1月29日
标 题： 预备朝见你的神
经 节： 耶和华又对摩西说：“你往百姓那里去，叫他们今天明天自洁，又叫他们洗衣服。到第三天要预备好了，因为第三天耶和华要在众百姓眼前降临在西奈山上。”（出埃及记十九章10～11节）
朝见神需要预备自己。神是至高、至大、至可畏的，祂是完全圣洁。没预备好就莽莽撞撞朝见神，是无礼的言行。当以色列百姓要朝见神，神命令他们得先花两天准备。一旦百姓预备妥当，神以雷轰、闪电，外加烟、火与大角声，向百姓说话（出埃及记十九：16～25）。借着这次的相遇，神揭示奇妙的十诫真理。神设立十诫的标准，好让祂百姓们的生活有所遵循。
你不可能日复一日在世界打滚，却不受世界所影响。不消多少时间，人就会迷失方向。世界会使你的灵性敏感度迟钝。神设立安息日，就是要祂的百姓在六日属世生活之后，能够花一整天再次专注于祂的身上与祂的旨意。
你是否预备心参加崇拜？主日崇拜的前一天，你满脑子想什么？前一夜的思想，通常使你在隔天早晨还被那些事所充满。真诚的敬拜需要属灵的预备。主日崇拜的经验能反映出属灵的预备。现在就预备自己，好在下回主日崇拜中朝见神。
Prepare
to Meet Your God!
Then
the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and
tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And let them be ready for the third
day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight
of all the people.” (Exodus 19:10-11)
Meeting with God requires preparation. God
is awesome and perfectly holy. Barging into His presence unprepared is an
affront. When the children of Israel were to meet with Him, God commanded them
first to take two full days to prepare. Once the people were ready, however,
God spoke to them with thunder and lightning, with fire and smoke and the sound
of loud trumpets (Exod. 19:16–25). It was through this encounter that God
revealed such marvelous truths as the Ten Commandments, establishing the
standard by which God expected His people to live.
You cannot spend day after day in the
world without its affecting your mind and will and heart. It doesn’t take long
to become disoriented to the ways of God. The world has a dulling effect on
your spiritual sensibilities. God established the Sabbath so His people could
take an entire day to refocus on Him and His will for them after spending six
days in the world.
How do you prepare for your times of
worship? What fills your mind the night before? Often the last thing you put
into your mind at night is still on your mind the next morning. Genuine worship
requires spiritual preparation. Your experiences of worship reflect your
spiritual preparation. Prepare yourself now for your next encounter with God.
