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Psalm 82 – Rise Up 诗篇 82 – 起来吧

Friday, 9th September 2022

Rev Daniel Xi An Poon

Section One V1-2 Righteousness is Lost

Psalm 82 is connected to the Book of Isaiah, we can see a summery of what prophet Isaiah was crying out to the people of Israel. God has chosen His beloved ones and He wants us to rise up for Him. Our lives would put us down, in the land of slavery, in Babylon, in Egypt, in this world… lives are the same everyday and we become numb. We have lost the calling and destiny from God. God is calling His church to rise up!

V1 God let His people know that they have lost the righteousness. The people had God among them in the past, they had the power and ability, but they chose not to see God with them. Today God is looking at us in the same way, we are full of power and authority, we are not failures and He has greater purposes for us. But how do we see ourselves?

V2 The people are unwilling to live out the power of God, they are rebellious and dissatisfied. Are we also like them? God has called us and given us power and ability, but how do we see ourselves? And how do we utilise everything God has given us? God is talking to us today, in Isaiah 61, He wants us to become the Tree of Life, the life of humility and obedience.

Section Two V3-7 Destiny is Lost

V3 What is the destiny from God for us? Do we understand God’s assignment for us? We are still walking in the darkness. Even though God has already led us into the light. Isaiah 60 tells us to arise and shine.

V7 We are unwilling to live the calling of God. Our destiny is great, to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple of God, but we must commit in this calling. Do not go back to the old lives, stop living in the old ways, but renew our mind to pursue God’s calling for us.

Section Three V8 Only by Crying Out to God

V8 In darkness and failures, how can we rise back up? By crying out to God! God is raising up His people, calling us out from the nations, to pray and make petitions for the world. Through prayers we receive strength, build up one another, and let God’s power come upon us. It’s time to rise up and wake up, God is with us and His light has shone upon us! 

诗篇 82 – 起来吧                             

2022年9月9日 星期五

潘锡安牧师

诗篇82篇与以赛亚书相关联,是诗人的呼喊,让神所爱的子民起来。我们在埃及、巴比伦多年,日复一日为奴为仆的生活 让我们有一种无力感,失去了自己的身份,忘记了我们是被拣选的君尊的祭司。神借着诗篇82篇对我们这些接受大使命的人说话,神在呼召他所拣选的人并对他们说:“起来吧!”究竟是什么事情让我们起不来、对神给我们的命定失去热情?今天的经文挑旺我们,让我们不再沉醉在昏睡当中。

一、v.1-2 失去公义

V1 神让我们知道,我们已经失去公义。“会中”指的是神的大会 (申命记9:10),是神与人在一起的时刻。“有权力者”指的是有能力的人,神看我们不是软弱无力的,而是有能力的一群人。我们如何看自己呢,是否只看到问题和不足?神创造我们不是有缺乏的失败者,他创造我们是美好的,我们是否愿意相信他?

V2 以赛亚书56:10-11 说到:“他看守的人是瞎眼的,都没有知识,都是哑巴狗,不能叫唤,但知做梦、躺卧、贪睡。这些狗贪食,不知饱足;这些牧人不能明白,各人偏行己路,各从各方求自己的利益。”-“这些”人就是诗篇82:2讲的“你们”。神让以色列人能够回归、重建,但以色列人看自己是为奴为仆的人,不愿意活出神的荣美和能力。我们每天只是贪恋自己肉体的需要,就像以赛亚书56:10-11所讲的。神给我们这些蒙召的人能力,我们将能力放在哪里呢?神给我们能力、位份、权柄,我们是否运用好神所给我们这一切,还是用它来满足自己,没有看到我们的城市、周围人的贫穷?我们没有为周遭的人站出来,让那些贫穷的人“流血”,因为罪的工价就是死。在以赛亚书61章,神呼召我们传福音、为有需要的人医治释放、并安慰悲哀的人(v1-3)。神给我们有能力,我们是否让那些被囚的、悲哀的人继续活在水深火热当中?我们失去公义,因为我们贪爱世界,所以神对我们说要起来。神给我们如此重要的使命,我们却继续躺卧享受。神仍然对我们讲话,神要我们成为公义树 -就是生命树 。

二、v.3-7 失去命定

V3-5 这就是以赛亚书61篇1-3节所讲的,但我们“仍不知道,也不明白”。以赛亚书60:1-2 说,神已经发光照耀我们,但我们还是“在黑暗中 走来走去”。

V6-7 我们都是君尊的祭司,是“至高者的儿子”,但我们都“要死,与世人一样”,因为我们失去命定,不愿活出神给我们的呼召。神让他的百姓回归耶路撒冷是要重建圣殿,神让我们重生得救,不是让我们回到过去的山洞过旧有的生活,而是让我们出黑暗入光明,用全新的思想过新的日子。我们在哪里跌倒,神就将我们带回那里,正如神将不断跌倒的以色列人带回锡安山、耶路撒冷、回到圣殿,因为神不要人倚靠自己。神要我们靠着他的力量、带领、他给我们的能力,让我们能在跌倒的地方重新站起来。

三、v.8 唯有呼求神

我们在软弱无力、失去动力时,如何能起来、回转?唯有呼求神,为义为罪为审判自己责备自己。神的审判是要兴起他的子民,让人看到盼望。我们看重RPG祷告,因为这能帮助我们同心合意呼求神,彼此建造。团契的生活能帮助我们对神的使命更加有力量。