第五十八章
3他們說：‘我們禁食，你為何不看見呢？我們刻苦己心，你為何
不理會呢？’“看哪！你們禁食的日子仍求利益，勒逼人為你們做
苦工。4你們禁食，卻互相爭競，以兇惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁
食，不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。5這樣禁食，豈是我所揀選、使
人刻苦己心的日子嗎？豈是叫人垂頭像葦子，用麻布和爐灰鋪在他
以下嗎？你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎？6我所揀選
的禁食，不是要鬆開兇惡的繩，解下軛上的索，使被欺壓的得自
由，折斷一切的軛嗎？7不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人，將飄流的
窮人接到你家中，見赤身的給他衣服遮體，顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩
藏嗎？8這樣，你的光就必發現如早晨的光，你所得的醫治要速速
發明。你的公義必在你前面行；耶和華的榮光必作你的後盾。9那
時你求告，耶和華必應允；你呼求，他必說：我在這裡。你若從你
中間除掉重軛和指摘人的指頭，並發惡言的事，10你心若向飢餓的
人發憐憫，使困苦的人得滿足，你的光就必在黑暗中發現，你的幽
暗必變如正午。
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.你有沒有過“禁食”的經驗？是為什麼要禁食？或為什麼從不
禁食？禁食對你有什麼益處？
4.若是以錯誤的動機或是錯誤的態度“禁食”或是進行其他屬靈
操練，這對我們是毫無益處的。下面的這些屬靈活動中，有哪
些你只是敷衍應付的作：參加崇拜？讀經？禱告？聖餐？禁
食？這些活動對你有什麼影響？都需要怎樣的態度才能“蒙神
悅納”？
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 58
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it?Why have
we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your
fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.4 Your fasting
ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on
high.5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to
humble themselves?Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for
lying in sackcloth and ashes?Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable
to the LORD?6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the
chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and
to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to
clothe them,and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will
quickly appear;then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory
of the LORD will be your rear guard.9 Then you will call, and the LORD
will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.“If you do
away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious
talk,10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the
needs of the oppressed,then your light will rise in the darkness, and your
night will become like the noonday.
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?
3. Have you ever fasted? Why or why not? What benefits did you
experience?
4. Fasting or any one of the religious activities that we’re “supposed”
to do, do us no good when we engage in it for the wrong reasons
and with the wrong attitude. In which religious activities do you
find yourself just going through the motions: attending church?
Reading the Bible? Prayer? Communion service? Fasting? How
are these activities affecting you now? What attitudes are needed
for these activities to be “acceptable to the Lord”?
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.