第四十五章
5我是耶和華，在我以外並沒有別神。除了我以外再沒有神。你雖
不認識我，我必給你束腰。6從日出之地到日落之處，使人都知道
除了我以外，沒有別神。我是耶和華！在我以外並沒有別神。
7我造光，又造暗；我施平安，又降災禍；造作這一切的是我耶和
華。8諸天哪，自上而滴，穹蒼降下公義；地面開裂，產出救恩，
使公義一同發生。這都是我耶和華所造的。9禍哉！那與造他的主
爭論的，他不過是地上瓦片中的一塊瓦片。泥土豈可對摶弄他的
說：‘你做甚麼呢？’所做的物豈可說‘你沒有手’呢？10禍哉！
那對父親說：‘你生的是甚麼呢？’或對母親（註：原文作“婦
人”）說：‘你產的是甚麼呢？’11耶和華以色列的聖者，就是造
就以色列的如此說：將來的事你們可以問我，至於我的眾子，並我
手的工作，你們可以求我命定（註：“求我命定”原文作“吩咐
我”）。12我造地，又造人在地上；我親手鋪張諸天，天上萬象也
是我所命定的。13我憑公義興起塞魯士（註：原文作“他”），又
要修直他一切道路。他必建造我的城，釋放我被擄的民，不是為工
價，也不是為賞賜。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。”
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？
3.當你讀到以色列的埋怨時，你有什麼感受？再讀到神的回答
時，你作何想？你是否經常向神抱怨？或是你覺得你不應當向
神埋怨？
4.你什麼時候曾經向神埋怨過？神當時怎樣回應你的？目前你對
神有什麼抱怨？神透過這段經文告訴你當怎樣作？
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 45
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,6 so that
from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there
is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.7 I form the light
and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster;I, the Lord, do
all these things.8 “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the
clouds shower it down.Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let
righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it.9 “Woe to those
who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among
the potsherds on the ground.Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you
making?’Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?10 Woe to the
one who says to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’or to a mother, ‘What
have you brought to birth?’11 “This is what the Lord says—the Holy One
of Israel, and its Maker:Concerning things to come, do you question me
about my children,or give me orders about the work of my hands?12 It is
I who made the earth and created mankind on it.My own hands stretched
out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.13 I will raise up Cyrus in
my righteousness: I will make all his ways straight.He will rebuild my
city and set my exiles free, but not for a price or reward, says the Lord
Almighty.”
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?
3. How do you feel as you read Israel’s complaint, and then God’s
reply? Do you feel free to complain to God. or do you feel like it
isn’t something you should or are allowed to do?
4. When have you complained to God? How did God reply? What
are you complaining to God at present? What does God tell you to
do?
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.