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07/29 不要懼怕│以賽亞書43

雅各啊,創造你的耶和華,以色列啊,造成你的那位,現在如此說:「你不要害怕,因為我救贖了你;我曾提你的名召你,你是屬我的。以賽亞書43:1
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Imagine you are driving a car late at night, the road is unknown to you, as you drive you take some turns, it's not completely straight. On the one side you can see a cliff face coming down, you can see the road ahead, but next to you it's very dark, you can't see anything. You drive the road with no problem and arrive at your destination feeling happy. 
想像一下,你在深夜開車,你不認識路,一邊開也一邊轉了好幾個彎,這道路並不是直的。 在一側,你可以看到懸崖,也可以看到前方的道路,但是另外一側是非常暗的,你什麼也看不到。 你毫無困難地開在這條路路上,抵達到目的地,心裡感到高興。

The next day you drive that same road but this time in the daytime. This time you are scared, filled with fear. As you drive you now see that the road is narrow, on the one side is a cliff and on the other side, the side that was dark the previous night is straight drop down a high cliff. One wrong move and you know the car will fall over the edge. You drive and feel very differently than you did the night before. Why? You can now see the danger. Seeing the danger fills you with fear. 
第二天,你將沿著同一條路行駛,但這次是白天。 這次,你感到害怕,充滿恐懼。 因為當你開車時,你看到道路很狹窄,另一側是前一天晚上沒看到的,是很高的懸崖。一個小錯誤,你知道車子就會掉下去。 你開著車感覺與前一天晚上大不相同。 為什麼? 你現在看到危險了。 看到危險會讓你充滿懼怕。

In today's passage it mentions the word fear twice, "Do not fear", and "Do not be afraid". This is a direct command. The Bible speaks about fear 366 times. It’s a common command. I see in this passage the remedy for fear. Before we get to the remedy we have to find out what fear is. 
在今天的章節中提到兩次懼怕這個詞,「不要懼怕」和「不要害怕」。 這是直接的命令。 聖經366次講到恐懼。 這是常見的命令。 這段經文中我看到了對付懼怕的方法。
在採取作法之前,我們必須了解懼怕是什麼。

Number 1, fear is when you lose your anchor, when you feel unsafe in some way. Maybe your anchor is your job and so you fear losing your job. Maybe your anchor is money and the thought of losing it all makes you feel afraid. 
Number 2, Fear can be real circumstances you find yourself in. The passage talks about going through deep waters, crossing a river and walking through a fire. You can see, sense real danger. 
第一,懼怕是當你失去錨,在某方面感到不安全。 也許你的錨是你的工作,所以你擔心失去工作。 也許你的錨是金錢,失去金錢的想法會讓你感到懼怕。
第二,懼怕可能是你遇到真實的情況。這段經文說從深水中經過,逿過江河和從火中行過。你看得到也意識到真實的危險。

The remedy for fear from this passage is this; if you make God your anchor you will never lose him and he’ll never let you go. You will experience hardship, or trouble. You will experience some kind of loss. But knowing you'll always have God at your side gives you faith to walk through fires. 
這段經文對付懼怕的方法是: 如果你將上帝當作你的錨,你永遠不會失去祂,祂也永遠不會放棄你。 你會遇到困難或麻煩。 你會遭受某種失去。 但是,知道上帝永遠與你同在, 會讓你有信心走過大火。

The other remedy is knowing that God wants the best for you. Why does he allow the fire? Fire can be harmful or it can refine, the difference is God's presence. Also notice how it says we walk through the fire, we aren’t running. We are calm, calm because God is the fire with us and calm because we know this won't harm us but will refine us. 
另一個方法是知道上帝想要給你最好的。 祂為什麼要允許大火?因為火雖然可以有害,但也可以煉淨,不同之處在於有沒有神的同在。 經文說我們從火中行過,不是跑過。 我們能平靜,因為上帝在火中與我們同在;我們能平靜,因為我們知道這一切都不會傷害我們,只會煉淨我們。

我們來禱告:
Let's pray:

Father, today we just reflect on this passage, and we reflect especially on the part where it says You love us, You think about us, You have us on Your heart, and that's why You say, don't fear, because we are Your children, we are loved by You. You only want the best for us. You don't want to harm us. You don't want anything bad to come our way. But when the bad things come that are not easy, You do use them to make us stronger. In Your love You use those things to make us to be more like You. You help us and shape us to be more like Jesus. So I thank You for that, Lord, thank You for this passage, and I thank You for it says about how much You love us. Amen.
天父,今天我們思想這段經文,特別思想經文說道祢愛我們,祢為我們著想,祢把我們放在祢的心上,所以祢說,不要懼怕,因為我們是祢的兒女,我們被祢所愛。祢只想給我們最好的,祢不是要害我們,祢不要不好的事情發生在我們身上。但當不好的事情臨到,雖然不容易,但祢用那些事情讓我們更堅強。在祢的愛中祢用那些事情讓我們更像祢,祢幫助我們,塑造我們更像耶穌。所以我為此感謝祢,謝謝祢賜下這段經文,謝謝祢透過經文告訴我們祢有多麼愛我們。阿們。

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「雅各啊,創造你的耶和華,以色列啊,造成你的那位,現在如此說:「你不要害怕,因為我救贖了你;我曾提你的名召你,你是屬我的。」以賽亞書43:1

▎Brother Dylan

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