【双语灵修】受造物以颂赞回应CREATION RESONATES WITH PRAISE

以赛亚书 55:6-13

当趁耶和华可寻找的时候寻找他，相近的时候求告他。 恶人当离弃自己的道路，不义的人当除掉自己的意念。归向耶和华，耶和华就必怜恤他；当归向我们的神，因为神必广行赦免。 耶和华说：“我的意念非同你们的意念，我的道路非同你们的道路。 天怎样高过地，照样，我的道路高过你们的道路，我的意念高过你们的意念。雨雪从天而降并不返回，却滋润地土，使地上发芽结实，使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。我口所出的话也必如此，决不徒然返回，却要成就我所喜悦的，在我发它去成就的事上必然亨通。你们必欢欢喜喜而出来，平平安安蒙引导，大山小山必在你们面前发声歌唱，田野的树木也都拍掌。松树长出代替荆棘，番石榴长出代替蒺藜，这要为耶和华留名，作为永远的证据，不能剪除。”

9月2日

受造物以颂赞回应

“大山小山必在你们面前发声歌唱；田野的树木也都拍掌。” - 赛 55:12

以赛亚书55章捕捉了神与祂创造的世界，那深厚和快乐的关系，这章圣经欢乐地倾流出造物主与祂的创造的联系。以赛亚描述的是回响—神的声音和世界的声音和谐地往来回荡。

以赛亚指出，地球的生命循环是何等奇妙：有播种和收割的季节，也有赐下来浇灌大地的雨和雪。我们或许不能实时看到某一场雨的效用，然而撒在泥土里的种子得到水的滋润便开始发芽。那些新芽长大成为谷物，谷物便为我们提供食粮。那个静静的开始，最终成为丰足的收获。

对神的子民来说，这个异象带着深厚的意思。他们明白，纵使他们有一条河或一个水源，如果神不赐下雨或雪，他们也没法生存下去。在面对旱灾时，他们当中有些人会转去敬拜其他国家的神，以为那些神或许能赐下雨水滋润他们的农作物，可是这种想法只会带来虚假的希望。神藉着以赛亚，呼唤百姓归回，信靠和感谢这位管理世界和其中一切的独一真神。

今天我们就拨出一些时间，来思想神是何等美丽，又聆听去寻求和信靠这位独一信实的真神的邀请吧，祂必为我们提供一切所需的。哈利路亚！

祷告

主啊，我们尊你为创造的君王。求你帮助我们看到，你必定会时常供应我们所需。愿我们能更深和单单信靠你。奉耶稣祈求，阿们。

Isaiah 55:6-13

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

CREATION RESONATES WITH PRAISE

“The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” —Isaiah 55:12

Isaiah 55 captures the deep, joyful relationship between God and the world he has made. This chapter overflows with delight in the connection between Creator and creation. What Isaiah describes is resonance— the voice of God and the voice of the world echoing back and forth in harmony.

Isaiah points to the remarkable life cycle of the earth: the seasons for planting and harvesting, and the gifts of rain and snow that water the ground. We may not see the immediate effects of a rainfall; seeds planted in the soil respond to the moisture and begin to sprout. Those sprouts grow into crops, and the crops provide food. What begins quietly ends in abundance.

This imagery carried deep meaning for God’s people. Even if they had a river or a spring for water, they knew they could not survive without the gift of rain or snow. In periods of drought, some of the people turned to worship the gods of other nations, as if maybe those gods could bring rain for their crops. But those ideas yielded only false hope. Through Isaiah, God called the people back to trust and celebrate the only One who truly rules the world and everything in it.

Take some time today to reflect on the beauty of creation and hear the invitation to seek and trust in the one, true, faithful God, who provides for all our needs. Hallelujah!

Lord, we honor you as the King of creation. Help us to see that you always provide for us, and may we deepen our trust in you alone. In Jesus, Amen.