“应当一无挂虑,只要凡事借着祷告、祈求,和感谢,将你们所要的告诉上帝。”
腓立比书 4:6
当你遇到麻烦的时候,你会怎么样?你会忧虑吗?我们大多数人都会这样的。但是忧虑能解决问题吗?不能。既然忧虑也不解决问题,何必忧虑呢?
希西家给了我们一个解决问题的方法。圣经列王纪下这样说:“希西家从使者手里接过书信来,看完了,就上耶和华的殿,将书信在耶和华面前展开。 希西家向耶和华祷告说: ‘坐在二基路伯上耶和华— 以色列 的上帝啊,你是天下万国的上帝,你曾创造天地……”
然后希西家又祷告说:“耶和华—我们的上帝啊,现在求你救我们脱离 亚述 王的手,使天下万国都知道惟独你—耶和华是上帝!’”
(列王纪下 19:14-15, 19)
国难当头,希西家没有坐卧不安,而是向耶和华上帝献上诚挚的祷告。他一直坚持凡事祷告。所以,当亚述王即将攻打耶路撒冷了,他还是先祷告。上帝是垂听祷告的神。强大的亚述王被奇迹般地击败了。
相比之下,很多时候,我们要么坚持靠自己,要么四处求人,到最后黔驴技穷,才想起上帝。学习希西家吧。遇到问题,先求上帝。祂一定能以最好的方式帮你解决问题。
今日祷告:
喔,主啊,天父,我们何等需要你!每时每刻都需要你!求你与我们同在,垂听我们的祷告,赐给我们每一天的需要。奉耶稣的名,阿们!
January 12
WHAT TO DO WITH PROLEMS
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. Philippians 4:6 TLB
What do you do when you have a problem? Do you worry? Most of us do. But does worrying solve the problem? No, it does not. Then if worry doesn’t solve the problem, why worry?
Hezekiah gives us an idea for problem solving: “And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth…”
Then Hezekiah prayed: “Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only” (2 Kings 19:14-15, 19).
Hezekiah’s unselfish prayer had a purpose, one that God could not ignore.
Hezekiah, who was used to taking his problems directly to God, took the problem that the king of Assyria was about to attack Jerusalem to the Lord. And God answered and miraculously caused this powerful king to be defeated.
Instead of tuning to God as a first resource, we so often turn to Him as a last resort. Follow Hezekiah’s formula. Turn to God first with your problems, for only He is capable of handling them in a way that will be in your best interest.
Pray for the day:
O Lord, Father, how we need You! Every hour we need You! Be with us and answer us when we pray, and meet our needs every day, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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