經文: 「因為耶和華揀選了錫安，願意當作自己的居所，說：這是我永遠安息之所；我要住在這裡，因為是我所願意的。」— [聖經· 詩篇 132篇13-14節]
由於上帝的心思意念都放在人的身上，祂的注意力也全部關注在人的幸福上，所以上帝義無反顧地要將救贖計劃完成，以拯救祂所愛的人類靈魂。
祂對摩西說：「讓我作他們的避難所，我要住在他們當中。」就像以色列人為神建聖殿，上帝的兒女也要將自己獻給上帝，做聖靈的殿，而且要吸引更多人認識主，使他們樂意將自己獻上，做為聖靈的殿。
這是多麼榮耀的呼召！把謀生的工作視為次要的事，而把救人靈魂，為上帝贏得更多的人歸向祂，作為首要的職志。因為上帝說：「我要住在這裡，這是我所願意的。」
這也是我代禱的主要內容，為周圍的人禱告，求聖靈在人心中動工，讓他們願意接受上帝住在他們心中。我為何願意這樣勞苦地為他們代禱？實在是因為上帝的大愛感動我的心，而上帝也要賜下大能與祝福，回應我的禱告。
想一想大衛念及上帝要住在人心中的心願，他說：「我不容我的眼睛睡覺，也不容我的眼目打盹；直等我為耶和華尋得所在，為雅各的大能者尋得居所。」(詩篇 132:4,5) 我們這些蒙恩的信徒，既知上帝內住的平安與好處，豈不更該不辭勞苦地為上帝找著更多的居所？
讓我們現在就為家人、朋友、鄰居禱告，不僅因為我們愛他們，更因為上帝願意萬人得救，不願一人沉淪。也感謝上帝揀選我們，作為祂愛的流通管道，讓我們操練做個「代禱勇士」的功課，讓上帝的心意得以滿足。
「主啊：祢說：『我把人心當作我的居所，這是我所願意的。』教導我們體貼祢的心願，晝夜不斷禱告，為祢贏得更多的人！奉耶穌的聖名求，阿們。」
—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 2月25日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
[圖片版權屬「耶穌超乎萬名之名」所有，在此僅供分享福音用途。]
『The Fulfilment of God’s Desires』
Scripture: “The Lord hath desired Zion for His habitation. Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.” — [Psalms 132:13-14]
Here you have the one great desire of God, that moved Him in the work of redemption. His heart longed for man, to dwell with him and in him.
To Moses He said: “Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” And just as Israel had to prepare the dwelling for God, even so His children are now called to yield themselves for God to dwell in them, and to win others to become His habitation. As the desire of God towards us fills the heart, it will waken within us the desire to gather others around us to become His dwelling too.
What an honour! What a high calling, to count my worldly business as entirely secondary, and to find my life and my delight in winning souls in whom God may find His heart’s delight! “Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.”
And this is what I can above all do through intercession. I can pray God for those around me, to give them His Holy Spirit. It is God’s great plan that man himself shall build Him a habitation. It is in answer to the unceasing intercession of His children that God will give His power and blessing. As this great desire of God fills us, we shall give ourselves wholly to labour for its fulfilment.
Think of David, when he thought of God’s desire to dwell In Israel, how he said: “I will not give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids, until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.” And shall not we, to whom it has been revealed what that indwelling of God may be, give our lives for the fulfilment of His heart’s desire?
Oh, let us begin, as never before, to pray for our children for the souls around us, and for all the world. And that not only because we love them, but specially because God longs for them, and gives us the honour of being the channels through whom His blessing is brought down. Children of God, awake the realization of what it means that God is seeking to train you as intercessors, through whom the great desire of His loving heart can be satisfied!
O God, who hast said of human hearts, “Here will I dwell for I have desired it” teach us, we pray Thee, to pray, day and night, that the desire of Thy heart may be fulfilled, in the Holy Name of Jesus, Amen.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 25 February 」
