靈命日糧 - 2005年3月31日
讀經: 撒母耳記上18章1-5節

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金句: 「掃羅無論差遣大衛往何處去，他都做事精明……眾百姓……無不喜悅。」（撒母耳記上18章5節）

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全年讀經: 撒母耳記上17-20章  

在撒母耳記上18章，作者有四次提到大衛「做事精明」（5、14、15、30節）。事實上「大衛比掃羅的臣僕做事精明，因此他的名被人尊重」（30節）。
這裏的「被人尊重」包含著一種不尋常的敬意，大衛被所有百姓尊崇，更重要的是，他被掃羅宮廷的人高度敬重，因他有高尚品格。

一旦基督徒因順服上帝的話語，而認識主耶穌時，他們便會開始表現優質的品格，使他們跟別人不一樣。因為真正的智慧是活得像耶穌，它不只是個普通常識，而是非凡的行為。

雅各書曾說：「惟獨從上頭來的智慧，先是清潔，後是和平，溫良柔順，滿有憐憫，多結善果，沒有偏見，沒有假冒」（3章17節）。這條使我們穿過世界的恩典之路，惟有「從上頭來。」

大衛的經驗能夠成為你我的經驗，上帝給他的應許，對今日的信徒也是真實的。祂說過：「我要教導你，指示你當行的路」（詩篇32篇8節）。

我們正在學習有智慧地行事嗎？DHR


效法耶穌，我歌詠，
在群眾裏，家庭中；
效法耶穌，慎始終，
我要效法，主耶穌。Rowe


我們的品性與行為一樣堅固。
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Wise Behavior



Read:1 Samuel 18:1-5
David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. . . . And he was accepted in the sight of all the people. —1 Samuel 18:5


Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 17-20

Four times in 1 Samuel 18, the writer tells us that David "behaved wisely" (vv.5,14,15,30). In fact, he behaved "more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed" (v.30).

The phrase "highly esteemed" suggests an unusual respect. David was honored by all the people, but more significantly he was highly respected by those in Saul's court who were impressed by his noble character.

As Christians come to know Jesus through obedience to His Word, they will begin to display qualities of character that set them apart from others, for true wisdom is to live like Christ. It is more than common sense; it is uncommon behavior.

James said, "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy" (3:17). This gracious way of making our way through the world can come only "from above."

David's experience can be our experience. God's promise to him is also true for believers today. He said, "I will instruct you [cause you to be wise] and teach you in the way you should go" (Psalm 32:8).

Are we learning to behave wisely? —David Roper


Be like Jesus, this my song,
In the home and in the throng;
Be like Jesus, all day long!
I would be like Jesus. —Rowe
© 1912, 1940, The Rodeheaver Co.

Our character is only as strong as our behavior.