第四十四章
14他砍伐香柏樹，又取柞樹（註：“柞”或作“青桐”）和橡樹，
在樹林中選定了一棵。他栽種松樹，得雨長養。15這樹，人可用以
燒火。他自己取些烤火，又燒著烤餅，而且做神像跪拜，做雕刻的
偶像向它叩拜。16他把一分燒在火中，把一分烤肉吃飽。自己烤火
說：“阿哈！我暖和了！我見火了！”17他用剩下的做了一神，就
是雕刻的偶像。他向這偶像俯伏叩拜，禱告它說：“求你拯救我，
因你是我的神。”18他們不知道，也不思想，因為耶和華閉住他們
的眼，不能看見；塞住他們的心，不能明白。19誰心裡也不醒悟，
也沒有知識，沒有聰明，能說：“我曾拿一分在火中燒了，在炭火
上烤過餅，我也烤過肉吃。這剩下的我豈要做可憎的物嗎？我豈可
向木墩子叩拜呢？”20他以灰為食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能
自救，也不能說：“我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？”
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.偶像是什麼？“偶像就是任何取代神坐你生命中的寶座上的東
西” 。如果你說，“若是……能夠……，我的一切就都圓滿
了”，這個人、這件事、或這樣東西就是你的偶像。有時候我
們所擁有的物質、財產、習慣或人，都可能成為我們的偶像。
4.你現在擁有什麼偶像使得你經常在掙扎當中？你是否經歷過跟
隨這些偶像的結果，就像“以灰為食”（20節）一樣的虛空無用？
5.神要你對“拜偶像”的事，該有怎樣的回應？
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 44
14 He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak.He let it grow
among the trees of the forest,or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.But he also fashions a god and worships
it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.16 Half of the wood he burns in
the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships.
He prays to it and says, “Save me! You are my god!”18 They know
nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they
cannot see,and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to
say,“Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted
meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”20 Such a person feeds on ashes;
a deluded heart misleads him;he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this
thing in my right hand a lie?”
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. What is an idol? “An idol is anything less than God that you expect
to save you.” It is anything that takes the place of God on the
throne of your life. If you have anything in your life that you say “if
only this could happen…then everything would be perfect.” That
thing, person, event, ideal, is your idol. With which idols are you
struggling? How have you experienced that following these idols
is nothing but “feeding on ashes”(v20)?
4. 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.