默想上帝聖言的益處The Value of Meditating UponGod’s Word
作者: Joel Beeke 編譯：王志勇等
閱讀聖經之後，我們務要懇求上帝光照我們，細察我們的內心和生活，然後默想上帝的說話。操練默想聖經有助於我們專注於上帝；幫助我們將敬拜視為一種紀律。默想既操練頭腦、內心，又運用理智、情感。默想把聖經經文輸入靈魂的深處。默想有助於消除虛無罪惡的思想（太十二35）。默想是我們可以支取的內在資源（詩七七10-12），包括每天的生活方向（箴六21-22）。默想是抵擋誘惑的有力武器（詩一一九11，15）。默想能減輕痛苦（賽四十九15-17），幫助他人（詩一四五7），榮耀上帝（詩四十九3）。
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本文摘錄自《Feed My Sheep: A Passionate
Plea for Preaching》。
《In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel-Centered
Life》已翻譯的篇章
The Value of Meditating Upon
God’s Word
FROM
Joel Beeke
After
reading Scripture, we must ask God for light to scrutinize our hearts and
lives, then meditate upon the Word. Disciplined meditation on Scripture helps
us focus on God. Meditation helps us view worship as a discipline. It involves
our mind and understanding as well as our heart and affections. It works
Scripture through the texture of the soul. Meditation helps prevent vain and
sinful thoughts (Matt. 12:35), and provides inner resources on which to draw
(Ps. 77:10-12), including direction for daily life (Prov. 6:21-22). Meditation fights
temptation (Ps. 119:11, 15), provides relief in afflictions (Isa. 49:15-17),
benefits others (Ps. 145:7), and glorifies God (Ps. 49:3).
This
excerpt is taken from Joel Beeke’s contribution in Feed My Sheep.
