2026年10月6日
今日经文
士师记 2:10、16
“后来有别的世代兴起，不知道耶和华，也不知道耶和华为以色列人所行的事。”
“耶和华兴起士师，士师就拯救他们脱离抢夺他们人的手。”
灵修
摩西离世以前，神已经预备约书亚。
摩西知道自己不能永远带领以色列人，所以他不只是完成自己的使命，也预备下一位继续前行的人。
摩西 → 约书亚，是清楚的交棒。
然而到了《士师记》，我们却看到另一幅画面。
约书亚和那一代人过去以后，圣经说：
“后来有别的世代兴起，不知道耶和华。”
他们继承了应许之地，却没有继续活在上一代对神真实的认识中。
于是，从这里开始，《士师记》不断出现一个循环：
百姓离开神 → 落入仇敌手中 → 向神呼求 → 神兴起一位士师 → 得着拯救 → 士师死后，百姓又再次偏离。
因此，我们看见神兴起俄陀聂、以笏、底波拉、基甸、耶弗他、参孙……
一个又一个士师被神兴起，却很少看见像“摩西预备约书亚”那样清楚而持续的属灵传承。
这正是《士师记》令人深思的地方：
每一代都有神兴起的人，
却没有形成稳定的代际传承。
所以问题不只是“有没有领袖”，而是：
有没有预备下一代？
神可以不断兴起人，但如果每一代都要从危机中重新开始，就说明上一代所经历的神，没有充分成为下一代亲自认识的神。
这也让我们重新思想什么是真正的 hand over。
交棒不只是把职位交出去，
不只是把服事安排好，
也不只是告诉下一位“事情应该怎样做”。
真正的交棒，是帮助下一代认识：
我们为什么这样做？
是谁呼召我们？
我们所服事的是谁？
方法可以学习，职位可以接替，经验可以传授，但每一个世代都必须亲自认识神。
《士师记》告诉我们一个很深的功课：
没有传承，神仍然可以兴起人；
但有了传承，下一代就不必每一次都从断层中重新开始。
今日默想
我今天所做的，是不是只为了把自己的这一棒跑好？
还是我也在思想：谁会跑下一棒？
摩西不只是完成使命，他也预备约书亚。
《士师记》则提醒我们，如果只完成自己的工作，却没有把下一代带到神面前，属灵的断层可能就在我们离开之后出现。
真正的交棒，不只是把手中的“棒”交出去，
而是帮助下一代认识那位把使命交给我们的神。
不要只做这一代的士师，
更要预备下一代继续跟随神。
When the Baton Pass Has a Gap—God Is Still Looking for the Next Generation
October 6, 2026
Today’s Scripture
Judges 2:10, 16
“After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.”
“Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.”
Devotional Reflection
Before Moses died, God had already prepared Joshua.
Moses knew that he could not lead the Israelites forever. Therefore, he did not merely complete his own mission; he also prepared the next person to continue moving forward.
Moses → Joshua was a clear passing of the baton.
However, when we come to the Book of Judges, we see a very different picture.
After Joshua and that entire generation had passed away, the Bible says:
“Another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD.”
They inherited the Promised Land, but they did not continue living in the previous generation’s genuine knowledge of God.
From that point onward, the Book of Judges repeatedly presents the same cycle:
The people turned away from God → they fell into the hands of their enemies → they cried out to God → God raised up a judge → they were delivered → after the judge died, the people turned away again.
Thus, we see God raising up Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, and others…
One judge after another was raised up by God, yet we rarely see a clear and sustained pattern of spiritual succession like the way Moses prepared Joshua.
This is what makes the Book of Judges so thought-provoking:
Every generation had people whom God raised up,
but there was no stable generational succession.
So the question is not merely, “Are there leaders?”
It is:
Have we prepared the next generation?
God can continually raise people up. But if every generation has to start over in the midst of a crisis, it shows that the God experienced by the previous generation has not become the God personally known by the next generation.
This also causes us to rethink what a true hand over really means.
Passing the baton is not merely handing over a position,
nor simply arranging the ministry,
nor merely telling the next person, “This is how things should be done.”
True succession means helping the next generation understand:
Why do we do this?
Who called us?
Whom do we serve?
Methods can be learned, positions can be filled, and experience can be passed on, but every generation must personally know God.
The Book of Judges teaches us a profound lesson:
Without succession, God can still raise people up;
but with succession, the next generation does not have to start over from a gap every time.
Today’s Reflection
Am I doing what I do today merely to run my own leg of the race well?
Or am I also asking: Who will run the next leg?
Moses did not merely complete his mission; he also prepared Joshua.
The Book of Judges reminds us that if we only complete our own work but fail to bring the next generation before God, a spiritual gap may appear after we are gone.
True succession is not merely handing over the “baton” in our hands,
but helping the next generation know the God who entrusted the mission to us.
Do not merely be a judge for this generation;
prepare the next generation to continue following God.
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