“我也与你同在。你无论往那里去，我必保佑你，领你归回这地，总不离弃你，直到我成全了向你所应许的。”” – 创 28:15
雅各离家出走了，因为他偷了哥哥的遗产，现在哥哥以扫要杀他（见创世记 27章）。为了保住自己的性命，雅各逃离了本该是他家的地方。
有时，我们的恶行会破坏我们的家庭。我们背叛婚姻。我们用嫉妒破坏家庭关系。我们用愤怒的言语与邻居作对。我们发现自己在本该属于自己的地方再也找不到家的感觉。
然而，即使我们在逃避，上帝也会在意想不到的地方以祂的应许与我们相遇。雅各并没有在寻找上帝；他在“某个地方”停留过夜并没有什么特别之处。但在梦中，雅各的眼睛被打开，看到没有一个地方是在上帝的同在之外的（诗篇 139:7）。他听到了上帝的保证，即使雅各做错了事，上帝也会信守对雅各家族的应许，带他回家。
雅各的经历预示了上帝通过耶稣的工作使罪人复原的方式。即使我们仍在逃离上帝，上帝也会与我们相遇，向我们保证祂会看顾我们，把我们带回祂的身边。我们会发现，与上帝同在就是所有离家之人的避难所。
祷告
全能的上帝，我们的罪使我们远离你。求你用你的恩典使我们惊奇，帮助我们相信你的应许：在基督里，你要宽恕我们，并把我们带回你身边。阿们。
创世记 28:10-19
10雅各出了别是巴，向哈兰走去。
11到了一个地方，因为太阳落了，就在那里住宿，便拾起那地方的一块石头枕在头下，在那里躺卧睡了。
12梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，有神的使者在梯子上上去下来。
13耶和华站在梯子以上，说：“我是耶和华你祖亚伯拉罕的神，也是以撒的神，我要将你现在所躺卧之地赐给你和你的后裔。
14你的后裔必像地上的尘沙那样多，必向东西南北开展。地上万族必因你和你的后裔得福。
15我也与你同在，你无论往哪里去，我必保佑你，领你归回这地，总不离弃你，直到我成全了向你所应许的。”
16雅各睡醒了，说：“耶和华真在这里，我竟不知道！”
17就惧怕，说：“这地方何等可畏！这不是别的，乃是神的殿，也是天的门。”
18雅各清早起来，把所枕的石头立做柱子，浇油在上面。
19他就给那地方起名叫伯特利，但那地方起先名叫路斯。
Running From Home
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land.” – Genesis 28:15
Jacob was running away from home. He had stolen his older brother’s inheritance (see Genesis 27), and now his brother, Esau, wanted to kill him. So, to save his own life, Jacob was fleeing the place that should have been home.
Sometimes we shatter our experience of home with our sinful actions. We betray our marriages. We ruin family relationships with our jealousy. We antagonize neighbors with our angry words. We find that we can no longer feel at home in the place we ought to belong.
Yet even when we are running away, God can meet us in unexpected places with his promises. Jacob was not looking for God; there was nothing special about the “certain place” where he stopped for the night. But in his dream, Jacob’s eyes were opened to see that no place is outside of God’s presence (Psalm 139:7). And he heard God’s assurance that even though Jacob had done wrong, God would keep his promise to Jacob’s family and bring him back home.
Jacob’s experience anticipates the way God restores sinners through the work of Jesus. Even as we are still running, God meets us with the assurance that he will watch over us and bring us back to himself. And we discover that being in God’s presence is a refuge for all who feel away from home.
Prayer
Almighty God, our sins cause us to run from you. Amaze us with your grace, and help us to trust in your promises to forgive us and return us home to you, through Jesus. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
