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嫉妒帶來紛爭
和睦帶來祝福

因著以撒的強盛與上帝的祝福
非利士人的眼中充滿嫉妒
於是一次次暗中破壞水井的事件接續發生
以撒面對這暗中搞破壞的行動
除了遠離他們之外更是積極的開挖新的水井
直到非利士人不再因著嫉妒而與他們相爭

這段經文提醒我們兩件事情

第一件事情是面對嫉妒所帶來的紛爭我們該如何處裡？
第二件事情是除了逃避之外也要有所行動

利河伯意味著寬廣寬闊
面對嫉妒最好能以寬闊的胸襟處之
特別在教會中
嫉妒的事可能隨時會發生

為什麼是他在帶敬拜？
為什麼牧師跟她特別好？
為什麼事情要照他的建議來做？
為什麼他......

很多時候教會充斥著這些嫉妒的為什麼？
卻沒有問及

除了他之外還有誰願意委身
除了她之外還有誰比她更需要關心
除了他之外還有誰有更好的建議
除了他之外......

一個嫉妒的傳言可能造成教會的分裂
一個嫉妒的行動可能導致教會中的弟兄姊妹傷了和氣

內心嫉妒的人需要求神不過分看重自己
而遭遇嫉妒之人則需要以寬闊的胸襟看待之

唯有如此
和睦才會在彼此之間產生

願上帝賜福你我成為和睦之人擁有福氣人生






創世記

26:12 以撒在那地耕種，那一年有百倍的收成。耶和華賜福給他，
And Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him,
26:13 他就昌大，日增月盛，成了大富戶。
and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.
26:14 他有羊群牛群，又有許多僕人，非利士人就嫉妒他。
He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
26:15 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世的日子，他父親的僕人所挖的井，非利士人全都塞住，填滿了土。
(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
26:16 亞比米勒對以撒說：「你離開我們去吧。因為你比我們強盛得多。」
And Abim'elech said to Isaac, "Go away from us; for you are much mightier than we."
26:17 以撒就離開那裡，在基拉耳谷支搭帳棚，住在那裡。
So Isaac departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
26:18 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世之日所挖的水井因非利士人在亞伯拉罕死後塞住了，以撒就重新挖出來，仍照他父親所叫的叫那些井的名字。
And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
26:19 以撒的僕人在谷中挖井，便得了一口活水井。
But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water,
26:20 基拉耳的牧人與以撒的牧人爭競，說：「這水是我們的。」以撒就給那井起名叫埃色（就是相敵的意思），因為他們和他相爭。
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
26:21 以撒的僕人又挖了一口井，他們又為這井爭競，因此以撒給這井起名叫西提拿（就是為敵的意思）。
Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.
26:22 以撒離開那裡，又挖了一口井，他們不為這井爭競了，他就給那井起名叫利河伯（就是寬闊的意思）。他說：「耶和華現在給我們寬闊之地，我們必在這地昌盛。」
And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Reho'both, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."