Thanksgiving Scripture - Nov 18

Annual Bible Reading Plan:

EZK.46-47
JHN.17

2024 Thanksgiving Month D18:

Being Grateful That God Is Our Dependence (Psalm 20:1-9)
（Memorization Scripture 6-9）
1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Zion!
3 May he remember all your offerings
and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
4 May he grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans!
5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with the saving might of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand upright.
9 O Lord, save the king!
May he answer us when we call.

Reflection:
This psalm is a prayer shared by the people and the king before going into battle. It describes how, in a time of national and communal "day of trouble," they prayed and prepared together to rely on God as they went to war. In their prayers, they firmly believed that this "day of trouble" would become a day of experiencing God's "protection" and "salvation." Because they were confident in their God, the one "called the God of Jacob," they knew He understood all their circumstances. Not only does He grant us salvation, but He also "strengthens" our lives, "rescues us with the power of His right hand" in all situations, "sets up a banner" for us, and fulfills "all that we ask." Thus, the people and the king turned the "day of trouble" into a "day of calling out" (alternatively translated as "the time of calling"), clearly declaring that their battle and victory would not rely on what others depended on, such as "chariots" or "horses," but on "the name of the Lord our God"! Praise the Lord! With Him as our life and reliance, no matter what each day brings—whether mountaintop or valley—we can be confident that every day should be a day of gratitude and "calling out." It is also a day when we will together experience His "protection" and "salvation"!



年度讀經計畫

結46-47
約17

2024感恩月Day 18：

因 神是我們的依靠而感恩（詩篇20:1-9）
(背誦6-9節)
1 願耶和華在你遭難的日子應允你；
願名為雅各 神的高舉你。
2 願祂從聖所救助你，
從錫安堅固你，
3 記念你的一切供獻，
悅納你的燔祭， （細拉）
4 將你心所願的賜給你，
成就你的一切籌算。
5 我們要因祢的救恩誇勝，
要奉我們 神的名豎立旌旗。
願耶和華成就你一切所求的！
6 現在我知道耶和華救護祂的受膏者，
必從祂的聖天上應允他，用右手的能力救護他。
7 有人靠車，有人靠馬，
但我們要提到耶和華－我們 神的名。
8 他們都屈身仆倒，
我們卻起來，立得正直。
9 求耶和華施行拯救，我們呼求的時候，願王應允我們！

【心得分享】今天對你來說是怎樣的一個日子？你每天的依靠是什麼？... 這是一首參戰前百姓與王共同的祈禱詩，描述在國家和百姓「遭難的日子」，大家一同禱告，一同預備靠 神前往爭戰。在禱告中，他們確信這個「遭難的日子」必會成為他們經歷 神「救護」和「拯救」的日子。因為確信自己的 神是那「名為雅各 神的」，祂知道我們一切的情形，不僅給我們救恩，更「堅固」我們生命，在一切環境中「用右手的能力救護」我們，為我們「樹立旌旗」，成就「我們一切所求的」，百姓和王就將「遭難的日子」作為他們「呼求的日子」（「呼求的時候」另譯），分明地宣告他們爭戰與得勝不是依靠世人所依靠的「車」、「馬」，而是「耶和華－我們 神的名」！感謝主，有祂作我們的生命與依靠，不管我們每一個日子光景如何，可能是高山，也可能是低谷，我們確信每一個日子都當是感恩的日子和「呼求的日子」，也是我們一同經歷 祂「救護」和「拯救」的日子！