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十一月四日
「大衛就尋求耶和華的面。」（撒下 21:1另譯）
我們有時候在禱告上付上很大的努力，卻沒有從神那里得著任何的回答，然而我們卻很少去尋找那得不著回答的原因。如果我們的禱告是違反了神的心意，我們怎能盼望得著祂的答應呢？在我們一切所有的禱告中，我們必須首先找出祈求的鑰匙（關鍵）。這就是撒母耳記下廿一章所描寫，大衛在那長久的飢荒中所進行的一件事。
大衛不是就向神呼喊說：「這飢荒已經延續了三年，現在求你開恩可怜我們，今年賜給呢？神給大衛坦直的問題以坦直的答复，而大衛也從此摸著了禱告蒙答應的鑰匙。掃羅殺了一些基遍人，乃破坏了以色列人与基遍人所立的約。雖然掃羅是為著神大發熱心而做的，但他在這事上卻是犯了罪。神不容許祂子民破坏這一嚴肅的誓約，因此便有了矯正的行動。到了第十四節，經上就如此記載：「此后神垂听國民所求的」。大衛已得著禱告蒙答應的鑰匙了。
November
4th
"David
sought the face of the Lord." (2 Samuel 21:1 special translate)
Sometimes
we put in a lot of effort in prayer, but we don’t get any answer from God.
However, we rarely look for the reason why we don’t get an answer. If our
prayers go against God’s will, how can we expect to receive His answer? In all
our prayers, we must first find the key to the prayer. This is what David did
during the long famine described in 2 Samuel 21.
Didn’t
David just cry out to God and say, “This famine has lasted for three years? Now
please have mercy on us and give us a good harvest this year!” No, David didn’t
pray like this. David was seeking the face of the Lord. . How did God respond
to this? God gave David a frank answer to his frank question, and from then on
David found the key to answered prayers. Saul broke the covenant between the
Israelites and the Gibeonites by killing some of the Gibeonites. Although Saul
did it with great zeal for God, he sinned in this matter. God would not allow
His people to break this solemn vow, so corrective action was taken. When it
comes to verse 14, the Bible records this: “After this God heard the prayers of
the nation.” David had received the key to answered prayer.
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