2026年11月7日｜星期六
今日经文｜玛拉基书 3:2–3
灵修
“他显现的时候，谁能立得住呢？”前一节说，百姓所寻求的主必来到祂的殿。然而，当他们所盼望的主真的来到时，他们也要面对祂的察验。
玛拉基用了两个比喻。炼金之人的火使金银中的杂质显露，好将它们除去。漂布之人的碱洗去布上的污垢。两个比喻都指向同一件事：主来到，要洁净那些在祂面前事奉的人。
第三节有一个值得停下来想的画面：“他必坐下如炼净银子的。”经文接着说，祂要洁净利未人，使他们“凭公义献供物给耶和华”。神所察验的，既有祭坛上的供物，也有献供物的人。一个人可以照常履行事奉的职责，心里却渐渐习惯敷衍，或越来越在意人的肯定。主的洁净触及这些旁人看不见的地方，使我们的献上与我们所信的相称。
今日默想
在我已经做惯了的事奉里，有没有一种态度，是我早已习以为常，却需要让主来洁净的？
祷告
主啊，求祢察验我的心。让我看见自己在事奉中习以为常的敷衍、骄傲和求人的肯定。求祢洁净我，使我在祢面前存诚实的心，也在每天所做的事上活出祢所喜悦的公义。阿们。
Refined to Offer in Righteousness
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Today’s Scripture | Malachi 3:2–3
2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like a launderer’s soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will bring offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
Devotional
“Who can stand when he appears?” The previous verse says that the Lord whom the people seek will come to his temple. Yet when the Lord they have been waiting for finally comes, they too will come under his scrutiny.
Malachi uses two images. A refiner’s fire brings impurities in gold and silver to the surface so they can be removed. A launderer’s soap washes dirt out of cloth. Both images point to the same thing. The Lord comes to purify those who serve before him.
Verse 3 gives us a picture worth pausing over. “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” He will purify the Levites so that they can bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness. God examines both the offerings on the altar and the people who bring them. We can go on carrying out our duties while gradually growing careless or becoming more concerned with others’ approval. The Lord’s refining reaches into these places that others cannot see, so that what we offer reflects what we believe.
Today’s Reflection
In the ways I serve that have become routine, is there an attitude I’ve grown so used to that I need to ask the Lord to purify it?
Prayer
Lord, search my heart. Help me see where I have grown careless or proud in serving you, and where I have come to seek the approval of others. Purify me so that I may come before you with a sincere heart and live out the righteousness that pleases you in all I do each day. Amen.
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