【双语灵修】新的愿景A NEW KIND OF VISION

创世记 50:15-21

约瑟的哥哥们见父亲死了，就说：“或者约瑟怀恨我们，照着我们从前待他一切的恶足足地报复我们。” 他们就打发人去见约瑟，说：“你父亲未死以先吩咐说： ‘你们要对约瑟这样说：从前你哥哥们恶待你，求你饶恕他们的过犯和罪恶。’如今求你饶恕你父亲神之仆人的过犯！”他们对约瑟说这话，约瑟就哭了。 他的哥哥们又来俯伏在他面前，说：“我们是你的仆人。” 约瑟对他们说：“不要害怕，我岂能代替神呢？ 从前你们的意思是要害我，但神的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。 现在你们不要害怕，我必养活你们和你们的妇人孩子。”于是，约瑟用亲爱的话安慰他们。

星期二

三月十七日

新的愿景

“‘从前你们的意思是要害我，但神的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。’” - 创 50:20

约瑟接了他的父亲，并所有兄弟和他们的家眷到埃及居住，好让他们在荒年时仍然有丰足的食粮。当父亲雅各在埃及过世了，他们便把父亲带回到家乡迦南地安葬，之后全部人都回到埃及（《创世记》 46:1-50:14）。

这时约瑟的哥哥们开始担心，他是否仍然对他们怀恨在心？雅各在世时，他们认为有一道防线，足以阻止约瑟报复他们卖他为奴之仇，现在他们担心将会有事发生。

哥哥们打发人去见约瑟，承认他们恶待了他，请求他的饶恕。他们虽然在埃及住在约瑟附近已经好几年了，但仍然不能确定约瑟怎样看他们。他有没有真的饶恕他们？收到了他们的信息后，约瑟就哭了。他已经饶恕了他的哥哥们，然而，和好是需要时间才能变得明确和具体的。

当他的哥哥们来见他时，约瑟再次向他们保证他不计前嫌，又帮助他们看到，神的意思原是好的。神确实是在进行祂的计划，来使他们的家族成为一个祝福万民的大国（《创世记》 12:1-3）

这是一个新的愿景，帮助人看到神在我们的生命中，和在祂的世界里的奇妙作为。

祷告

亲爱的神，求你帮助我们不要只看到世上的伤痛和烦恼，同时也要见到你怎样作工，赋予我们生命。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。

Genesis 50:15-21

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

A NEW KIND OF VISION

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” —Genesis 50:20

Joseph brought his father and all his brothers and their families to live in Egypt so that they would have plenty during the years of famine. Their father, Jacob, died in Egypt, and after they buried him back at home in the land of Canaan, they all returned to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-50:14).

Now Joseph’s brothers began to worry that he still had a grudge against them. While Jacob was alive, they thought they had a line of defense to keep Joseph from seeking revenge for selling him as a slave, but now they wondered what would happen next.

The brothers sent a message to Joseph, in which they admitted their sins against him and pleaded for forgiveness. Although they had been living near Joseph for several years now in Egypt, they were still not sure of his feelings toward them. Had he really forgiven them? Joseph wept when he received their message. He had already forgiven his brothers, but it can take years for reconciliation to take shape.

When Joseph’s brothers came to him, he reassured them and helped them to see again that God had intended all of this for good. Indeed, God was working out his plan to make their family into a nation that would bring blessing to all others (Genesis 12:1-3).

This was a new kind of vision to help people see the amazing ways God works in our lives and in his world.

Dear God, help us to see not just the hurts and troubles in this world but also how you work to bring us life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.