Wednesday, 3rd March 2021
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One: V1-2 Blessed Individual
Psalm 128 is very similar to Psalm 127, which talks about our personal life and family life. This is the 9th Psalm written by King Solomon in the Songs of Ascents.
V1 what does it mean by the fear of the Lord? It is for us to be convicted of sin, of righteousness and of judgement every day, to examine ourselves, and see if there is any bitter root inside of us. Through the 21-Day Fast and Pray, we can see what the problems in our lives are that we don’t even feel is a problem!
Walk in God’s Way means not to walk in our own ways but follow His teaching. When we come to the LORD with a fear and trembling heart, examine our actions daily and walk in His way, we will be blessed.
God does not want us to stay there and do nothing, but while we labour, we also need to seek His Will. We won’t just enjoy life when we work hard, many people worked hard and earned lots of money, but they didn’t have time to spend it, and they didn’t have the health to enjoy it. Also a lot people worked hard but when they went home they felt like living in hell.
V2 says, when we walk in God’s Way, to convict ourselves of sin, of righteousness and of judgement, then we can be blessed and enjoy our fruits. Those who can enjoy the fruits of their labour are blessed. If we cannot be blessed as an individual, then our family also cannot be blessed.
Section Two: V3-4 Blessed Family
If we do not have a relationship with God and not walk in the way He chooses for us, then whatever we do is pointless, just as Psalm 127:1 says. We need to learn to humble, to rely on Him, and to walk in His Way. We should pray more for ourselves, our family, and our nation. Do not fall into lustful desires of the world, but only by relying on the Lord can we be blessed.
As a blessed family, the heart of the wife should go towards the husband. Husband and wife should come as one, the wife is the rib, which protects the husband’s heart. But often the husband and the wife become jealous of each other, compete with each other, and oppose each other, as a result of the curse right from the beginning in the garden of Eden. But here it says for a person with fear of the Lord, his wife will have good fellowship with him, and his children will be like olive plants around the table.
Jesus is the vine, and we should all be attached to this vine. Only when we plant ourselves in this vine can we receive the right nutrients to grow and be strong, then our wife and our children will be blessed. The blessing here is different to Section One. In here when we are willing to be convicted of sin, of righteousness and of judgment, then we will be prosperous through the blessings of God.
Fear the Lord and walk in His Way, then we can be fruitful in our children and our spiritual children.
Section Three: V5-6 Blessed House of God
Zion and Jerusalem are all referring to the House of God. We should not only care about ourselves, our marriage, and our family. But in order to ‘complete’ this blessing, we need to care for the House of God. We need to be alert and examine ourselves if there is anything that stops the teaching of the Lord to come to us. To keep the Morning Devotion is to help us in keeping the flow and anointing from God to continue in our lives.
The blessings of the Lord come from Zion, from Jerusalem, which is the House of God. God should be lifted up in Zion, God’s chosen mountain, which is our church. When God is exalted in our church, then we can see the blessings. The fire we long to have in our lives and our families comes from a prosperous and fruitful church. When our church is honoured, then we can see the children of our children.
Our church is so important, it’s not just a place for us to gather, to worship, to learn the Word of God, but it’s also a place of blessings. We are God’s chosen people in Zion, this is our prayer and longing, to see Zion being blessed, to see the House of God being blessed!
Pursuit & Respond
In the Name of Jesus, bless all our brothers and sisters to be willing to fear God in their personal life and walk in His way. Bless all brothers and sisters to choose the right path, and everyone will bear fruits and bring a mission to be willing to share the Good News. In the Name of Jesus, bless all our brothers and sisters, to be blessed as individual and as a family. Thank You for Your precious Word and blessings today, especially during the lockdown, You will lead us to walk Your Way with a direction and not to be stumble as we walk. Our eyes will set on You only, In the Name of Jesus, amen!
