8月6日
标 题：忌邪的神
经 节：因为耶和华你的神乃是烈火，是忌邪的神。（申命记四章24节）
我们的神是烈火。只有让祂的爱完全充满我们，祂才心满意足。提到嫉妒的人，我们总是联想到充满愤恨、疑神疑鬼的人，然而，主的嫉妒却是值得我们珍惜的！祂对我们的生命有完全的主权。祂赐予我们生命，并且在各方面保护我们免受伤害。这就是为什么祂命令祂的儿女，不可拜其他假神，祂不允许任何东西隔离我们与祂完全的爱。
主憎恨任何妨碍我们与祂关系的人事物（申命记六：15）。祂知道其他假神的危险性，祂清楚知道它们会如何诱惑我们离开神，它们会欺骗我们，留下空虚的生命给我们。祂不能容忍我们放置任何人事物高过对祂的爱。对神的忠诚，保证我们能够享有祂要赐予的丰盛生命。如果我们拒绝祂，祂会不断追求我们，直到我们回转到祂的面前。
我们不该为了神要保护我们与祂的关系，而憎恨神。知道神护卫我们与祂的关系，使我们得安慰。我们与神的关系，应居生命中最高的优先地位。这份关系会指引我们如何运用自己的时间、金钱和精力。如果某个人或财产使我们与神分离，我们一定要再次检视自己的心，再次把自己奉献给神，照着神的命令，把神放在我们生命中的第一位。神要我们每个人能够尽心、尽意、尽性、尽力地爱祂（马可福音十二：30）。我们对神的爱应该拓展到生命的每个角落。神深爱我们，甚至将祂的独生子赐给我们。让我们把自己完全奉献给祂，来回报祂的爱。
A Jealous God
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deuteronomy
4:24)
Our God is a consuming fire. He is satisfied only when His love totally
consumes us. We usually think of a jealous person as someone resentful and
suspicious, but the Lord’s jealousy on our behalf is something that should be
precious to us! He has the complete right to our lives. He gave us life, and He
wants to protect us from anything that could harm us. That is why He has
commanded His children to worship no other gods, allowing nothing to distract
us from His consuming love.
The Lord opposes anything that hinders our relationship with Him (Deut.
6:15). He knows the danger of other gods, how they will lure us away, deceive
us, and leave us empty. He will tolerate nothing that takes precedence over our
love for Him. Our faithfulness to God assures us of the abundant life He wants
to give us. If we reject Him, He will pursue us until we return to Him.
We should not resent the fact that God wants to guard our relationship
with Him. It should bring us comfort. Our relationship with God should be our
top priority. It should dictate how we spend our time, our money, and our energy.
If certain people or our possessions separate us from God, we must reexamine
our hearts and give our devotion first to Him, as He commands. God wants each
of us to love Him with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength (Mark 12:30).
Our love for God should extend to every corner of our lives. God loved us so
much that He gave us His own Son. Let us respond by giving Him our highest
devotion in return.
