【双语灵修】安息日：平安

民数记 6:22-27

耶和华晓谕摩西说： “你告诉亚伦和他儿子说，你们要这样为以色列人祝福，说：‘愿耶和华赐福给你，保护你！ 愿耶和华使他的脸光照你，赐恩给你！ 愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐你平安！’ 他们要如此奉我的名为以色列人祝福，我也要赐福给他们。”

九月二十八日

安息日：平安

“…愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐你平安。” - 民 6:26

去年，我妻子和我完成一个由加拿大的尼亚加拉瀑布，直至休伦湖的远足路程，全程长达900公里(560哩），这是我们经过5个夏天的60次远足完成的。在开始每一次的远足时，其中一件我们留意到的事，就是每当我们跟随指示进入树林时，我们便立刻感觉到平静和安宁。我们很快便沉浸在大自然的美丽中，这是我们的乐园。

神给我们的最好的礼物之一，是那些我们可以瞥见神的平安的时刻。你曾在那时和那处经历到这份礼物吗？

安息日是为我们设计的平安日－是我们暂停例行的活动，透过敬拜、玩乐和休息，把注意力聚焦在神身上的一天。感恩的是我们不需要在我们的“乐园”才能得到那平安。亚伦在民数记第6章的祝福，就是神应许我们，无论我们身在何处，祂都会向我们仰脸和赐我们平安。

在耶稣的事工中，我们也看到同样的信息。耶稣复活之后，祂用一个美好的信息问候那些仍在哀伤的门徒：“愿你们平安！”（约翰福音 20:21, 26）。

在这个安息日，无论你正在背负任何的重担，惟愿你能经历到神在耶稣里赐给你这份永远平安的礼物。

祷告

主耶稣啊，我的生命渴慕那出人意外的平安。今天，当我放下我的担忧和焦虑、在祢里面安息时，求祢把祢平安的祝福赐给我。阿们。

Numbers 6:22-27

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

SABBATH: PEACE

“. . . the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” —Numbers 6:26

Last year, my wife and I completed a 900-kilometer (560-mile) hiking trail that stretches from Niagara Falls to Lake Huron in Canada. It took us about 60 hikes over five summers to finish it. One of the things we noticed whenever we would start a new hike was the immediate sense of peace and calm we felt as we followed a path into the woods. We were soon immersed in the beauty of nature. It was our happy place.

Some of the greatest gifts of God are moments when we can catch a glimpse of God’s peace. Where and when have you experienced that gift?

Sabbath is designed to be a day of peace for us—a day when we interrupt our regular routines to focus on God through worship, play, and rest. Thankfully we do not have to be in our “happy place” to receive that peace. The blessing of Aaron in Numbers 6 is God’s promise to turn his face toward us wherever we are and to bring us peace.

We see the same in the ministry of Jesus. After his resurrection, Jesus greeted his grieving disciples with a beautiful message: “Peace be with you!” (John 20:21, 26).

On this Sabbath day, may you experience the gift of God’s eternal peace in Jesus for whatever burden you may be carrying.

Jesus, my life longs for the peace that transcends all understanding. Grant me your blessing of peace today as I give up my worries and anxieties to rest in you. Amen.