Thanksgiving Scripture - Nov 26

Annual Bible Reading Plan:

DAN.8-9
ACT.6

2024 Thanksgiving Month Day 26:

Giving Thanks For The Strength God Gives Us
(Psalm 28:1-9)
(Memorize verses 6-9)
1 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
Do not be silent to me,
Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications
When I cry to You,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 Do not take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
Who speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord,
Nor the operation of His hands,
He shall destroy them
And not build them up.
6 Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.
8 The Lord is their strength,
And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 Save Your people,
And bless Your inheritance;
Shepherd them also,
And bear them up forever.

Reflection:
In a time of personal and national distress, David prayed earnestly before the Lord. Through his prayer, he drew strength from God, received His promise, and moved from a cry of weakness to thanksgiving and praise in peace. Again and again, David experienced the power and victory that came from trusting in God, declaring, “The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped.” (See also Psalm 18:1, 59:9, 17, 118:14.)
Thank the Lord! He is our strength and shield, One we can always rely on. In this psalm, David shows us the secret to drawing strength from God: steadfastly believing, holding fast, and proclaiming, “The Lord is my strength.” In times of need, when we “trust in Him with our hearts,” we will be helped.
In verses 1-2, David demonstrates how he trusted in the Lord: he acknowledged his own helplessness, saying he was “like those who go down to the pit.” By taking God as his “Rock,” standing in faith upon Him, and lifting his hands (a symbol of lifting his heart) to call upon the Lord, David prayed until he was assured that God had heard him and granted him strength.
Dear brothers and sisters, if you are facing difficulties or needs, now is the time to “trust in Him with your heart.” Lift your hands (and your heart) to call upon Him. Believe that the Lord will hear your prayer and give you strength right now!



年度讀經計畫

但8-9
徒6

2024 感恩月 Day 26：

因 神加給我們力量感恩（詩篇 28:1-9）
（背誦6-9節）
1 耶和華啊，我要求告你！我的磐石啊，不要向我緘默！倘若你向我閉口，我就如將死的人一樣。
2 我呼求你，向你至聖所舉手的時候，求你垂聽我懇求的聲音。
3 不要把我和惡人並作孽的一同除掉，他們與鄰舍說和平話，心裡卻是奸惡。
4 願你按著他們所做的，並他們所行的惡事待他們。願你照著他們手所做的待他們，將他們所應得的報應加給他們。
5 他們既然不留心耶和華所行的和他手所做的，他就必毀壞他們，不建立他們。
6 耶和華是應當稱頌的！因為他聽了我懇求的聲音。
7 耶和華是我的力量，是我的盾牌，我心裡倚靠他，就得幫助。所以我心中歡樂，我必用詩歌頌讚他。
8 耶和華是他百姓的力量，又是他受膏者得救的保障。
9 求你拯救你的百姓，賜福給你的產業，牧養他們，扶持他們，直到永遠。

【心得分享】在自己和百姓遭遇急難的時候，大衛在 神前迫切禱告，並因禱告從 神支取了力量，得了應許，他的禱告也由軟弱中的呼求轉為平安中的感謝和頌讚。一次次這樣靠 神得力、得勝的經歷，讓大衛深刻的領受到「耶和華是我的力量，是我的盾牌，我心裡倚靠祂，就得幫助」。（另參詩18:1, 59:9、17, 118:14等）感謝主！耶和華是我們的力量，是我們可以依靠的！在今天這首詩篇裡，大衛讓我們看到從 神支取力量的奧秘就在於堅信、持守和宣告「耶和華是我的力量」，並在需要的時候「心裡倚靠祂，就得幫助。」在1-2節的禱告中，大衛也讓我們看到他是如何「心裡倚靠祂」的—承認自己面對環境和難處時是無能為力的，「如將死的人一樣」，因而以 神為「磐石」，憑信站在其上，並「舉手」呼求祂，直到確信 神聽了他禱告，得著祂所賜的能力為止。親愛的弟兄姐妹，若你有什麼難處或需要，現在就可以「心裡倚靠他」，舉手（也是把我們的心舉起）求告祂。相信主必垂聽你這樣的禱告，現在就加給你力量！