Rev Xi An Poon
今天來到詩篇第15篇，大衛一開始就問：「耶和華啊，誰能寄居你的帳幕？誰能住在你的聖山？」這不是一個人在神面前誇口自己夠資格的問題，也不是一張冰冷的要求清單。更深來看，這是一個蒙恩的人，在神面前帶着敬畏與感恩所發出的驚嘆：像我這樣的人，神竟然仍然容讓我親近祂，仍然容讓我住在祂面前。
從詩篇第一篇一路到第十五篇，我們一直看見人的偏離、混亂、掙扎與呼求，也一直看見神怎樣察看、怎樣保守、怎樣呼喚人回到祂面前。到了今天，神把我們帶回一個很根本的地方：真正的恢復，不只是外面的情況變好，乃是人的心重新回到神面前，生命重新住在主前。
一、先回到神面前
「耶和華啊，誰能寄居你的帳幕？誰能住在你的聖山？」（詩15:1）
很多時候，我們想要的是神的幫助，卻不是神自己；我們想要的是問題快點解決，卻不是心真正轉回來。但詩篇第15篇先把我們帶回最根本的一步：先回到神面前。
這就像浪子回頭一樣。浪子最寶貴的地方，不是後來得着袍子、戒指和筵席，而是他終於願意回家，重新回到父的面前。今天神也不是先問我們配不配，祂乃是先呼喚我們回來。因為一切恢復，都要從回到祂面前開始；一切重整，也都要從心真正轉回來開始。
二、讓生命回到真實
「就是行為正直、作事公義、心裡說實話的人。」（詩15:2）
「他不以舌頭讒謗人，不惡待朋友，也不隨夥毀謗鄰里。」（詩15:3）
這不是說人先做到這些，神才接納；乃是說，一個真正住在主前的人，生命會慢慢被神帶回真實。神的同在，不會只停留在聚會裡，祂一定會進到我們的內心、言語、關係和態度裡。
所以，今天神不是要我們做一個表面很好的人，祂是要我們成為一個真實的人。在神面前真，在人面前也真；心裡真，口裡也真；敬拜裡真，生活裡也真。當我們願意住在主前，神就會一點一點把我們裡面的虛假、混亂和躲藏整理過來。
三、在主前站穩腳步
「行這些事的人，必永不動搖。」（詩15:5）
當人真正住在主前，生命不只會回來，也會漸漸站穩。很多人容易搖動，不一定只是因為外面風浪太大，而是因為裡面的根還沒有真正回到神那裡。但大衛在這裡讓我們看見，當人真正住在神面前，生命就會有根；有了根，就不再那麼容易倒下。
這也和詩篇第一篇彼此呼應。第一篇說，那栽在溪水旁的人，葉子不枯乾；第十五篇說，那住在主前的人，必不動搖。原來，從第一篇到第十五篇，神一直在做同一件事：把人從偏離中喚回來，把人的根重新栽穩在祂裡面。
【總結】
今天，神不是要把我們擋在門外，乃是要把我們帶回根源，帶回祂面前。當我們真正住在主前，生命就會被祂一點一點帶回真實、帶回穩固、帶回起初該有的位置。
而這也為我們明天開始的創世記旅程打開了一條路。今天，神先藉着詩篇第十五篇呼喚我們回到祂面前；明天，祂要藉着創世記第一章，繼續帶我們回到起初，回到創造的開始，回到祂最初的心意裡。願我們不是只讀完一篇詩，乃是真正回到根源，住在主前。
【追求】
只是很多時候，我們雖然在信仰裡，心卻未必真的住在主前。
有時候，我們想要的是神的幫助，卻不是神自己。
有時候，我們想要的是外面的出路，卻不願意裡面真正回轉。
有時候，我們外面仍然有聚會、有敬拜，但裡面卻仍然漂浮、分散、沒有根。
有時候，我們以為自己在跟隨神，其實只是停留在習慣裡，生命深處並沒有真正被祂光照、被祂整理。
有時候，我們也像浪子一樣，明明想回家，卻仍然活在羞愧、自責、退縮裡，不敢相信父真的仍然張開雙臂等候我們。
但今天，神不是要定我們的罪，乃是要把我們帶回來。
祂不是要我們先證明自己配得，才准我們靠近；
祂乃是先用愛把我們尋回，再在祂的同在裡，把我們的生命帶回正位。
【禱告回應】
親愛的天父，
我們感謝你，因為像我們這樣的人，你竟然仍然記念，竟然仍然呼喚，竟然仍然容讓我們來到你面前。
主啊，我們承認，很多時候我們所尋找的，是你的幫助，卻不是你自己；我們所關心的，是問題怎樣解決，卻不是心有沒有真正住在你面前。求你赦免我們，也憐憫我們。
今天求你把我們帶回根源，帶回你面前。把我們裡面一切漂流、虛假、分心、自保、表面化的信仰，都帶進你的光中。讓我們不是只在外面靠近你，乃是在心裡真正回轉，重新住在你面前。
主啊，也求你把我們的生命帶回真實。更新我們的心，更新我們的口，更新我們與人的關係，更新我們裡面的價值判斷和選擇。讓我們不只是感動一下，乃是真正被你建立；不只是回來一次，乃是真正有根地住在你裡面。
謝謝你，不是把我們擋在門外，乃是把我們帶回家。謝謝你，不是先向我們追討，乃是先用愛抱住我們。謝謝你，竟然容讓我們親近你，住在你面前。
奉主耶穌基督的名禱告，阿們。
詩篇 15
大衛的詩。
1 耶和華啊，誰能寄居你的帳幕？誰能住在你的聖山？
2 就是行為正直，做事公義，心裡說實話的人。
3 他不以舌頭讒謗人，不惡待朋友，也不隨夥毀謗鄰里。
4 他眼中藐視匪類，卻尊重那敬畏耶和華的人。他發了誓，雖然自己吃虧，也不更改。
5 他不放債取利，不受賄賂以害無辜。行這些事的人，必永不動搖。
Today we come to Psalm 15. David begins by asking, “LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?” This is not a question of someone boasting before God that he is qualified. Neither is it a cold checklist of spiritual requirements. More deeply, it is the wonder of a person who has received grace, standing before God with reverence and gratitude: someone like me, and yet God still allows me to come near Him and dwell in His presence.
