耶和華對約書亞說：「不要怕他們；因為我已將他們交在你手裏，他們無一人能在你面前站立得住。」約書亞記10:8
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King Canute ruled over Denmark, Norway, and England more than one thousand years ago. A wise ruler, he worked hard to make the lives of his people better. As is often the case, he was surrounded by those who wanted to gain influence and importance with him, and according to the ancient story, he grew tired of their continual flattery and wanted to put an end to it. He ordered that his throne be carried out to the seashore and gathered his courtiers around it, while he sat on it.
一千多年以前，克努特大帝統治過丹麥、挪威、英格蘭。身為一位智慧的統治者，他很努力改善百姓的生活。經常環繞在他的身邊的，是想要被看重、得權的人，而根據古老故事記載，他對那些人不斷的諂媚奉承感到厭煩，想要終止這個情形。他下令叫人把他的王位搬到海邊，他坐在王位上，朝臣聚集環繞他。
By the sea, the king commanded the tide not to come in. Yet soon the waters were rising around his legs, the tide did not listen him. According to one historian’s account, King Canute rose up from his throne and said, “Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom Heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws.” In other words, there is only one King and I’m not him.
在海邊的時候，國王命令浪潮不要上來，但是浪潮沒有聽從他的話，水沖上岸到他的雙腿。根據歷史學者的說法，克努特大帝從他的寶座上站起來，並說：「大家都要知道，國王的權力是很渺小空虛的，唯有上帝才是可敬的，天地海洋都服從祂永恆的律法。」換句話說，世上只有一位王，而我不是這位王。
Today’s devotion is from Joshua 10. The people of Gibeon, in central Canaan, enter into a treaty with Israel in Joshua 9. Hearing of this, five neighboring kings join forces to attack Gibeon, and the Gibeonites send to Joshua for help. The Israelites come to defend their allies, and in the ensuing battle, in v 12-13 Joshua asks the sun and the moon to stand still. They do so for a day, and the battle is won for the Israelites. The account ends, "There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded a human voice; for the LORD fought for Israel" (Joshua 10:14).
今天的靈修進度是約書亞記第十章，在約書亞記第九章，迦南中部的基遍人與以色列人立約。附近五國的王聽到這個消息，就聯合攻打基遍，基遍人就打發人去向約書亞求救。以色列保護他們的結盟國，在接下來的戰役，第12-13節，約書亞求神讓日頭月亮停留止住，如此約有一日之久，以色列人戰爭得勝。戰役最後，約書亞記10:14提到「在這日以前，這日以後，耶和華聽人的禱告沒有像這日的，是因耶和華為以色列爭戰。」
The sun stands still for a full day, while the Israelites defeat their enemies. How could this be?
以色列人打敗他們的仇敵，日頭停留一天，怎麼可能會這樣？
The sun stood still as well as the moon, we know scientifically of the implications of this. What happened to the tides that are caused by the moon? Did the whole solar system freeze for that day?
月亮與日頭同樣停留止住，我們知道這個現象在科學上的蘊涵。受到月球引力影響的潮汐會發生什麼事？整個太陽系也停止運轉一天嗎？
If we look at this miracle scientifically we’ll be tormented by the sheer scope of what happened.
當我們嘗試用科學的眼光來明白這個神蹟，會因為太過深奧，無法瞭解而苦惱。
The Bible describes the appearance of the sun standing still, not the scientific mechanics required.
聖經描述日頭停留現象的出現，並不是按照科學的方式。
We want all the answers and we want to know how it all works. But I think this passage highlights what power our God has. There is mystery here, we won’t know the inner workings of this miracle, and that should be ok with us. We are merely human, we shouldn’t think of ourselves as having the ability to know it all.
我們會想要知道所有的答案，但我想，這段經文，強調的是我們神的能力。這是個奧秘，我們不會知道這個神蹟發生的方式，但這對我們沒有影響，因為我們只是人，我們不該以為自己有能力完全了解奧秘。
As great as science and scientific exploration is, we mustn’t allow it to make us think more of ourselves than we should. We are not God, or gods. When we hear of miracles like these, allow them to let us fall to our knees and realise how insignificant we are. We have an opportunity to humble ourselves before God who can stop a star in it’s orbit.
科學探索和發現或許很偉大，但我們不應該容許它讓我們自視過高。我們不是上帝，當我們聽到此類的神蹟，我們應該跪在膝上，了解我們是如何微不足道。這是我們在這位能夠讓軌道中轉動的星球停止運轉的神的面前謙卑自己的機會。
King Canute knew this truth, and even though he was a king he realised who the true king was. This caused him to live for the True King and not for himself, he was able to make a difference because of this shift in attitude.
克努特大帝明白這個真理。即使他是個國王，他知道誰才是真正的王。這個明白也讓他為真正的王而活，而不是為自己而活。因為這樣的態度，他能夠帶來改變。
I encourage you today to be humble before God and remember we are all his servants.
今天我要鼓勵你，謙卑在神面前，記得我們都是祂的僕人。
Thank You, Father for this passage. In the middle of it we find this miracle where You just caused the sun to shine for the whole day, a whole extra day. There was no night. The sun just kept shining. May we not dwell on the science behind it, but may we dwell in the God who caused it. May we not be worried that we don’t understand it, but may the mystery of it want us to find the person who did that. And that person is You. May the mystery draw us closer to You, not drive us further away from You. I pray that every single person who watches this video, including myself, that we will be more humble before You and we will be your servants. Amen.
父神，感謝祢賜下這段經文。在當中，我們讀到祢讓太陽一整天持續閃耀的神蹟，沒有夜晚，日頭就那樣持續照耀。讓我們不是專注在神蹟背後的科學，而是專注在使這個現象發生的神。但願我們不是擔心我們不明白這個神蹟，而是這樣的奧秘能夠讓我們想要尋找是誰使它發生的，使它發生的是祢。但願奧秘將我們朝祢拉近，而非讓我們遠離祢。我禱告，每一個觀看泉源甘露的人，包含我自己，我們能在祢面前更加謙卑，我們是祢的僕人。阿們。
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耶和華對約書亞說：「不要怕他們；因為我已將他們交在你手裏，他們無一人能在你面前站立得住。」約書亞記10:8
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