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一颗为上帝的心，留给世界一个愿景
有时我喜欢在墓地散步，阅读碑上的碑文，饶有兴趣地看这些文字是如何概括一个人的一生。也许这样做看起来像是一个病态的消遣，而实际上这是重新审视自我生命的一个好方式。我们死时都想给生者留下某些见证，为此你是否好奇过，你所爱的人会怎样撰写你的墓志铭？你希望你的碑文用什么样的词语来描述你的一生？
在今天的章节里（使徒行传13:16-22），使徒保罗告诉我们上帝对大卫的评价：他是合上帝心意的人，凡事都遵行上帝的旨意（22节）。蒙上帝认可，这是多么了不起的生命见证，实在不枉此生！上帝不是在描述一个完美的人，而是一个用整个生命来追求上帝的悦纳和心意的人。
大卫的很多诗篇都证明了这个事实，他把与上帝的关系放在生命中最重要的位置。他热爱服从上帝并遵行上帝的旨意，可是即便如此，也不代表他永远不会犯罪，谁都不会忘记他与拔示巴所犯的罪。然而，当他犯了通奸和谋杀的罪后，他的心仍然屈向上帝。事后，通过他的认罪并谦卑悔改再次证明：在他的生命中，与上帝的关系仍然是首位。
如果上帝总结你的生命，祂会怎样评价你呢？你是与上帝同心，还是随从这个世界的快乐和追求呢？除非我们殷切追求与上帝的关系，否则我们会离上帝越来越远。
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，也许此刻就该纠正你的生命方向了，要殷切追求与上帝的亲密关系。
使徒行传13:16-22
13:16 保罗就站起来，举手说：“以色列人和一切敬畏 神的人请听：
13:17 这以色列民的 神拣选了我们的祖宗，当民寄居埃及的时候抬举他们，用大能的手领他们出来。
13:18 又在旷野容忍他们约有四十年。
13:19 既灭了迦南地七族的人，就把那地分给他们为业。
13:20 此后，给他们设立士师，约有四百五十年，直到先知撒母耳的时候。
13:21 后来他们求一个王， 神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗，给他们作王四十年。
13:22 既废了扫罗就选立大卫作他们的王，又为他作见证说‘我寻得耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，凡事要遵行我的旨意。’”
A Heart for GOD A Vision for the World
I sometimes like to walk through a cemetery and read the epitaphs on the tombstones. It's interesting to see what words are used to sum up a person's life. This may seem like a morbid pastime, but it's actually a great way to reassess our own lives. We're each going to leave a testimony of some kind when we die. Have you ever wondered what your loved ones will write on your gravestone? What words do you want inscribed there?
In our passage today (Acts 13:16-22), the apostle Paul tells us GOD's evaluation of David: HE described him as "a man after MY heart, who will do all MY will" (v. 22). What an awesome testimony of a life well lived! The LORD wasn't describing a perfect man, but one whose life was centred on GOD's interests and desires.
David's many psalms attest to the fact that his relationship with the LORD was the most important aspect of his life. His passion was to obey GOD and carry out HIS will. However, that doesn't mean he was always obedient. Who can forget his sin with Bathsheba? But even when he sinned by committing adultery and murder, his heart was still bent toward GOD. The conviction he felt and his humble repentance afterward proved that his relationship with the LORD was still his top priority.
If GOD was writing a summary of your life, how would HE describe you? Does your heart align with HIS, or have you let it follow the pleasures and pursuits of this world? Unless we diligently pursue our relationship with the LORD, we will drift away from HIM.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, maybe it's time for a course correction: To diligently pursue our relationship with the LORD.
Acts 13:16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship GOD, listen to me! 17 The GOD of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; HE made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power HE led them out of that country; 18 for about forty years he endured their conduct] in the wilderness; 19 and HE overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to HIS people as their inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years.
“After this, GOD gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then the people asked for a king, and HE gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. 22 After removing Saul, HE made David their king. GOD testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after MY own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
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