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禱告系列(五) 自我查驗的禱告 -- 戴元涔牧師

5/10/2020

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​  這是禱告系列的第五篇,內容出自於著名神學家巴刻(J. I. Packer)所寫的書Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight(中譯本《點燃禱告之火》,校園出版)。前四篇談『我們所求告的神』,『什麼是正確的禱告』,『默想』,以及『讚美』。希望藉著禱告系列的文章,幫助我們認識神對禱告的心意,也操練合乎聖經教導的禱告。

  基督徒的靈命狀態需要做定期檢查,這是神對屬祂兒女所定的旨意。因為,若是我們整體的靈命狀況不好,我們的禱告更不會好到哪裡去。檢查身體時,不是自己檢驗,而是醫生來安排。同樣的,自我省察時,需要來到神面前,承認我們缺乏自我認識的能力,請祂向我們顯示我們的靈命狀況如何。

  巴刻建議我們來到神面前,求神查驗六樣事情:(1)『信心』的查驗。我們真的信靠基督嗎?我們相信聖經中神的應許必定成就嗎?我們信心在危機中站立得住嗎?(2)『悔改』的查驗。悔改的人生,就是捨己的人生。我們是否拒絕以自我為中心?是否有不再犯同樣罪過的決心和行動?(3)『愛心』的查驗。想想最近自己禱告的內容是什麽?與為神的榮耀和他人的益處相比,你為自己的好處禱告所佔的比例為何?(4)『謙卑』的查驗。可以問自己幾個問題:儘管我沒有受到注意或重視,我是否仍喜樂地在教會服事?我經常稱許別人的付出嗎?我是否重視也欣賞那些默默無聞的人?我是否以恩慈對待不易相處的人?(5)『智慧』的查驗。是否明白神是誰以及如何與神建立關係?是否對神有敬畏的心?是否明白人的本性為何,知道如何與人相處?(6)『焦點』的查驗。信心、悔改、愛心、謙卑和智慧,是否連結在一起?我們是否清楚人生的目的?是否曉得生活優先順序?是否預備好迎接死亡?

 詩篇139篇可以用來做自我反省。巴刻建議我們先安靜在神面前,朗讀詩篇139篇(一次一小段),默想神的全知、全在、全能。懷著坦誠的態度,用23~24節來禱告:『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。』邀請神鑑察你的心思意念。在神的同在中等候,讓祂溫柔地引導你。

  當神監察人心,除了揭露出罪,讓人重新悔改之外,也會提振人的靈命,使其具備屬神兒女所擁有的兩種特質:倒空(神要我們不斷倒空自己,好讓祂來充滿我們),以及渴慕(對神的切慕,可以反映出你被神充滿的程度:你愈被神充滿,就會對祂愈加渴慕)。神鑑察我們的最終目的,是全面改造我們,使我們愈來愈像主耶穌。
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