双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：3月12日 向山举目

3月12日

向山举目

“我要向山举目；我的帮助从何而来？我的帮助从造天地的耶和华而来。”

诗篇121:1-2

圣经的成书源自以色列。以色列是一个多山的国度，四处是山脉。圣经说到“上耶路撒冷去，”因为耶路撒冷城是“山上的城。”整本圣经总是提到诸山，要以色列民向山举目，仰望天堂。

门徒都看到耶稣复活时升到天上祂的父神那里。圣经告诉我们，耶稣再来时，祂也会从天上驾云降临。当人们抬头仰望，就会将目光从地上这个世界转移，他们便会以不同的角度来看环境。。

如果你坐过飞机，你就知道俯瞰大地和你在地面所看到的完全不同。从月球和太空拍摄的照片显示，地球看起来与我们身在其中时所感知的大不相同。这就是神要给我们的视角，让我们来看自己。当我们仰望神，而不是盯着自己或环境时，我们的观点就会改变。

不要定睛在生活的环境中，举目向山，寻求基督的带领。定睛仰望东方的天空。“当挺身昂首，因为你们得赎的日子近了。」”（路加福音21:28）

今日祷告：

天父，我的帮助从你而来。我们感谢你。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

March 12

UNTO THE HILLS

I lift up my eyes unto the hills.From whence does my help come?My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.Psalm 121:1-2 RSV

Israel,the nation in which the Bible was written,is a very“hilly”country.There are mountains and hills everywhere.In fact,the Bible speaks of going“up to Jerusalem,”which is“a city set on a hill.”Throughout Scripture,there are references to these hills and mountains and encouragement to the Israelites to“look up”to the hills and to look up to heaven.

The disciples looked and saw the resurrected Christ“ascending”to His Father in heaven.We are told that when Jesus returns,He will come in the clouds and we will see Him come just as He left us,from the sky.Looking upward takes the attention of men and women off of their earthly circumstances.It changes their perspective.

If you have ever flown in an airplane,you know that your perspective of what is on the ground is far different from what it was when you were on the ground.Pictures of the earth that have been taken from the moon and from space show an earth that looks much different from our awareness of the planet while we are on it.This is the kind of perspective God wants to give us of ourselves.As we look unto God instead of at ourselves and our circumstances,our perspectives change.

Do not be bogged down in the circumstances of life.Look unto the hills for the guidance of Christ.Keep your eyes upon the eastern sky.“Lift up your heads;for your redemption draweth nigh”(Luke 21:28)!

Pray for the Day:

Father,It’s from You that my help comes.Thank you;in Jesus’Name,Amen.