民数记［第二十一章］
Book of Numbers 21
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民数记 第二十一章|Book of Numbers 21【走出旷野，持续得胜！】
18/04/2024
引言：过关斩将
一、与神同行重拾信心（V1-3）
1.谦卑回转，与神同行（V1-2）
21章记载的是以色列人在旷野中漂泊了38年后，来到加底斯。在进入应许地前，神允许迦南人亚拉得王出其不意的掳走了他们当中的几个人，目是要借着这样的挫折，催促百姓谦卑的来仰望祂，并向祂发愿。
神岂不也常透过问题和困难来把我们偏差了的生命出挽回，催促我们重新仰望祂的慈爱？
2.祷告依靠，重拾信心（V3）
38年前，以色列百姓因听了窥探应许地的探子所报恶讯被神审判不得入应许之地后，又不听摩西的劝勉，在神没有同行下擅自与亚玛力和迦南人争战。结果被杀得落花流水，一直杀退到何珥玛。而今天他们愿意来寻求神的心意，神就让他们在当年失败过的何珥玛得胜。
每个世代都有他的何珥玛要面对。只是我们是选择逃避，还是祷告并靠神去面对？神也不会让我们永远处在失败和蒙羞里，祂一定会让我们在跌倒的地方重新站立起来。重新建立我们的信心。
二、信心仰望进入窄门（V4-9）
1.不要选容易的路（V4-6）
百姓从何珥山继续前行来到以东地。在申命记2章，神允许以东王不容以色列人从他的境界经过，又吩咐摩西不可与他们争战，结果他们不得不绕过以东地。因为路途艰难，百姓心中甚是烦躁，因此又再抱怨。结果耶和华使火蛇进入他们当中咬死许多人。
因此，作为神的儿女我们，当生活不容易，路不好走的时候，我们不要选容易的路，更不要走回世界的路。耶稣在马太福音7:13-14说的：“你们要进窄门；因为引到灭亡，那门是宽的，路是大的，进去的人也多；引到永生，那门是窄的，路是小的，找着的人也少。” 弟兄姐妹，让我们竭力进入窄门。
2.要信心仰望铜蛇（V7-9）
百姓知道自己又得罪神了，很快来到摩西那里认罪求救。信实的神便叫摩西制造一条铜蛇，挂在杆子上。凡被蛇咬的人，一望这铜蛇就得存活了。 从约3:14-15的记载，铜蛇其实是预表耶稣基督。
人往往是在痛苦危难中，最容易想起神来，也想起自己的罪来。求神赐我们敬畏祂的心。不要等到患难临到，被火蛇咬后，才转向祂。更不要选择走世界那容易走的路。反之，在我们日常的生活中，无论顺境逆境都要以信心来仰望铜蛇！
三、走出旷野争战得胜（V10-35）
经过了火蛇的事件后，以色列进入了一个新世代的开始。让我们来看这新世代的以色列百姓，在走出了旷野迈向应许地时，如何得胜一场场的战役。
1.跨越局限同心行（V10-15）
之前百姓一遇到路难走就埋冤。从约旦高原下到死海，还有从亚嫩河谷、一直到靠近摩押的境界，不是旷野，就是一大片陡峭的斜坡。虽然路途艰辛，但新世代的百姓跨越了生命的局限，同心合一的跟随云彩，快速的不断起行、安营；起行、安营，往神所应许的迦南地前进。
2.喜乐跟随得活水（V16-20）
来到比珥，以色列百姓跟上一代一样，同样面对没有水喝的问题。但是，新一代的百姓在这次的反应是截然不同的。首领和民中的尊贵人就带头，用他们的圭和杖来挖井。并且是喜乐的一边挖、一边赞美神。全民高歌欢呼“井阿，涌上水来！”
遇到困难时，我们可以有很多不同的反应。可以抱怨、指责领袖、也可以一起来想办法、一起来赞美神！没有什么比赞美更能叫神喜悦。在患难中赞美是我们对神信心的凭据。
3.不凭眼见不再怕（V21-35）
按地理位置，进迦南并不需要经过巴珊。但神却特意引导百姓向北与巨人巴珊王噩交战。目的是为了除去他们心中的惧怕，消除亚衲族巨人在他们心中留下的阴影。操练他们不再凭眼见，而是在每场争战中，拥有单单依靠神的信心。
你心中有什么巨人令到你惧怕的吗？求神让我们的眼目不再注目环境，而是望定信实的神。
总结：
认罪悔改、祷告赞美、走出旷野。在每场争战中靠神过关斩将的持续得胜！
Numbers 21 Get out of the wilderness and win consistently!
