Friday, 19th August 2022
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-7 To Understand the Heart of God
The Israelites have lost their destiny as the people of God. They did not feel it was important to continue living out the destiny God has given to them. We are also like them, we have lost our identity from God. We cannot decide our destiny, it has already been put in our lives, before we were born, it was there, we only need to activate it.
V1 At the beginning, Solomon was called here as the son of David. Not just Solomon. Why was his words important? Because he understood how wonderful it was to enter destiny and to build the Temple of God. Solomon built a lot of things, the walls, the palace, but then he realised that he must build the Temple of God. His destiny of life was to build the Temple of God.
When we enter our destiny then we will be willing to receive teaching and to be disciplined. If we really understand the importance of listening to the Word of God, then we will strive to enter our destiny. When we fear God then we can differentiate the word of the world and the Word of God.
Solomon was afraid to enter his destiny at the beginning, but when he realised how important it was to follow God, he turned back and was determined to build the Temple. Sadly later in his life, he was not able to continue this destiny, and again he fell in the the world’s desires.
V6 God will make us understand, He will make it known to us. We must have the ears to listen.
V8 Listen to the Words of our Creator God Almighty. He is teaching us and disciplining us, it may not be comfortable and we may not feel good about it’s. But when we have wisdom, willing to humble and understand God’s heart, then it would be easier to follow and to receive the teaching. God is not here to harm us but to protect us and to lead us.
Section Two V10-19 Stay Away from Wicked
V10 Who are the wicked? Those who don’t know God. They seek the desires of this world and we must stay away from them! The world cannot give us eternity, everything will fade away at the end.
V18-19 The people do not know what they are doing. They don’t know God and they don’t know they are walking into destruction of their lives. If we want to receive world then we will lost life.
Section Three V20-33 To Respond and Receive Blessings
Do not think that we will enter our destiny in 10 years’ time or in 5 years’ time, because we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Respond now, do not doubt and we will receive blessings.
God longs for us to respond to Him. This is also the intention of prophet Isaiah. When they were slaves, they must rise up and go back the Jerusalem. God wants to bless us, He wants us to wake up and respond and we will receive blessings!
V23 God wants us to return to Him, by His teaching, we can turn away from our wicked ways and be directed on the right path.
V25-27 On the other hand, if we still refuse to listen, then hardship will come upon us. Why are our prayers don’t seem to be effective? We pray, we fast, but we are unwilling to enter destiny. Are we in the flow of God? God wants to see if we bear fruits, do we know His Will?
V33 This is the end times, everything in the world is putting us down, what do we rely on? Let us choose to rely on God and to believe in His destiny for us is to get out of darkness, into the light!
箴言 1 – 进入命定
2022年8月19日 星期五
潘锡安牧师
对那些在埃及400年和被掳到巴比伦为奴为仆的以色列百姓来说，神的命定已不重要，对他们来说能顾好当下的生活就够了。我们如何看待自己的命定？是否只是过好现在的生活而已？神的命定是对我们最大的祝福，他要对那些失去盼望、动力的人说话，鼓励我们进入命定。
一、v.1-9 要明白神的心意
我们陷在现实生活的艰难，所以害怕、对世界妥协，不想去关心神的命定。
V1 所罗门在这里称自己是“以色列王大卫的儿子”。所罗门还在母腹中的时候就被神拣选，他的一生最重要的事就是去盖造圣殿 – 这是他的命定。然而他一开始做了很多其他事 – 包括娶法老的女儿、修筑城墙等-想以此巩固自己的国位，都没有平安，直到后来才明白命定的重要，原来进入命定是美好的，能为神建造圣殿是美好的，于是所罗门选择进入命定。
V2 “训诲”就是管教。我们若有智慧，才不会厌烦被管教、提升。原来听神的话是重要的，可以明白智慧、管教，并“分辨通达的言语” – 这个世界上有很多成功人士讲的话被别人追捧，然而这些话并非都能帮助我们进入神的命定，唯有神的话能帮助我们去分辨世上的哪些是真正“通达的言语”。那些可能对我们现实生活有用的道理并不能帮助我们敬畏神，世人倚靠的是自己的聪明，而我们要单单倚靠耶和华。
V3-4 当我们有愿意受教的心时，连愚笨的人都有精明，因为敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端。
V5 所罗门从一开始的惧怕，到之后的回转、进入命定，他虽跌倒，但因着神的怜悯，他能重新起来；但当他没有继续谦卑的时候，就从命定走向情欲，最后整个国家分裂、亡国。能进入命定是祝福，没有进入命定，人就跌倒。
V6 当我们没有从神而来的智慧，我们就看不懂圣经的话，唯有神让我们开窍，我们才能“明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言辞和谜语”。
V7 愚妄人是不喜欢被管教的，因为不想被人讲出自己的问题。我们喜欢听别人跟我们说鼓励造就的话，让我们觉得自己有价值，然而，我们的价值是从神的国度来，从世界来的价值却是摇摆不定、不会长久的。
V8 我们愿意成为孩子吗？我们要听创造我们的神对我们说的话，听从父母、权柄对我们的管教、指教，因为这些管教、指教是帮助我们这些蒙召的人成为世界的光和盐。神的心意不是去糟蹋我们的人生，我们不要害怕失去自由或其它自己所在乎的东西。
二、v.10-19 要远离恶人
V10 恶人就是不认识神的人，他们所追求的命定就这个虚空的世界，所以我们“不可随从”。
V18 这些人不知道原来他们所做的其实是“自流己血，……自害己命”的。
V19 若想要得到世界，就失去生命。
三、v.20-33 要回应得祝福
我们知道命定之后，不是就只把它丢在计划中或者用嘴巴说说而已。明日如何谁都不知道，我们要立时回应神的命定，就能得祝福。当神显明他的命定给我们看时，我们不要犹疑，要选择进入。在巴比伦的百姓听到神借着先知以赛亚讲的的话，只要愿意起来，回去重建圣殿，就蒙福了。
V20-21 神不断向我们呼喊，让我们不要再沉迷在为奴为仆的生活，而是起来回应他，进入命定。
V23 神要指示我们当走的路。
V24-27 若不肯听从神，灾难就临到我们。
V28 为什么我们的祷告好像发出去的箭却看不到、没回应？我们真的有进入命定吗？还是只是表面听听神的话？神看重的是我们是否能结出果子。
V33 在如今国攻打国、民攻打民、疫情不稳定的时刻，我们倚靠什么？我们愿意选择倚靠耶和华吗？唯有听从神的，“必安然居住，得享安静，不怕灾祸”。神给我们的命定让我们出黑暗、进入他奇妙的光明。神没有故意刁难我们，而是用尽一切方法帮助他所爱的儿女进入命定，享受真正的安然居住。有什么东西或事情拦阻我们进入神的命定，是对未来的害怕吗？求神帮助我们拿走这些拦阻，可以进入神给我们美好的命定。