第四十七章
8你這專好宴樂、安然居住的，現在當聽這話。你心中說：‘惟
有我， 除我以外再沒有別的， 我必不至寡居， 也不遭喪子之
事。’9哪知，喪子、寡居這兩件事，在一日轉眼之間必臨到你，
正在你多行邪術、廣施符咒的時候，這兩件事必全然臨到你身上。
10你素來倚仗自己的惡行說：‘無人看見我。’你的智慧聰明使你
偏邪，並且你心裡說：‘惟有我，除我以外再沒有別的。’11因
此，禍患要臨到你身，你不知何時發現（註：“何時發現”或
作“如何驅逐”），災害落在你身上，你也不能除掉，所不知道的
毀滅也必忽然臨到你身。12站起來吧！用你從幼年勞神施行的符咒
和你許多的邪術，或者可得益處，或者可得強勝。13你籌劃太多，
以致疲倦。讓那些觀天象的、看星宿的、在月朔說預言的，都站起
來，救你脫離所要臨到你的事。14他們要像碎秸被火焚燒，不能救
自己脫離火燄之力，這火並非可烤的炭火，也不是可以坐在其前的
火。15 你所勞神的事都要這樣與你無益。從幼年與你貿易的，也都
各奔各鄉，無人救你。”
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？
3.在現今錯綜複雜的世代，為什麼一般新聞媒體都會每日刊載星
象資訊？你是否曾經也追隨星象學或其他密宗玄學？你認為基
督徒是否應當參與這些事情？為什麼？
4.這段經文與你的現況有什麼關連沒有？神想要你做什麼？
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 47
8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and
saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be
a widow or suffer the loss of children.’9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood.They will
come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceriesand all your
potent spells.10 You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, ‘No
one sees me.’Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to
yourself,‘I am, and there is none besides me.’11 Disaster will come upon
you, and you will not know how to conjure it away.A calamity will fall
upon you that you cannot ward off with a ransom;a catastrophe you cannot
foresee will suddenly come upon you.12 “Keep on, then, with your magic
spells and with your many sorceries,which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.13 All the
counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers
come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save you from what is coming upon you.14 Surely they are like
stubble; the fire will burn them up.They cannot even save themselves from
the power of the flame.These are not coals for warmth; this is not a fire to
sit by.15 That is all they are to you—these you have dealt with and labored
with since childhood.All of them go on in their error; there is not one that
can save you.
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. In our sophisticated and cynical age, why do you think most major
newspapers faithfully carry astrological information day after day?
Have you ever been drawn to astrology or any other occult practices?
Do you think it is appropriate for Christians to be involved
in these things? Why or why not?
4. What does this passage relate to your current situation? 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.