11/5/2022 祈祷成了例行公事

路1:13, 18-20

天使对他说、撒迦利亚、不要害怕．因为你的祈祷已经被听见了、你的妻子以利沙伯要给你生一个儿子、你要给他起名叫约翰。撒迦利亚对天使说、我凭着甚么可知道这事呢、我已经老了、我的妻子也年纪老迈了。天使回答说、我是站在神面前的加百列、奉差而来、对你说话、将这好信息报给你。到了时候、这话必然应验．只因你不信、你必哑巴不能说话、直到这事成就的日子。

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years." The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news. Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

主耶稣！原来撒迦利亚的祈祷, 只是重复性祷告用语。主啊！求圣灵的感动, 不叫我犯同样的错误, 祈祷成了例行公事, 只是有祷告用语, 心里却没有信。