Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 13: 5-9
MEDITATION
Genesis 13:5-9
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
6 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Abram and Lot
a. Abram had kindly taken Lot to travel with him when he went to Canaan.
b. Lot’s father had died and he came under the protection of his uncle Abram.
c. Along the way, Abram and Lot were blessed with wealth.
2. Problems in the family
a. Wealth presented its own set of problems.
b. The herdsmen of Lot and Abram quarreled with each other.
c. Their herds had grown so large that there was dispute with reference to grazing.
d. There were hostile tribes waiting to take advantage, if the dispute worsened.
3. Abram’s graciousness
a. He did not want to see a bad rift occur with his nephew.
b. Obviously, they had to come to a parting of ways.
Lot was given the privilege of choosing the land which he felt would benefit him best
经文：创世记 13：5-9
沉思
《创世记 13：5-9》
5 与亚伯兰同行的罗得也有牛群、羊群、帐篷。
6 那地容不下他们，因为他们的财物甚多，使他们不能同居。
7 当时，迦南人与比利洗人在那地居住。亚伯兰的牧人和罗得的牧人相争。
8 亚伯兰就对罗得说：“你我不可相争，你的牧人和我的牧人也不可相争， 因为我们是骨肉。
9 遍地不都在你眼前吗？请你离开我。你向左，我就向右；你向右，我就向 左。”
在生活里有意义地应用
1. 亚伯兰与罗得
a. 亚伯兰出于善意地让罗得与他一同前往迦南地去
b. 罗得的父亲过世后，身为伯父的亚伯兰成为了他的看护
c. 后来，亚伯兰与罗得在财富上得到了很大的赐福
2. 家庭中的纷争
a. 财富拥有它潜在的问题
b. 罗得与亚伯兰的牧人相争
c. 由于他们的牛群和羊群甚多，以致他们因放牧的问题起了争执
d. 周围的敌对部落期待着能在他们起争执的时候，乘机得益处
3. 亚伯兰的仁慈
a. 亚伯兰并不想破坏与侄儿的关系
b. 他们显然只好与彼此分离
亚伯兰给罗得特权来选择对自己最有益处的一片地
Lot was given the privilege of choosing the land which he felt would benefit him best
《创世记 13：5-9》
5 与亚伯兰同行的罗得也有牛群、羊群、帐篷。
6 那地容不下他们，因为他们的财物甚多，使他们不能同居。
7 当时，迦南人与比利洗人在那地居住。亚伯兰的牧人和罗得的牧人相争。
8 亚伯兰就对罗得说：“你我不可相争，你的牧人和我的牧人也不可相争， 因为我们是骨肉。
9 遍地不都在你眼前吗？请你离开我。你向左，我就向右；你向右，我就向 左。”