7月4日靈修禱文

July 4th, 2020

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me! Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.

Psalm 25:16-21

Thought

This Psalm was written by David while he was escaping from Absalom. At verse 19, "how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me". David was lonely and afflicted but because of these situation, David had the quiet time to seek for God, His integrity and uprightness to protect him. No matter you are as son/daughter, as mother/father, you must have experienced lonely and afflicted, have troubles in your heart. Would you choose to stay at loneliness? Or you would use the quiet moment through loneliness to pray to God, seek for His wisdom, integrity and uprightness for you and your family's protection?

Prayer

(Please take a minute to quiet down your heart before pray)

My dear heavenly Father, thank you for Your blessings and please turn to me and be gracious to me. I am lonely and afflicted. I have troubles in my heart. Please help me to overcome these feelings and turn into positive quiet moment to seek for You. Guard my and my family's lives. Rescue me and do not let me be put to shame. Please have Your integrity and uprightness to protect me and my family. Because my hope is in You only.

Elder Eric Tong

求你轉向我、憐恤我、因為我是孤獨困苦。
我心裡的愁苦甚多．求你救我脫離我的禍患。
求你看顧我的困苦、我的艱難、赦免我一切的罪。
求你察看我的仇敵、因為他們人多．並且痛痛的恨我。
求你保護我的性命、搭救我、使我不至羞愧、因為我投靠你。
願純全正直保守我、因為我等候你。

詩篇 25:16-21

思想

這是大衛在逃避押沙龍時所作的詩。十九節記述當時他們人數眾多，並且痛痛的恨大衛。大衛當時孤單困苦，愁苦甚多。但正正因為孤單，無助，困苦，大衛安靜來尋求神的面，尋求他的保守。無論你是作兒女的作父母的，在疫情的困苦下一定有孤單，困苦，或無助的感覺。你，會選擇停留在孤單的感覺上，還是透過孤單給你安靜的時間，與神共處，尋求他的面尋，求他的保守呢？