Agape 爱．话语

撒母耳记上  I Samuel 16:1~13
中文圣经版本：新标点和合本／English Bible Version：NIV (New International Version)

¹耶和华对撒母耳说：「我既厌弃扫罗作以色列的王，你为他悲伤要到几时呢？你将膏油盛满了角，我差遗你往伯利恒人耶西那里去；因为我在他众子之内，预定一个作王的。」²撒母耳说：「我怎能去呢？扫罗若听见，必要杀我。」耶和华说：「你可以带一只牛犊去，就说：『我来是要向耶和华献祭。』³你要请耶西来吃祭肉，我就指示你所当行的事。我所指给你的人，你要膏他。」⁴撒母耳就照耶和华的话去行。到了伯利恒，那城里的长老都战战兢兢地出来迎接他，问他说：「你是为平安来的吗？」⁵他说：「为平安来的，我是给耶和华献祭。你们当自洁，来与我同吃祭肉。」撒母耳就使耶西和他众子自洁，请他们来吃祭肉。⁶他们来的时候，撒母耳看见以利押，就心里说：耶和华的受膏者必定在他面前。⁷耶和华却对撒母耳说：「不要看他的外貌和他身材高大，我不拣选他。因为，耶和华不像人看人：人是看外貌；耶和华是看内心。」⁸耶西叫亚比拿达从撒母耳面前经过，撒母耳说：「耶和华也不拣选他。」⁹耶西又叫沙玛从撒母耳面前经过，撒母耳说：「耶和华也不拣选他。」¹⁰耶西叫他七个儿子都从撒母耳面前经过，撒母耳说：「这都不是耶和华所拣选的。」¹¹撒母耳对耶西说：「你的儿子都在这里吗？」他回答说：「还有个小的，现在放羊。」撒母耳对耶西说：「你打发人去叫他来；他若不来，我们必不坐席。」¹²耶西就打发人去叫了他来。他面色光红、双目清秀、容貌俊美。耶和华说：「这就是他，你起来膏他。」¹³撒母耳就用角里的膏油，在他诸兄中膏了他。从这日起，耶和华的灵就大大感动大卫。撒母耳起身回拉玛去了。

¹The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem.  I have chosen one of his sons to be king."  ²But Samuel said, "How can I go?  If Saul hears about it, he will kill me."  The LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'  ³Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do.  You are to anoint fot me the one I indicate."  ⁴Samuel did what the LORD asid.  When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him.  They asked, "Do you come in peace?"  ⁵Samuel replied, "Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.  Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me."  Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.  ⁶When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before the LORD."  ⁷But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his apperance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The LORD does not look at the things people look at.  People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the hearts."  ⁸Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel.  But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."  ⁹Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, "Nor has the LORD chosen this one."  ¹⁰Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, "The LORD has not chosen these."  ¹¹So he asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse answered.  "He is tending the sheep."  Samuel said, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives."  ¹²So he sent for him and had him brought in .  He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features.  Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one."  ¹³So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his borthers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David.  Samuel then went to Ramah.

 

竹子﹠天父 谈心时刻

其实人真的是一个很容易看外貌的人，这实在是人很不容易跨越的难题。但是， 神也很特别，祂选出来的人，居然也是一个外貌还不错的人，这也就让我今天思考了许久：难道， 神也重外貌吗？不然，为什么不是选一个平凡不起眼的人呢？

事实上，大卫的拣选是既平凡，又不起眼的。当撒母耳来访的时候，他正好是在放羊；他的父亲耶西，可能也只打算让他的七个哥哥给撒母耳祝福就好了，大卫年纪最小，就不用了。但是，这次的拣选，对撒母耳来说，却是一个很重要的突破。因为当以利押走过他眼前的时候，他内心已经有了定论：就是他了。谁知道 神居然立刻反驳了他，这让撒母耳接下来在看耶西的其他儿子时，眼光渐渐地在改变。当看完了他七个儿子时，发现居然都不是，最后看到大卫时， 神才告诉他答案。此时，撒母耳看见的大卫，已经不只是外在的样子了，而是看见了他「内心的样子」。或许，这段形容大卫的词，好像是在讲他的外在，但更深的感觉是在形容大卫的「生命表象」。

我们不能否认自己接受外在比认识内在来的容易许多，可是，外在是很容易改变的。 神透过了这个过程，一方面帮助撒母耳走出对扫罗的伤痛，另一方面也打开了撒母耳的眼光，能看得更深。这也是对我的一个教导和提醒：我能不能学习与 神一起看来人的内心呢？祂是知道人的心的，因此，只有透过祂的眼光，才能把人看对，而不是只有看对人而已，而放对正确的位置，用合适的方式来成全带领他。在此同时，也是让我们自己学习更谦卑地去与人互动和相处，用心来认识人；这样，我们才能真正看见 神创造每个人（包括自己）的「本像」。

不要忘了，神看每个人，可都是「面色光红、双目清秀、容貌俊美」的喔！因为我们都是祂手中「甚好」的创造。

耶稣爱你～

 

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