Thursday, September 19, 2019

Anything you desire from me I will do for you

2 Samuel 19:31-43
But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? 
Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”
David said, “ And anything you desire from me I will do for you.
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?” Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”
But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.
The dispute between the men of Judah and the ten tribes begins a fight which widens in chapter 20 and will split the kingdom after Solomon’s Death.
Why? 
Barzillai has royalty to king David and he doesn’t love the king for any profit but just love him, so David answer him anything you desire from me I will do for you.
To be a Christian should like Barzillai do anything for the Lord without any request, for we are nothing without the Lord and our life is limited. When we are getting older the beauty and delicious food are meaning to me.
Judah and Israelite ten bribes were disputed among them, it began the kingdom split in the future. So a small dispute if does not be solved it will be huge problem in the near future.-
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另外 個榜樣:巴西萊
不僅在財務上支持大衛,且親自來送大衛。不是派人來送大衛。且還在押撒龍還在的時候來幫助大衛。
護送過河是一件小事,怎麼值得大衛王給他賞賜?他不是想求什麼?金漢就是他的兒子。你看怎麼樣好,意思是依你的意思差他做事,不是去享福的。
巴西萊供應王許多物資,送王過河,對於大衛而言是他最需要幫助的時候,因此感激他。我們在最軟弱的時候,神收留我們,禮遇我們。我們在教會參予服事,地位愈來愈高,我們怎麼看我們為主做事呢?大衛的生活物資等都是巴西萊做的。我們是否常常向神訴說:主啊,我為你做了許多工作,週到一些挫折,開始向神抱怨。我們能夠服事後,千萬不要想我們向主做了多少。
猶大人與以色列人爭論。暗暗的是指偷走了。猶大人說我們和大衛親是親屬,以色列人有十分的情份。這當中他們在爭話語權。王朝恢復後誰可以占頭功,好像民間信仰在強頭香。爭誰與國王的關係深。好像約翰兄弟在面前爭誰比較大。我們在教會中不能來比較誰比較屬靈,誰與神關係好,刷存在感。猶大與以色列人在是在爭誰的讚按的比較多?這些都是屬世的價值觀。
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How?
Pray to the Lord give me the sensitivity and wisdom to solve the dispute among us. And love others with love and peace!
讓我們在教會中學習隱藏自己,學習謙卑。




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