要歡喜快樂

要歡喜快樂
聖經閱讀：約伯記38:1-41 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年1月21日(四)

　我去看一場棒球比賽，我支持的球隊以2比0落後，戰況沒有太多的變化，所以看台上的觀眾相當安靜。後來我支持的球隊打了一支安打，接著又是一支，最後，下一個棒次打了一支全壘打，於是觀眾高興的歡呼跳躍！
約伯記第38章是很長的一章，但我鼓勵你去讀其中關於上帝為我們所成就的事。在這些經節裡，上帝提醒約伯，是祂創造了世界。一開始是空無一物，在上帝創造世界的時候，「天上的神子們也都歡呼」（第7b節）。

今天很多人說我們只是大演化過程的一部份，但這不是真的。上帝創造天和地，祂將動物和植物放到地上，然後祂造了人──祂最重要的創造。這是一件真正令人感到歡喜快樂的事！
今天就想一想上帝的創造，感謝祂並讚美祂所成就的事。 —BL

「你知道誰規定了它體積的大小？誰在它上面繫好準繩？」 約伯記38:5

禱告：天父，我願永遠對祢為我造的事物感到歡喜快樂。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(尤榮輝譯)

Be Joyful
Bible Reading: Job 38:1-41
Thursday, January 21, 2016

I went to a baseball game. My team was behind 2 to 0. There was not much action on the field, so the people in the stands were pretty quiet. Then my team got a hit. Then another hit. Finally, the next batter hit a home run! My team won. People were shouting and jumping for joy!
Job, chapter 38, is a long chapter, but I encourage you to read about what God has done for us. In these verses, God reminded Job that He created the earth. At first, there was nothing. As God was making the earth, the “angels shouted with joy” (verse 7b).

Many people today say that we are just part of a great evolutionary process. But that is not true. God created the heavens and the earth. He put vegetation and animals on the earth. Then He made people — His supreme creation. That is something to be really joyful about!
Think about God's creation today. Thank Him and praise Him for what He has done. —BL

“And who decided how big the earth should be? Who measured it with a measuring line?” Job 38:5

PRAYER: Father, I want to always be joyful about what You have made for me. In Jesus' name. Amen.