2021年3月03日 星期三
-潘锡安牧师-
诗篇 128
敬畏神 遵行其道的福
一、个人要蒙福（v.1-2 )
V1 – “敬畏”，就是要害怕神，怕神不开心。我们每天要带着畏罪畏义畏审判的心，特别是这21天禁食祷告中，我们要鉴察我们里面有什么得罪神得罪人的地方，有什么恶根或者问题是一直与我们共存但我们没有察觉到的。这样查明根源对我们是有好处的，因为神要赐福给我们。“遵行他道”- 走在神的道路，我们有福气的条件就是要走在神的道路而不是走在世界或自己想要的道路里。我们禁食祷告不是去要神为我们做什么，而是看到我们跟神的关系 – 我们是他的新妇，是敬拜者，我们要带着一颗爱慕的心面对神。如此，这样的人“便为有福”。这里的“有福”跟第2节中说的“福”在原文圣经都是一样的，不是给我们去享福，而是当我们照着神的教导，带着一颗畏罪畏义畏审判的心鉴察我们的行为，也谨慎自守行走在他的道路时，我们就有福气。我们不要轻看耶稣基督的恩典。
V2 – “你要吃劳碌得来的”- 神不是要我们什么都不做，我们要为主摆上，但也不是好像世人一样只懂工作赚钱，却没有时间照顾身体、家庭，没有真正的福气。唯有当我们敬畏神，凡事鉴察己心，并身体力行出神的道，才有福气，享受劳碌得来的。“事情顺利”-能够享受劳碌所得就是有福气、会很开心。所以敬畏神、遵行其道的福就是我们个人首先要经历这个福气，我们的家庭才能有这个福气。若我们个人只是任意妄为，只懂得为了自己劳碌、担忧，致使个人生命出现很多问题，那我们的家也没有这个福气。
正如诗篇127:1所说，“若不是耶和华建造房屋，建造的人就枉然劳力；若不是耶和华看守城池，看守的人就枉然警醒。” 所罗门王是一个很伟大的建筑师，但连他都说若不是耶和华的帮助，建造房屋的人就是“枉然劳力”。如果我们与神没有关系，没有走神所选择的道路，我们所做的一切都是虚空。愿我们每个人都能倚靠神，谦卑遵行神的道，不要骄横、不要放纵自己的情欲。特别是在21天禁食祷告的最后一周当中我们要更加为个人、家庭、神的国、国家警醒祷告。唯有倚靠耶和华，我们才有福气。
二、家庭要蒙福（v.3-4）
V3 – 原文圣经没有说“内室”，而是说团契生活，就是说丈夫与妻子要和睦同居，妻子的心要向着丈夫。在创世纪开始，亚当夏娃犯罪，女人受的咒诅使夫妻不和，妻子本来应该是丈夫的肋骨保护他的心，结果却成了一根刺，夫妻不能调和，彼此争竞、嫉妒。但神说，只要你敬畏耶和华，走在他的道路里，你的妻子和你就有团契的生活。
“好像多结果子的葡萄树；你儿女围绕你的桌子 ” – 这些都不是属于你的。“好像橄榄栽子”指的是移植的树枝插在树干（耶和华）里，如果不能插枝在耶和华的树干中，你就没办法有儿女围绕，你的妻子也无法成为多结果子的葡萄树；唯有插枝在耶和华的树干中才能吸收养分，茁壮成长。我们要看自己是否长寿健康，我们的妻子是否能平安怀孕分娩 – 幸福不是必然的，一定要与神连接。
V4 – 这里的“蒙福”跟前两节的“福”不一样，是说敬畏耶和华的人，就“被祝福”，因神而兴旺起来。丈夫作为家庭的遮盖，若想要一家蒙福，就要知道这点。我们单身的人也要鉴察自己是否有属灵的孩子，畏罪畏义畏审判，生养众多。
三、神的家要蒙福（v.5-6）
这里讲的锡安、耶路撒冷，都是神的国的事。我们不仅是自己和家庭蒙福，我们神的家也要蒙福，这个祝福才是完全。在禁食中，神会适时的给我们相应的教导，让我们看到在灵里有什么东西阻挡我们领受神的祝福。所以不要放弃晨祷，要让神的教导如明灯照进我们黑暗的角落，使之成为我们蒙福最重要的渠道。
V5 – 耶和华的福气是从“锡安”- 神的家开始赐给我们的。“从锡安赐福”-就是神在他所拣选的山被尊崇。唯有当耶和华在教会被高举，教会兴旺，我们才能“一生一世看见耶路撒冷的好处”。 “耶路撒冷”- 圣城，就是那永不毁坏的城。如果我们想要有福，就要先让神的家兴旺起来，成为多结果子的葡萄树，成为传福音的人。
V6 – 当神的锡安山被荣耀的时候，我们就能看见儿女的儿女。教会-就是神的家 – 不是只是让我们聚会、学习或敬拜的地方，还是我们个人和家庭蒙福的泉源。
“以色列” – 神所拣选的子民，就是我们。我们愿意相信吗？让我们愿意渴慕看见锡安-我们的教会、就是神给我们的家被祝福。
*追求：
祝福弟兄姐妹愿意在个人生命中敬畏神，身体力行走在神的道路。祝福弟兄姐妹愿意选择对的路，祝福每一个人都要生养众多，带着愿意传福音的使命，让教会兴旺起来，领受神预备给我们所有人的福气。祝福每一弟兄姐妹因着这样的缘故，个人、家庭必蒙福。谢谢主让我们在封城的时刻领受这样的信息和带领，让我们行走不会迷茫、有方向，在蒙福的路上不跌倒。谢谢主耶稣，让我们眼目定睛于你，祝福我们得力在乎你的能力和话语。祷告奉耶稣基督得胜的名。阿们！