灵命日粮 口哨声 我要向他们吹哨子，招聚他们，因为我救赎了他们。 —撒迦利亚书10章8节，新译本

[Hongzhi Xu]

口哨声


— Mart De Haan

读经:

撒迦利亚书10章1-8节


我要向他们吹哨子，招聚他们，因为我救赎了他们。 —撒迦利亚书10章8节，新译本


全年读经:

雅歌4-5章 加拉太书3章


拉哥美拉岛是加纳利群岛中一座极小的岛屿，这座小岛上再度流行一种独特的语言，这语言听起来像是鸟儿唱歌的声音。在这片有许多峭壁和深谷的土地上，连学童、游客们都在学习如何吹口哨，效法以前岛上的人们，利用哨声来与两英里以外的人沟通。一位牧羊人再度使用这古老的语言来与他的羊群沟通，他说：「我的羊认得我的哨声，就像它们认得我的声音。」

圣经里也曾经出现吹哨子的情况，上帝被描述为向祂的羊群吹哨子的牧羊人。先知所想像的画面也许是这样：有一天，上帝将吹着哨子带领迷失、散落各地的人，重新召集他们，回归到祂面前（撒迦利亚书10章8节）。

多年之后，耶稣说：「我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我」（约翰福音10章27节）。可能耶稣所指的就是牧羊人的哨声。羊听不懂人的话语，但是它们认得那代表牧羊人所在的声音。

误导人的声音及干扰的噪音，都会分散我们的注意力（参阅撒迦利亚书10章2节）。然而，上帝有方法让我们转向祂，甚至不需要言语。祂藉着某些事情，使我们得到警觉或鼓励，也不断提醒祂正在引导、保护着我们，并一再应许祂与我们同在。

尘世嘈杂与喧闹，


不及天父召唤声；


助我分辨祢声音，


跟随天父的路程。


上帝的呼召永远听得见。

Our Daily Bread -- The Language Of Whistling

September 24, 2014

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Our Daily Bread is hosted by Les Lamborn

READ: Zechariah 10:1-8

I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will redeem them. —Zechariah 10:8

On La Gomera, one of the smallest of the Canary Islands, a language that sounds like a bird song is being revived. In a land of deep valleys and steep ravines, schoolchildren and tourists are learning how whistling was once used to communicate for distances up to 2 miles. One goat herder who is using this ancient language once again to communicate with his flock said, “They recognize my whistle as they recognize my voice.”

The practice of whistling also shows up in the Bible, where God is described as a shepherd whistling for His sheep. This image could be what the prophet had in mind when he described how God will one day whistle to bring a wandering and scattered people back to Himself (Zech. 10:8).

Many years later Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). That may be the whistle of a shepherd. Sheep don’t understand words, but they know the sound that signals the shepherd’s presence.

Misleading voices and distracting noises still compete for our attention (cf. Zech. 10:2). Yet God has ways of signaling us, even without words. By events that can be alarming or encouraging, He reminds us of His guiding, protecting, and reassuring presence. —Mart DeHaan

Father, it is a noisy world. Thank You for

always calling to us above the din and

ruckus that distracts us. Help us to recognize

Your voice and follow Your leading.

The call of God can always be heard.