Thursday, February 6, 2020

They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.

Job 14:1-22
“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of troubleThey spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No oneA person’s days are determinedyou have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceedSo look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passedIf only you would set me a time and then remember me!
You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them awayIf their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.
Life is short and there is no waling a person from the sleep of death. Job cries to God to hide him away in the land of the dead until his anger is past, and then to restore him.
Why?
Man's life is short and full of trouble, and God has limited his time in the world.
Job please the Lord hide him in the grace and conceal him from his anger, second, look away from him and left him alone.
My pain only I feel it, others cannot imagine it.  People are so small and weak in their life.
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心願:求神將他隱藏在陰間,不要再攻擊他
v1-6:人的命運如花如草短暫,這樣還要審判人嗎?
v7-12:樹木砍下還可以再長出來,人卻不能如此。他若死了就沒有盼望。
v13-17:還留存一點盼望,或許陰暗還可以休息的地方,時間到了,還可以蒙神紀念。爭戰中,士兵也有休息的時間
v18-22:沒有盼望的描述。藏在陰間就是死了,但是死了又有什麼用呢?好像有點盼望,又落人失望。人常常也想像怎樣就可以脫離苦難,脫離……,這都不是真理,我們怎麼能幫神想方法,想出路,不要自己想像,自找出路。完全定睛,交托給神!
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How?
My days and my way are on the hands of the Lord, be humble and may the grace of the Lord comes upon me!


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