QT 20/08/2024 Tue. Ezekiel 12. Baggages & hints. 行李和提示.

QT 20/08/2024 Tue. Ezekiel 12
READ http://www.esvbible.org/eze12

MEDITATION: Ezekiel was deported to Babylon together with an earlier batch of exile. Nevertheless, he was asked to continue his prophetic symbolic acts to proclaim the LORD's will in the midst of His people.

The "exile's baggage" (Ezek 12:3) and the manner of consumption of meals ("eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety", Ezek 12:18) signified the insecurity and lostness associated with living in a manner against the will of the LORD.

REFLECTIONS: Are we sensitive to what the LORD is doing in our lives today, including those around us? Is there a "symbolic act" happening that we also need to be sensitive to?

Balanced against this doom was the LORD's determination to restore the status of His word in the midst of His people, "The days are near ... there shall be no more any false vision of flattering divination within the house of Israel" (Ezek 12:23-24).

REFLECTIONS: Are we also determined to get rid of falsehood and "strategic" use of flattery in the spiritual community?

星期二 2024年8月20日 今日读经：以西结书12章.
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/eze/12/

默想：以西结随着较早前的那批人一起被掳去巴比伦。尽管如此，神还是吩咐以西结继续在祂的子民当中传讲具有象征意义的预言、宣告耶和华的旨意。

“被掳的行囊”(结12:3)及他们用餐时的样子(“你要战战兢兢地吃你的饭，满心忧虑地喝你的水”，结12:18)象征着因为过着悖逆耶和华的日子所带来的不安和迷惘。

反思：我们是否留意到神在我们生命中的作为，包括在我们身边的人？我们是否也该多加留心“具有象征意义的行为”？

虽然厄运当前，耶和华却下了决心要让他的话语重新立在他子民中间，“日子临近了…在以色列家中必不再有虚假的异象和奉承的占卜”(结12:23-24)。

反思：我们是否也决心在我们属灵的群体里除掉虚假和采用“高明”的奉承？