每日灵修 | 10.20 困惑与悲伤
困惑与悲伤
Confusion And Grief
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创世记 37:12-36
Genesis 37:12-36
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打发人送到他们的父亲那里,说:“我们捡了这个,请认一认,是你儿子的外衣不是?”
—创 37:32
They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe."
—Genesis 37:32
雅各家的问题日益严重。雅各从未想到其他儿子是多么恨他们的弟弟约瑟,就派他最爱的儿子去完成一个简单的任务,去看看羊群怎么样了。这给了哥哥们一个报复约瑟的机会,他们使父亲相信,是野兽杀死了他的爱子,以此掩盖了他们的罪行。
雅各不知道自己被欺骗了,但他的生活被这场悲剧永远地改变了。正如许多悲痛的父母经历的那样,失去儿子的悲痛占据了雅各的思绪。事实上,再过将近二十年,我们才会再次听到有关雅各的事。
有时候,神会允许我们走到一个令人困惑的地步,前路似乎很不明朗。无论是因所爱之人的死亡,就像雅各那样,还是因为生活中的其他悲剧,我们都在等待和疑惑,不明白神在其中的目的,神怎样使我们得益处,使祂得荣耀。
你是否发现自己处在绝望的挣扎中,和雅各在悲伤中感受到的一样?要知道神还没有使你的故事结束。祂的儿子“因所受的苦难学了顺从”,(参来 5:8)我们也是,和雅各一样,可以学习等待神的恩典。
The problems in Jacob's family ran deep. Never dreaming how much his other sons hated their brother Joseph, Jacob sent his favorite son on a simple mission to see how things were going with the family livestock. This gave the brothers an opportunity to take revenge on Joseph, and they covered up their crime by convincing their father that a wild animal had killed his favorite son.
Jacob did not know he had been deceived, but his life was forever changed by this tragedy. As many grieving parents have experienced, the loss of his son consumed Jacob's thoughts. Indeed, nearly twenty years will pass before we hear any more about Jacob.
Sometimes God allows us to come to a place of confusion, where the road forward seems unclear. Whether it stems from the death of a loved one, as it did for Jacob, or from some other tragedy in our lives, we find ourselves in seasons of waiting and wondering, confused about God's purpose in it and how it could work out for good and bring him glory.
Do you find yourself fighting the kind of despair that Jacob felt in his grief? Know that God is not finished with your story. His own Son "learned obedience from what he suffered" (Hebrews 5:8), and we too, with Jacob, can learn to wait on God's grace.
祷告 · Prayer
哦!神啊,教导我们“壮胆,坚固我们的心,等候耶和华”。(参诗 27:14)当我们不明白祢的心意,求使我们确信祢在耶稣里的爱。阿们。
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