4月21日
标 题： 提防亚玛力人!
经 节： 又说：“耶和华已经起了誓，必世世代代和亚玛力人争战。”（出埃及记十七章16节）
亚玛力人是以色列人最顽强、最冷酷无情的敌人。当以色列人要进入应许之地，亚玛力人挡住他们的去路（出埃及记十七：8～16）。在以色列人进入应许之地，正享受神的赐予时，亚玛力人联合米甸人，在基甸的时代前来攻打以色列人，令以色列人痛苦万分（士师记六：3）。是亚玛力人造成扫罗王的衰败（撒母耳记上十五：9、28），亚玛力人一直阻挠以色列人长进，劫掠神对以色列人的祝福。因此，神立誓要世世代代和亚玛力人为敌。
当你与神同行天路的时候，会有“亚玛力人”使你分心，并且要击败你。神决意挪走任何阻挠你体验祂的完全之拦阻。如果你对工作的投注使你不顺服神，祂会向你的工作宣战。如果任何一种关系、物质或破坏性的行为，使你不顺服神，祂会无情地与它为敌。世上没有一件事对神来说是太宝贵，以致让它拦阻祂在你身上的旨意。神会与它公开为敌。扫罗王以为自己可以怜惜亚玛力人，又同时能满足神的旨意（撒母耳记上十五：8～9）。你可能犹豫不决，不想除去任何使你妥协及不顺从神的人事物。不要与扫罗王犯同样的错误，他没有认真看重亚玛力人这件事，以至于损失惨重。
Beware of the Amalekites!
For he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:16)
The Amalekites were the persistent and relentless enemies of the
Israelites. When the Israelites sought to enter the Promised Land, the
Amalekites stood in their way (Exod. 17:8–16). Once the Israelites were in the
Promised Land and seeking to enjoy what God had given them, the Amalekites
joined the Midianites to torment the Hebrews in the days of Gideon (Judg. 6:3).
It was an Amalekite that caused the downfall of King Saul (1 Sam. 15:9, 28).
The Amalekites continually sought to hinder the progress of God’s people and to
rob them of God’s blessing. Thus God swore His enmity against them for
eternity.
As you move forward in your pilgrimage with the Lord, there will be
“Amalekites” that will seek to distract and defeat you. God is determined to
remove anything that keeps you from experiencing Him to the fullest. If your
commitment to your job is keeping you from obedience to Him, God will declare
war against it. If a relationship, materialism, or a destructive activity is
keeping you from obeying God’s will, He will wage relentless war against it.
There is nothing so precious to you that God will not be its avowed enemy if it
keeps you from His will for your life. King Saul mistakenly thought he could
associate with Amalekites and still fulfill the will of the Lord (1 Sam.
15:8–9). You may also be hesitant to rid yourself of that which causes you to
compromise your obedience to God. Don’t make the same mistake as King Saul. He
did not take the Amalekites seriously enough, and it cost him dearly.
