4月4日 查考圣经
查考圣经
你要追求智慧，不是为叫人尊敬你、仰慕你，而是为使人称颂神的伟大。
神的话被称为我们脚前的灯，不是单单给我们的舌头用来谈论，而是给我们的脚用来行走。得知识是你的责任，而开你的心使你明白，则是圣灵的工作。但你必须向祂求智慧，并且信祂必赐给你。神已经应许，要把智慧赐给那些“只要凭着信心求，一点不疑惑”的人（雅1:6）。你要追求智慧，不是为叫人尊敬你、仰慕你，而是为使人称颂神的伟大。因为一切人的努力，最终都应当归荣耀给祂。你要带着大卫的祷告来到神面前：“求你使我明白你的训词，我就思想你的奇事”（诗119:27）。
当功课冗长或难以理解时，不要灰心退后；圣经应许说：“我们务要认识耶和华， 竭力追求认识祂”（何6:3）。基督的奥秘不是一日之间就能学会的。太多人读完一两章圣经，就因缺乏兴趣把它放下，一放就是几周，甚至从此不再翻开。伯尔纳把“研读神的话”和“随意读读”作比较，说二者的差别，就像亲密朋友与泛泛之交的差别。若你渴望真实的认识，你就不能只在主日礼貌地向神的话“打个招呼”，或偶然遇见时点头致意；你必须一周七日天天与它同行、与它对话，把它带进你隐密的内室，甚至舍弃其他享乐与世俗事务，好与它相处。
你是否渴望与天父更亲密的关系？那么就当常常、长久地默想祂的话。大卫把神的话比作蜜和蜂房；圣经也像蜂房一样丰富充盈：初读时或许会偶尔滴下几滴甘甜，但若不借着默想去“挤压”，你就会把其中大部分的丰富都留在后面、白白错过。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利7章，诗7-8章，
个人灵修：箴22章，帖前1章
APRIL 4, SATURDAY
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Strive for wisdom, not so that men will respect and admire you, but so that they will celebrate God’s greatness.
The Word of God is called a light unto our feet—not to our tongues, merely to speak about—but to our feet, to walk by. Getting knowledge is your work; opening your heart to understand is the work of the Holy Spirit. But you must ask Him for wisdom and believe He will give it to you. God has promised wisdom to those who “ask in faith, nothing wavering” (James 1:6). Strive for wisdom, not so that men will respect and admire you, but so that they will celebrate God’s greatness. The end of every human effort should be to magnify His name. Go to God with David’s prayer on your lips: “Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works” (Psalm 119:27).
Do not give up when the lessons are long or hard to understand. Scripture promises, “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord” (Hosea 6:3). The mysteries of Christ are not learned in a day. Too many read a chapter or two in the Bible, then for lack of interest put it down for weeks at a time and never look at it. Bernard compares the study of the Word and the mere reading of it to the difference between a close friendship and a casual acquaintance. If you want genuine knowledge, he says, you will have to do more than greet the Word politely on Sundays or nod reverently when you chance to meet it on the street. You must walk with it and talk with it every day of the week. You must invite it into your private chambers, and forego other pleasures and worldly duties to spend time in its company.
Do you long for greater intimacy with your heavenly Father? Then meditate often and long on His Word. David likens the Word for sweetness to honey and the honeycomb. Like the honeycomb, the Bible is so rich and full that at first reading some wisdom will now and then drop from it. But unless you press it by meditation, you leave the most behind.