先歸回神才能為他建殿!

今日博客的錄影: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjFlACyMLc4

安靜

1. 停下來. 靜一靜

2. 等候主. 深呼吸經歷主之平安, 享受神同在, 呼出你的憂慮

讚美及感恩
1. 思想最近使你開心歡笑的時刻
2. 為那些時刻及有關的人感恩

知罪，認罪，悔改 (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method 轉位靈修法 http://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1. 求聖靈光照，使你知罪，願意認罪悔改
"親愛的聖靈, 求你光照我心靈的深處, 使我看見我的罪, 我和主耶穌的阻隔,
求你幫助, 奉主耶穌基督名求。阿們。"

2. 透過聖靈的工作, 安靜一刻, 省察自己, 之後祈禱:
「親愛的主耶穌，感謝你為我的罪釘死在十字架上，我願意在你面前承認我的罪（凡聖靈光照到的，請逐一說出），求你用你的寶血赦免我的罪，我願意打開心門讓你作我的救主，求你救贖我，我願意一生跟隨你讓你作我生命的主，求你帶領我。聖靈，求你充滿我，使我得著恩賜及力量去侍奉主、見證主，奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。」

3. 司徒德牧師每天早上的 "活像基督祈禱" John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

請到此連結看神怎様籍司徒德牧師改變我的生命:

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

"天父，求你使我今天活在你的同在中，你一天比一天更喜悦我。

主耶穌，求你使我今天能背起我的十字架去跟隨你。

聖靈，求你在今天充滿我，使你的果子能彰顯在我的生命中: 仁愛，喜樂，和平，忍耐，恩慈，良善，信實，温柔及節制。"

今日親親親爸父經文連結: http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/

親親爸父經文: 詩篇 144:9-15; 撒迦利亞書 1:1-21; 啓示錄 12:1-13:1; 箴言 30:17

今日主要領受經文:

大利烏王第二年八月，耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子先知撒迦利亞，說：

2 耶和華曾向你們列祖大大發怒。

3 所以你要對以色列人說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要轉向我，我就轉向你們。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。

4 不要效法你們列祖。從前的先知呼叫他們說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要回頭離開你們的惡道惡行。他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。

5 你們的列祖在哪裡呢？那些先知能永遠存活麼？

6 只是我的言語和律例，就是所吩咐我僕人眾先知的，豈不臨到你們列祖麼？他們就回頭，說：萬軍之耶和華定意按我們的行動作為向我們怎樣行，他已照樣行了。

7 大利烏第二年十一月，就是細罷特月二十四日，耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子先知撒迦利亞，說：

8 我夜間觀看，見一人騎著紅馬，站在窪地番石榴樹中間。在他身後又有紅馬、黃馬，和白馬。

9 我對與我說話的天使說：主啊，這是甚麼意思？他說：我要指示你這是甚麼意思。

10 那站在番石榴樹中間的人說：這是奉耶和華差遣在遍地走來走去的。

11 那些騎馬的對站在番石榴樹中間耶和華的使者說：我們已在遍地走來走去，見全地都安息平靜。

12 於是，耶和華的使者說：萬軍之耶和華啊，你惱恨耶路撒冷和猶大的城邑已經七十年，你不施憐憫要到幾時呢？

13 耶和華就用美善的安慰話回答那與我說話的天使。

14 與我說話的天使對我說：你要宣告說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：我為耶路撒冷為錫安，心裡極其火熱。

15 我甚惱怒那安逸的列國，因我從前稍微惱怒我民，他們就加害過分。

16 所以耶和華如此說：現今我回到耶路撒冷，仍施憐憫，我的殿必重建在其中，準繩必拉在耶路撒冷之上。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。

17 你要再宣告說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：我的城邑必再豐盛發達。耶和華必再安慰錫安，揀選耶路撒冷。

18 我舉目觀看，見有四角。

19 我就問與我說話的天使說：這是甚麼意思？他回答說：這是打散猶大、以色列，和耶路撒冷的角。

20 耶和華又指四個匠人給我看。

21 我說：他們來做甚麼呢？他說：這是打散猶大的角，使人不敢抬頭；但這些匠人來威嚇列國，打掉他們的角，就是舉起打散猶大地的角。

撒迦利亞書 1:1-21

現在讓你有一個安靜的時刻，給聖靈一個空間，讓主耶穌可以藉着剛才讀過的經文，親自對你説話。

今日我從主耶穌領受的主題是: 先歸回神才能為他建殿!

尼希米記12:6記載撒迦利亞是祭司且作易多族族長，指出他是利未人，是在被擄歸回後在耶路撒冷事奉神的祭司及先知。

Zechariah was much younger than the prophet Haggai, who ministered during the same period and primarily to the same people. Ezra 5:1 indicates that both prophets stirred up the Jews throughout Judah and in Jerusalem to resume building the temple during the time when Zerubbabel was governor and Joshua was the high priest.

Chapters 1-8 (dated 520-518 B.C.) is identical to that of Haggai. As a result of Zechariah's and Haggai's ministries, the temple was completed and dedicated in 516/515 B.C. While Zechariah was a young man when he prophesied alongside Haggai, he apparently was an old man by the time he wrote chapters 9 - 14(480 - 470 B.C.).

The book of Zechariah has two major parts:

1. Chapters 1-8: the visions were given to encourage the Jews who had returned to Judah to resume building the temple and to inspire them to stick with it until the task was completed.

2. Chapter 9-14: these chapters were to encourage the same people after the temple was finished because many of them became disheartened when the Messiah did not come as they expected once the temple was completed.

This whole book starts with a call to return to God, to give up their own rebellious ways, live by God's standards and follow his purposes. God reminds them of how he had given their ancestors the same call but they did not listen. As a result, they suffered the consequences of their sin.

In February of 519 B.C., God gave Zechariah a vision of a man on a red horse in a grove of myrtle trees, with various other horses behind him. Some believe this was an appearance of Christ as "the angel of the Lord". A different angel interpreted the vision by explaining that these horses had patrolled the whole world and found it at rest and in peace. This angel was interceding on behalf of Israel and Jerusalem to bring an end to the 70 years of God's judgment on Jerusalem and the temple, which were destroyed in 586 B.C., exactly 70 years later.

God used wicked nations to bring his judgment on Jerusalem. In their greed for wealth and power, these nations went too far and God would judge these evil nations for their selfish pride and disregard for God.

The four horns in verses 18-19 represent Assyria, Egypt, Babylon and Medo-Persia. The came the four craftsmen represent four empires that brought God's judgment on the four horns and overthrew each of them in succession as world powers. The last craftsman would represent Greece, which followed Persia as the predominant power. The prophesy shows that all enemies and oppressors of God's people eventually will be defeated and ultimately experience his judgment.

What I received from Jesus today is the call Zechariah had to the people - to return to God first before doing anything.

We like to do so many things for God but without returning to God first we are not able to do anything! Without returning to God, God's standard cannot be established in the nation and in people's life and there is no way to rebuild God's temple. (v.16)

Let's return to God, restore God's standard in our lives, a lifestyle of Chrislikeness and that we can build God's temple or other jobs the Lord commands us to do!