Delivering Help 送来援助
Dexu Xia
Your servant will go and fight him. 1 Samuel 17:32
When Heather’s job took her to Tim’s house to deliver his take-out meal, he asked her to help him untie the knot in the food bag. Tim had suffered a stroke a few years prior and no longer had the ability to untie the knot himself. Heather cheerfully obliged. Throughout the rest of her day, Heather’s thoughts returned to Tim frequently and she was inspired to assemble a care package for him. When Tim later found the hot cocoa and red blanket she’d left at his door with an encouraging note, he was moved to tears.
Heather’s delivery became much more significant than she originally anticipated. The same was true when Jesse sent his young son David to supply his brothers with food when the Israelites “drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines” (1 Samuel 17:2). When David arrived with the bread and cheese, he learned Goliath had been instilling fear in God’s people with his daily taunting (vv. 8-10, 16, 24). David was incensed by Goliath’s defiance of “the armies of the living God” (v. 26) and was moved to respond, saying to King Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him” (v. 32).
God sometimes uses the circumstances of our daily lives to put us in places where He wants to use us. Let’s keep our eyes (and hearts!) open to see where and how He might want us to serve someone.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
When has God supplied your needs through another person? How might He want to use you today in the life of another?
Father, please open my eyes to see where You might use me today
你的仆人要去与那非利士人战斗。—撒母耳记上17章32节
当外送员海瑟送餐到提姆家的时候，提姆拜托她帮忙解开食物的包装袋。因为自从几年前提姆中风之后，就无法自己解开绳结。海瑟欣然答应了，而且接下来一整天都不断想到提姆的事。最后，她决定为提姆准备一份爱心包裹。后来，提姆收到了海瑟留在他门边的热巧克力和红色毯子，以及一张为他加油打气的纸条，令他不禁热泪盈眶。
海瑟的送餐服务远比她所预期的更加意义重大，而当耶西派小儿子大卫送食物给在军中的兄长时，情况也是如此。那时，以色列军队“摆列队伍，要与非利士人打仗”（撒母耳记上17章2节）。当大卫带着饼和乳酪来到前线的时候，却发现歌利亚天天向以色列军队骂阵，嘲讽奚落上帝的百姓，令他们心生畏惧（8-10、16、24节）。歌利亚如此蔑视“永生上帝的军队”（26节），惹怒了大卫，也致使他挺身而出。大卫对扫罗王说：“人都不必因那非利士人胆怯。你的仆人要去与那非利士人战斗。”（32节）
有时候，上帝会使用你我日常生活中的处境，将我们放在祂要使用我们的地方。愿我们能张开眼、敞开心，看见祂要我们去哪里并要如何服事人。作者： 洪可婷
上帝何时曾透过别人供应你的需要？
今天，祂会如何使用你让别人蒙福受益？
天父，请打开我的眼睛，让我能看见今天祢要如何使用我