From Psalm 1 to Psalm 15, we have seen human wandering, confusion, struggle, and cries for help. At the same time, we have seen how God watches, preserves, and calls people back to Himself. Now in Psalm 15, God brings us back to something foundational: true restoration is not merely that our outward situation improves, but that our hearts return to God and our lives begin once again to live before Him.
- First, return to God’s presence
“LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?” (Psalm 15:1)
Many times, what we want is God’s help, but not God Himself. We want our problems solved quickly, but not a heart that truly turns back to Him. Yet Psalm 15 brings us back to the first and most important step: return to God’s presence.
This is like the story of the prodigal son. The most precious part was not the robe, the ring, or the feast afterward. It was that he was finally willing to come home and return to his father. In the same way, God is not first asking whether we are worthy. He is first calling us to come back. Every restoration begins by returning to Him. Every rebuilding begins when the heart truly turns back.
- Let your life return to truth
“He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.” (Psalm 15:2)
“He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend.” (Psalm 15:3)
This does not mean that we must first achieve all these things before God accepts us. Rather, it means that a person who truly lives before the Lord will gradually be brought back into truth. God’s presence will not remain only in the gathering or in worship. It will enter our hearts, our words, our relationships, and our attitudes.
God is not simply looking for people who appear good on the outside. He desires people who are real. True before Him, true before others, true in the heart, true in the mouth, true in worship, and true in daily life. When we are willing to remain before the Lord, He begins to deal with the hidden places of falsehood, confusion, and self-hiding within us.
- Stand firm before the Lord
“He who does these things shall never be moved.” (Psalm 15:5)
When a person truly lives before the Lord, life does not only return; it also becomes steady. Many people are easily shaken not only because the storms around them are strong, but because their roots have not yet truly returned to God. But David shows us here that when a person truly abides in God’s presence, that life begins to grow roots. And when there are roots, that life is no longer so easily shaken.
This also echoes Psalm 1. Psalm 1 says that the one planted by the rivers of water will not wither. Psalm 15 says that the one who dwells before the Lord will not be moved. From Psalm 1 to Psalm 15, God has been doing the same work all along: calling people back from wandering and replanting their roots in Himself.
Summary
Today, God is not trying to shut us out. He is bringing us back to the root, back to Himself. When we truly live before the Lord, He will gradually bring our lives back into truth, stability, and the place they were meant to have from the beginning.
And this also opens the way for our journey into Genesis, beginning tomorrow. Today, through Psalm 15, God calls us back to Himself. Tomorrow, through Genesis 1, He will continue to lead us back to the beginning, back to creation, and back to His original intention. May we not merely finish reading a psalm, but truly return to the root and live before the Lord.
Pursuit
Yet many times, although we are in the life of faith, our hearts are not truly living before the Lord.
Sometimes we want God’s help, but not God Himself.
Sometimes we want an outward solution, but we do not want an inward turning.
Sometimes we still gather and worship outwardly, yet inwardly we remain scattered, drifting, and without root.
Sometimes we think we are following God, but we are only living in habit, while the deeper parts of our lives have not truly been touched and reordered by Him.
Sometimes we are like the prodigal son, wanting to come home, yet still living in shame, self-blame, and hesitation, not daring to believe that the Father is still waiting with open arms.
But today, God is not condemning us. He is calling us back.
He is not asking us to prove that we are worthy before we come near.
He is first finding us with His love, and then bringing our lives back into right order in His presence.
Prayer Response
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank You that people like us are still remembered by You, still called by You, and still welcomed into Your presence.
Lord, we confess that many times we seek Your help more than we seek You. We focus on how our problems can be solved, but not on whether our hearts are truly living before You. Please forgive us and have mercy on us.
Today, bring us back to the root, bring us back to Yourself. Bring into Your light every place of drifting, falsehood, distraction, self-protection, and outward religion within us. Let us not merely appear close to You outwardly, but truly turn back to You inwardly and live again before You.
Lord, also bring our lives back into truth. Renew our hearts, renew our words, renew our relationships, and renew our values and choices. Let us not be moved only for a moment, but let us truly be established by You. Let us not merely return once, but truly dwell in You with deep roots.
Thank You that You do not shut us out, but bring us home.
Thank You that You do not first demand from us, but first embrace us with love.
Thank You that You still allow us to come near You and live before You.
In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
Psalm 15
A Psalm of David.
Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
2 He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
3 He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
Zion Bread of Life Christian Church 
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