Proverbs 6 – Walk Out of Darkness
Wednesday, 8th March 2023
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-5 Be Humble and Save Yourself
V1 ‘My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, you are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth.’ We want to help people, but when we help them, do we make ourselves their god? When we speak too much, we lift up our own strength, and we think that we are helping them, but do we rob the glory of God? As followers of God, when people have problems, we want to help, we are willing to help, but our intention might become our pride. And this pride stops people to come to God, we cannot stop people coming to God and seeking the help of God. Everything we have is from God, whatever we can help others with is from God. We have to let people see the source of our strength, the origin of the fountain.
V3 ‘So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; for you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; plead with your friend.’ Do not let our lives be so busy to follow people’s needs, we cannot help everyone we want to help, and when we are unable to help others, then we will start to complain and we will start to question God. Therefore we must humble ourselves and admit that we cannot do everything by ourselves, with our own strength. Do we show people how much God loves them? Do we tell people how God send us to them to help them and to pray for them?
Section Two V6-11 To Be the Diligent Not the Sluggard
V6-8 ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.’ The sluggard are those who do not fear God, the people who do not have God in their lives and the people who do not seek God. We think that we cannot see God in life and we cannot experience God, but this should not be an excuse, we are the followers of God, it’s not by emotions. We have seen the wonders of God, we have seen the miracles of God in our lives and in our families, then we must be diligent to do the work for God and to walk with God.
V9-11 ‘How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.’ Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, from today we must be diligent and not to be the sluggard. We never know what is going to happen, we don’t have much time because the end is near. It’s time to wake up and it’s time to stay awake.
Section Three V12-35 To Discern and Live in the Light
V12-14 ‘A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth; he winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers; perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.’ The wicked are the ungodly men, those who do not believe in God and those who refuse to see God. What does God hate? Those who see themselves higher than God. We must not follow them and not let them influence our lives.
V23 ‘For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life,’ The Word of God is our light of the path and the lamp to our feet. This is the path of life we must walk, then we can walk out of darkness and into the light. Because the light of God has come.
箴言 6 – 走出黑暗
2023年3月8日 星期三
潘锡安牧师
{一} V1-5 要谦卑救自己
我们想帮助别人，但是当我们帮助他们时，我们是否让自己成为他们的神？当我们说多过我们应该说的了，就抬高了自己的力量，以为是在帮助他们，其实是不是抢夺了神的荣耀呢？作为跟随神的人，当人有难处时，我们想帮助，我们愿意帮助，但我们的意图可能成为我们的骄傲。这种骄傲阻止人们来到神面前，我们不能阻止人来到神面前寻求神的帮助。我们所有的一切都是从神来的，我们能帮助别人的一切都是从神来的。我们要让人看到我们力量的源泉是神。
不要让我们的生活忙于满足人的需求，我们无法帮助我们想帮助的每个人，当我们无法帮助别人时，我们就会开始抱怨，我们就会开始质疑神.所以我们必须谦卑自己，承认我们不能靠自己，靠自己的力量做每一件事。我们有没有向人表明神多么爱他们？我们是否告诉人神如何派我们到他们那里去帮助他们并为他们祈祷？
{二} V6-11 要殷勤不懒惰
懒惰人是不敬畏神的人，是没有神的人，是在他们的生活中不寻求神的人。我们以为在生活中看不到神，经历不了神，但这不应该成为借口，我们跟随神，不是凭感觉。我们已经看到了神的奇妙，在我们的生活和家庭中看到了神迹，那么我们就必须殷勤地为神作工，与神同行。谁也不知道明天会发生什么，从今天开始我们必须成为勤奋而不是懒惰的人。我们永远不知道会发生什么，我们没有太多时间，因为末日已经临近。是时候保持清醒了。
{三} V12-35 要分辨活在光中
神的话是我们路上的光和我们脚前的灯。这是我们必须走的人生道路，然后我们才能走出黑暗，走向光明。因为神的光已经来了。