【双语灵修】满足我们的饥饿SATISFYING OUR HUNGER

「他 … 将 … 吗哪赐给你吃，使你知道人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话。」-申 8:3

当我还是一个小女孩时，我们一家时常在星期六到底特律市附近的哈姆特拉姆克的波兰人社区游览。在一个阳光普照的日子，我们在寻找一个理想的泊车位，我们摇下车窗，空气中弥漫着刚出炉的面包的香气。面包是美味、饱肚和营养丰富的食物，但它却不足以维持我们身体、思想、心灵和灵命的健康。

以色列民在旷野有四十年之久，他们渴望得到实质的食物。神每天从天上降下吗哪来喂养他们，祂要教导他们，人活着不是「单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话」。吗哪并不似百姓以前所吃过的食物。

多年后，当耶稣在旷野受试探四十天，祂饿了，魔鬼便引诱祂吩咐石头变为饼，然而耶稣却回答说：「经上记着说：『人活着不是单靠食物』。」（路加福音 4:4）。

我们怎样定下一个好计划去更新和重整我们的生命呢？我们可以借着天天读经，每星期与主的子民一同敬拜祂，和参加每星期一次的研经班来增长知识和了解圣经，以满足我们的饥饿。我们也可能察觉到，在每天的不同时间，我们需要更多神的话语。

就祈求神的灵引导你成长吧！

祷告

主啊，求祢引导我们去阅读和默想祢的话语，好叫我们在耶稣的恩典、知识和爱心中成长。阿们。

申命记 8:1-6

「我今日所吩咐的一切诫命，你们要谨守遵行，好叫你们存活，人数增多，且进去得耶和华向你们列祖起誓应许的那地。你也要记念耶和华你的神在旷野引导你这四十年，是要苦炼你、试验你，要知道你心内如何，肯守他的诫命不肯。他苦炼你，

任你饥饿，将你和你列祖所不认识的吗哪赐给你吃，使你知道人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话。这四十年，你的衣服没有穿破，你的脚也没有肿。你当心里思想，耶和华你神管教你，好像人管教儿子一样。你要谨守耶和华你神的诫命，遵行他的道，敬畏他。

SATISFYING OUR HUNGER

He . . . [fed] you with manna . . . to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.   —Deuteronomy 8:3

When I was a little girl, my family often visited the small Polish community of Hamtramck, near Detroit, on Saturdays. We kept our windows down on a nice sunny day while looking for a good parking space. The wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread filled the air. Bread is delicious, filling, and nutritious, but not enough to sustain our body, mind, soul, and spirit.

While the Israelites were in the wilderness for forty years, they were hungry for physical food. God fed them manna from heaven daily to teach them that people do not live “on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Manna was unlike anything the people had eaten before.

Many years later, when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for forty days, he was hungry also. The devil tempted him to tell a stone to become bread. But Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone’” (Luke 4:4).

How can we put a good plan in place for renewal and restoration in life? We can satisfy our hunger by reading the Bible daily, worshiping the Lord with his people each week, and also meeting for a weekly study to grow in knowledge and understanding. We might also find that we need more of the Word at different times of the day.

Ask God’s Spirit to guide you, and grow!

Lord, guide us to read and meditate on your Word, growing in the grace, knowledge, and love of Jesus. Amen.