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請你吃聖經(二十):詩篇 與聖潔的神交談  -- 戴元涔牧師

2/16/2020

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​    整本聖經是神所賜上等屬靈佳餚,基督徒要學好吃的藝術,不是囫圇吞棗,而是津津有味地咀嚼,並且『在神的故事中看見自己』。這是『請你吃聖經』系列的第二十篇,節錄於畢德生(Eugene Peterson)所寫的《請你吃聖經》。
    自有基督教以來,大多數基督徒便學會了用詩篇來禱告。猶太人比我們早幾個世紀就有了禱告和敬拜的生活,是他們把這本祈禱集傳給我們的。詩篇給我們提供豐富的語言,足以用來回應那位向我們說話的神。
    我們每個人內心深處都有向神禱告的衝動,因此,原則上什麼話題都可以讓我們開始禱告;『求告』和『感恩』可以說是我們禱告的基本內容。但是要做到赤露敞開,就沒那麼容易了。特別是如果我們想到禱告其實是與一位聖潔、用話語創造天地的神交談,我們往往會覺得不自在,覺得自己不配。
    對於有這種困難的信徒,我通常會對他們說:『用詩篇作為你的禱告。你對禱告可能有很多誤解,詩篇裡的禱告會幫助你去除錯誤的想法,也讓你看到禱告是什麼一回事。』那些照我話去做的人,大多感到驚訝,他們從沒想過聖經中會出現這樣的內容。例如:『耶和華阿,求祢不要在怒中責備我,也不要在烈怒中懲罰我。耶和華阿,求祢可憐我,因為我軟弱。耶和華阿,求祢醫治我,因為我的骨頭發戰。』(詩6:1-2)『神阿,求祢不要遠離我;我的神阿,求祢速速幫助我。願那與我性命為敵的,羞愧被滅;願那謀害我的,受辱蒙羞。我卻要常常盼望,並要越發讚美祢。』(詩71:12-14)禱告不是所謂的好人在他們表現最好的時候所作的事,禱告也無需經過修飾,或使用文雅的辭藻。
    禱告的語言只要平實簡單,無需做作。禱告的作用就是讓我們可以坦然、真誠地回應神,可以把我們生命中的一切向神敞開。大衛在詩篇139篇寫道:
神阿,求祢鑒察我,知道我的心思;試煉我,知道我的意念;看在我裡面有甚麼惡行沒有?引導我走永生的道路。(詩139:23-24)
    我相信只有學會了用真誠、坦率,並且毫無保留的態度禱告,才可以在耶穌基督裡成為真正、完全的人。畢竟,耶穌自己也是用詩篇來禱告的
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