第五十六章
1耶和華如此說：“你們當守公平、行公義，因我的救恩臨近，我
的公義將要顯現。2謹守安息日而不干犯，禁止己手而不作惡；如
此行、如此持守的人便為有福。”3與耶和華聯合的外邦人不要
說：“耶和華必定將我從他民中分別出來。”太監也不要說：“我
是枯樹。”4因為耶和華如此說：“那些謹守我的安息日，揀選我
所喜悅的事，持守我約的太監，5我必使他們在我殿中，在我牆內
有記念、有名號，比有兒女的更美。我必賜他們永遠的名，不能剪
除。6還有那些與耶和華聯合的外邦人，要事奉他，要愛耶和華的
名，要作他的僕人，就是凡守安息日不干犯、又持守他（註：原文
作“我”）約的人。7我必領他們到我的聖山，使他們在禱告我的
殿中喜樂。他們的燔祭和平安祭，在我壇上必蒙悅納。因我的殿必
稱為萬民禱告的殿！”
默想：
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷
2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時，有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的？當
你讀到這個字或詞句時，你有什麼感受？這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有？神想要你做什麼？
3.在這段經文中，神向所有的人宣佈，若是他們謹守安息日、遵
守神的約的人，就都可以進入神的殿中（4，6節）。
4.你是否曾經有過被拒於外的經驗？這段經文如何適用於你身
上？
5.“萬民禱告的殿”（7節）；神的心意，無論是昔日透過以色
列民，或今日透過教會，都是為要吸引萬民來敬拜祂。你心目
中神的國度是否有包括萬民？你如何追求來成為“萬民”的信
仰群體中的一員？
6.默想、認罪、悔改都是禱告的合宜態度，而喜樂也是其中之
一，喜樂又是聖靈所結果子之一（家5：22）。嘗試一下，每
天的260 靈修時間都以喜樂的心來唱吟一首短的敬拜詩歌，開
始與結束每天的讀經禱告時間。
禱告與筆錄：繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。
Chapter 56
1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this—the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps their hands from
doing any evil.”3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.”And let no eunuch
complain, “I am only a dry tree.”4 For this is what the LORD says:
“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and
its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters;I will give
them an everlasting name that will endure forever.6 And foreigners who
bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him,to love the name of the
LORD, and to be his servants,all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating
it and who hold fast to my covenant—7 these I will bring to my holy
mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.Their burnt offerings
and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;for my house will be called a
house of prayer for all nations.”
Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate
2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?
3. In this passage, God is extending an inclusive policy to all people to
enter into the temple if they keep Sabbath and keep God’s covenant
(verses 4, 6). Have you ever felt an outsider or been excluded from
joining some group? How does this passage apply to you today?
4. “A house of prayer for all nations”(v7).
5. Meditation, confession and repentance are proper attitudes for
prayer, but so is joy, as this verse reminds us. Joy is also one of the
fruits of the spirit (Gal 5:22). Try to begin or end with a praise song
to help bring joy to your prayer/devotion time.
Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.