的种子

a. 上帝必然眷顾祂的子民
b. 上帝永不丢弃祂的子民

2. 疑惑的种子

a. 疑惑可以像杂草一样生长
b. 我们要除去心中的杂草

 

3. 感谢上帝的作为

a. 祂是良善的上帝
b. 祂的慈爱永远长存

 

你们要称谢耶和华，因祂本为善，祂的慈爱永远长存！
愿以色列说：“祂的慈爱永远长存！”
愿亚伦的家说：“祂的慈爱永远长存！”
愿敬畏耶和华的说：“祂的慈爱永远长存！”
《诗篇118:1-4》