2009年11月28日 星期六

2009-11-28 Devotionals Today

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第54天
獨特、完整的人

神看待和塑造我們成為聖潔、無有瑕疵的人,我們為此深受感動。

請您安靜地、慢慢地從心裡誦讀以下的經文。你可以重覆地誦讀,直到神的話語在你內心不斷迴響。在朗讀時,請您特別留意「使我們在他面前成為聖潔,無有瑕疵」這一句說話。

經文
以弗所書一3-6

願頌讚歸與我們主耶穌基督的父神!他在基督裡曾賜給我們天上各樣屬靈的福氣:就如神從創立世界以前,在基督裡揀選了我們,使我們在他面前成為聖潔,無有瑕疵; 又因愛我們,就按著自己意旨所喜悅的,預定我們藉著耶穌基督得兒子的名分,使他榮耀的恩典得著稱讚;這恩典是他在愛子裡所賜給我們的。

 
靈修指引

我們必定會共鳴保羅對神的感恩:神竟然看我們是「聖潔,無有瑕疵」的人!…

從小到大,我們都很難遇上一些人會說我們是「與別不同」(聖潔)、「完整無缺」(無有瑕疵)的人。相反地,可能家庭、教會、社會都期望我們要達到其他人都有的表現,或是做到其他人都能做到的事情。於是,成長的經驗往往告訴我們:我是一個永遠不及別人,又缺憾多多的人。…您停下來想想,或許也有類似的經驗嗎?…

但是,保羅對神的感恩喚醒了我們:神在基督裡揀選了我們,「使我們在他面前成為聖潔,無有瑕疵」。原來我們在神面前是「聖潔,無有瑕疵」的!…在神的眼中,我們每一個人都是獨特的、是完整的。…面對神,我們不需要做到某一種所謂標準,也不必再為自己曾經行差踏錯而自卑、自責。…神給我們何等寬宏的接納、何等情深的肯定。…

請您在以下的幾分鐘,想像自己正在被神慈愛的眼光所注視著,…隨著您緩慢的呼吸,讓自己感受到神對您的接納、肯定,…把可能還在內心深處,對自己的要求、批評、責罵,隨著呼氣時,一起放下。…讓您心靈的眼睛也注視神,祂看您為「聖潔,無有瑕疵」。……

上主不希望我們的生命再度不斷受傷、破碎。上主希望我們的生命完整無缺,沒有沾上無法修補的錯誤。…請把以下這句話種植於您的心田,讓它引導您的日常生活及抉擇:「神揀選了我,使我成為聖潔,無有瑕疵」。…

把這句話深深地種植於您的心田,讓它開花結果。…願您在未來的日子,能盡力活出一個「無悔於己、無憾於人」的人生。…

現在就將這句語「神揀選了我,使我成為聖潔,無有瑕疵」,隨著呼吸,種植在您的心田。……

 
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在耶路撒冷的畢士大池

粵語 國語

第28天


讀經:   約翰福音五章1至14節
基督又再從加利利長途跋涉走到耶路撒冷。到了安息日,祂正要前往聖殿之際,在畢士大池前停下。人的需要,就像磁石一般把基督吸引過來,祂看見的畢士大池景象,一定是異常悲慘。那裡有五個小房間,擠滿了傷殘或病重的人,卻幾乎沒有人願意幫助他們。這個池子並不是一個潔淨的水池;一般認為這是聖殿裡祭牲的血和污水流出的地方。

躺在那裡的人,有瞎子、跛子和癱子。當中有一個患病38年的人正等候醫治。他回答耶穌的問話讓我們了解很多,他說:「沒有人來幫我,其他人都比我更快下到池子。」可見他正陷於絕望的深淵。

基督對他發出的命令,一定令他感到很奇怪。可是,當他望著基督的眼睛,他的信心便油然而生,並有所行動,他便即刻徹底痊癒。怎麼會發生的呢?這一定不是人的工作,他只是簡單地相信並遵從基督的話,便立即得了醫治。

他的痊癒完全是一個神蹟;而且,這一瞬間的轉變,還帶來他往後日子的更多福分。他可以離開這裡,去38年來從未踏足的地方,他更可以去做一些他長時間都沒有做過的事,都只因他在某一刻相信基督並聽從祂的命令而行。我們今天也是一樣,我們在一瞬間獲得救恩,但自此之後,隨著我們學習與基督同行,我們將會發現很多新的事物、經歷很多的福分,並得著新的產業。

後來,基督在聖殿再見到他。他是到聖殿向神感恩嗎?我們喜歡這樣思想。但基督卻叮囑他說:「謹守你的生活,不要再犯罪。你已經痊癒了,要開始一個全新的生活。」今天這句話同樣是給我們的。基督既已救贖我們,我們就必須確保自己為祂而活,只做那些討祂喜悅的事。

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AT THE BETHESDA POOL IN JERUSALEM
Day 28


Bible Reading:    John 5: 1-14
Once again Christ had traveled a long way from Galilee to Jerusalem. One Sabbath day He was going to the Temple when He stopped at the Pool of Bethesda. Human need drew Christ like a magnet. The scene which met His eyes must have been tragic. In five small overcrowded rooms there were many handicapped or seriously ill people with almost no one to help them. The pool itself was not a clean swimming area. It is thought to have been the place where the blood and the washings from the Temple drained.

There were blind who could not see, lame who could not walk, and paralytics who could not move. One man had been ill for 38 years waiting to be cured somehow. His reply to Christ's question tells us so much. "I have no one to help me. Everyone else gets along all right but not me." He was well down in the pit of despondency.

Christ's command must have sounded amazing. But as he looked into the eyes of Christ, faith came to him and he acted. He was healed immediately and completely. How? It is certainly not by work. He did not earn it. He simply believed, obeyed, and was healed.

The cure was a miracle and the work of a moment but he entered into the benefits of it more and more as the days went by. He went to places he had possibly not seen for 38 years. He did things he hadn't done for a long time. All because in one moment he believed Christ and stepped out at His word. It is the same today. We are saved in a moment but ever since, we have been discovering new things, new treasures, new blessings as we have learned to walk with Christ.

A little later Christ found him in the Temple. Was he there to give thanks to God? We would like to think so. But Christ gave him a further word, "Watch your life. Stay away from sin. You have been healed. Now live as a man who has been given a new start in life." Those words could have a message for us today. Since Christ has saved us, let us make sure that we seek to live for Him and do only those things which will please Him.

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