第六章
1當烏西雅王崩的那年,我見主坐在高高的寶座上。他的衣裳垂
下,遮滿聖殿。2其上有撒拉弗侍立,各有六個翅膀:用兩個翅膀
遮臉,兩個翅膀遮腳,兩個翅膀飛翔。3彼此呼喊說:“聖哉!聖
哉!聖哉!萬軍之耶和華,他的榮光充滿全地!”4因呼喊者的聲
音,門檻的根基震動,殿充滿了煙雲。5那時我說:“禍哉!我滅
亡了!因為我是嘴唇不潔的人,又住在嘴唇不潔的民中;又因我眼
見大君王萬軍之耶和華。”6有一撒拉弗飛到我跟前,手裡拿著紅
炭,是用火剪從壇上取下來的,7將炭沾我的口說:“看哪,這炭
沾了你的嘴,你的罪孽便除掉,你的罪惡就赦免了。”8我又聽見
主的聲音說:“我可以差遣誰呢?誰肯為我們去呢?”我說:“我
在這裡,請差遣我!”
默想:
1.慢慢讀這段經文,留意以賽亞與天使(撒拉弗)的對話。
2.作為神的出口(代言人),以賽亞在即將開始這個重要的工作
之初,經歷了與神難忘的相遇。一個天使撒拉弗飛到以賽亞前
面,以一塊燒紅的炭來觸碰以賽亞的舌頭。
3.舌頭乃是全身非常敏感的部位。檢查你自己的屬靈生命,找出
生命中有哪些部位,若是神來觸摸,會感到非常的疼痛。為什
麼這些地方會這麼敏感?思想一下,若是神以“燒紅的炭”來
潔淨你生命的這些方面,在短期,以及長期下,會對你與神的
關係產生有怎樣的影響?
4.邀請神來燃燒你生命中的這些地方,使你能夠更加有效地服事
神。找兩位親密的朋友,請他們告訴你,在你生命中他們認為
有哪些方面,你需要神的觸摸來煉淨。心中做好準備,可能他
們的回答,你很難接受,但卻是對你有益的。
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 6
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted,
seated on a throne;and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him
were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their
faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3
And they were calling to one another:“Holy, holy , holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”4 At the sound of their voices
the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and
I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King,
the LORD Almighty.”6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live
coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he
touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is
taken away and your sin atoned for.”8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord
saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? ”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Meditation
1.Read this passage, paying attention to the dialogue between the angels
and Isaiah.
2.As God’s mouthpiece to the nations, Isaiah experienced this unforgettable
encounter with the Lord at the outset of his ministry. An
angel-seraph flew down to Isaiah and touched his mouth with a
burning coal.
3.The mouth is one of the most sensitive parts of the body. Explore
your spiritual life to identify sensitive areas that would hurt deeply
at God’s touch. Why are these areas the most sensitive? Consider
what your relationship with God might look like, now and in the
long term, if he purified these areas of your life.
4.Invite God to burn these sensitive areas of your life so you can serve
him more effectively. Ask two people who are close to you what
they believe to be areas of your life in need of refining of God’s
touch. Be prepared to consider answers that may be hard to hear
but are beneficial.
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.