梦游圣经66本书

📅 2026 年 1 月 23 日

📖 经文：历代志下 7:14

⸻

🌿 先安静一下

主啊，

今天我来到你面前，

不是为了找答案，

而是为了让你照亮我的心。

有时候，

我也会忍不住问：

为什么祷告好像没有回音？

为什么心越来越冷？

为什么觉得你离我好远？

但我知道，

真正需要被问的，

不是你，

而是我自己。

⸻

🌿 想一想《历代志下》里的故事

《历代志下》一再重复一个模式：

当人：

• 不再寻求神

• 把圣殿的门关上

• 只留下宗教的外壳

👉 不是神不在，

是人的心先离开了。

神说：

📖「你们若寻求我，就必寻见；

你们若离弃我，我也必离弃你们。」（代下 15:2）

这不是威胁，

而是一条属灵事实。

⸻

🌿 最可怕的不是没有圣殿

在亚哈斯的时代：

• 圣殿还在

• 祭司还在

• 仪式还在

但经文说：

📖「他将神殿的门关闭了。」（代下 28:24）

门一关，

不是神走了，

是人不要神了。

今天也可能一样：

聚会还在，

诗歌还在，

讲道还在，

但心……不在了。

⸻

🌿 但神真的会永远离开吗？

不会。

你看玛拿西。

他是一个极坏的王，

拜偶像，行邪术，

把神的殿弄得污秽不堪。

但圣经说：

📖「他在急难的时候，就恳求耶和华他的神，在他列祖的神面前极其自卑……神就允准他的祈求。」（代下 33:12–13）

👉 原来，神不是在等人变好，

而是在等人回头。

⸻

🌿 神早已把路说得很清楚

📖「这称为我名下的子民，若是自卑、祷告、寻求我的面，转离他们的恶行，我必从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的地。」（代下 7:14）

不是：

神啊，你先来。

而是：

我先低头，

我先回转，

我先寻求。

👉 神的同在，永远是对悔改的回应。

⸻

🌿 所以，今天我不再问：

为什么神不在？

我只轻轻问自己：

我的心，

还在不在神那里？

⸻

🙏 今天的祷告

主啊，

若我曾经把你放在一边，

求你赦免我。

若我还在聚会，

却不再渴慕你，

求你唤醒我。

今天，

我不求你走近我，

我只求：

带我回到你面前。

奉主耶稣的名，阿们。

🌿 Why Does God Seem Absent?
📅 January 23, 2026
📖 Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

⸻

🌿 Be Still for a Moment

Lord,
today I come before You,
not to look for answers,
but to let You shine Your light into my heart.

Sometimes,
I can’t help but ask:

Why do my prayers seem to have no reply?
Why does my heart feel colder and colder?
Why do You seem so far away?

But I know,
the one who truly needs to be questioned
is not You,
but myself.

⸻

🌿 Think About the Stories in 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles repeats the same pattern again and again:

When people:
• stop seeking God
• shut the doors of the temple
• keep only the shell of religion

👉 It is not that God is absent,
but that the human heart has left Him first.

God says:

📖 “If you seek Me, you will find Me;
but if you forsake Me, I will forsake you.” (2 Chr. 15:2)

This is not a threat,
but a spiritual reality.

⸻

🌿 The Most Frightening Thing Is Not the Absence of the Temple

In the days of Ahaz:
• the temple was still there
• the priests were still there
• the rituals were still there

But Scripture says:

📖 “He shut the doors of the house of the Lord.” (2 Chr. 28:24)

When the doors were shut,
it was not that God left—
it was that people no longer wanted God.

Today it can be the same:

The gatherings are still there,
the songs are still there,
the sermons are still there,
but the heart… is no longer there.

⸻

🌿 But Will God Really Leave Forever?

No.

Look at Manasseh.

He was a terribly wicked king—
he worshiped idols, practiced sorcery,
and defiled the temple of God.

But the Bible says:

📖 “In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers… and God was moved by his entreaty.” (2 Chr. 33:12–13)

👉 It turns out that God is not waiting for people to become better,
but waiting for them to turn back.

⸻

🌿 God Has Long Made the Way Clear

📖 “If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray, seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.” (2 Chr. 7:14)

It is not:

God, You come first.

But:

I humble myself first,
I turn back first,
I seek You first.

👉 God’s presence is always a response to repentance.

⸻

🌿 So Today, I No Longer Ask:

“Why does God seem absent?”

I only gently ask myself:

Is my heart
still with God?

⸻

🙏 Today’s Prayer

Lord,
if I have pushed You aside,
please forgive me.

If I am still attending gatherings
but no longer longing for You,
please awaken me.

Today,
I do not ask You to come closer to me.
I only ask:
bring me back to Your presence.

In the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.