GK611 Morning Devotion
18 April 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan
Introduction: Getting Through
1. Walking with God to regain Faith （V1-3)
(1) Humbly turning around and walking with God （V1-2)
Chapter 21 records the arrival of the Israelites after 38 years of wandering in the wilderness. Before entering the Promised Land, God allowed King Arad the Canaanite to take a few of them captive by surprise, in order to use such a setback to urge the people to come humbly to look to Him and make their desires known to Him.
Doesn't God often use problems and difficulties to restore our deviated lives and urge us to look to Him again for His love?
(2) Relying with prayer and regaining faith （V3) 38 years ago, the people of Israel, after being judged by God for not entering the Promised Land because of the bad news reported by the spies, disobeyed Moses and fought against Amalek and the Canaanites without God with Him. As a result, they were killed and retreated all the way to Hormah. And today they were willing to come and seek God's heart, and He allowed them to be victorious in Hormah, where they had failed.
Every generation has its Hormah to face. It's just a matter of whether we choose to run from it, or whether we pray and lean on God to face it. God will not leave us in defeat and dishonour forever either, He will surely allow us to stand up again where we have fallen. To re-establish our faith.
2. Looking up with faith to enter the narrow gate （V4-9)
(1) Do not choose the easy way （V4-6)
The people continued on from Mount Hor to the land of Edom. In Deuteronomy 2, God allowed the king of Edom not to allow the Israelites to pass through his realm, and commanded Moses not to fight with them, with the result that they had to bypass the land of Edom. Because of the difficult road, the people were very annoyed in their hearts, so they complained again. As a result, the Lord caused fiery serpents to enter into their midst and bite many of them to death.
Therefore, as God's children we should not choose the easy way when life is not easy and the way is not good, and we should not go back to the way of the world. What Jesus said in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." Brothers and sisters, let us make every effort to enter the narrow gate.
(2) Looking confidently to the bronze serpents （V7-9)
The people knew they had sinned against God again and quickly came to Moses to confess their sins and ask for help. The faithful God then told Moses to make a bronze serpent and hang it on a pole. Anyone who was bitten by the serpent would survive as soon as he looked at the bronze serpent. From Jn. 3:14-15, the serpent was actually a sign of Jesus Christ.
It is often in the midst of pain and distress that people are most likely to think of God, as well as their own sins. Pray that God will give us hearts to fear Him. Don't wait until trouble comes and you are bitten by a fiery serpent before you turn to Him. And don't choose to take the world's easy way out. Instead, look to the bronze serpent with faith in our daily lives, in good times and bad!
3. Out of the wilderness to fight and win （V10-35）
After the event of the fiery serpents, Israel entered into the beginning of a new generation. Let us see how this new generation of Israelites won battles as they came out of the wilderness into the Promised Land.
(1) Walking with one heart across limitations （V10-15)
Previously the people had complained of their grievances whenever they encountered a difficult road. From the Jordan plateau down to the Dead Sea, and from the valley of the brooks of Arnon, all the way to the realm close to Moab, it was either a wilderness or a vast expanse of steep slopes. Though the road was difficult, the people of the new generation crossed the limitations in life, followed the cloud with one heart and one mind, and quickly and continuously set out and encamped; set out and encamped, and marched toward the land of Canaan that God had promised.
(2) Joyfully following and receiving the living water （V16-20)
Coming to Beor, the people of Israel faced the same problem of having no water to drink as the previous generation. However, the response of the new generation of people was very different on this occasion. The chiefs and the honourable men of the people took the lead, digging wells with their kuihs and staffs. And they did so joyfully, praising God as they dug. The people sang and rejoiced, "Spring up, O well!"
There are many different ways we can react to difficulties. We can complain, blame the leaders, or we can come together to figure it out and praise God! Nothing pleases God more than praise. Praise in times of trouble is the evidence of our faith in God.
(3) No more fear by sight （V21-35)
Geographically, it was not necessary to pass through Bashan to enter Canaan. However, God purposely guided the people northward to fight against the giant Bashan, the king of Bashan. The purpose was to remove the fear from their hearts, and to remove the shadow of the Amalekite giants from their minds. They were trained not to rely on what they saw, but to have the faith to rely on God alone in every battle.
Do you have any giants in your heart that you fear? Ask God to take our eyes off our circumstances and set them on a faithful God.
Conclusion:
Confess and repent, pray and praise, and come out of the wilderness. Keep winning in every battle by relying on God to get through it!
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