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2020年05月31
閱讀: 腓立比書2章12-18節 | 全年讀經進度: 歷代志下13-14章;約翰福音12章1-26節
Todays Scripture & Insight:Philippians 2:12–18 (NIV)
Bible in a Year:2 Chronicles 13–14 John 12:1–26
別著急!
上帝為了成全自己的美意,就在你們裡面動工,使你們可以立志和行事。—腓立比書2章13節,新譯本
我和父親過去經常一起用雙人鋸砍樹並切割成小段木頭,當時年輕的我精力旺盛,總是使勁地將鋸子強行切入。我父親就會對我說:「別著急,讓鋸子來做工。」
這讓我想起保羅在腓立比書所說:「上帝⋯⋯就在你們裡面動工」(2章13節,新譯本)。他勸勉信徒不要著急,讓上帝親自完成改變我們的工作。
英國作家魯益師曾說,靈命的成長並不僅限於聽從和遵行耶穌基督的教導。他解釋說:「道成肉身的耶穌基督正在你身上動工,逐漸地改變你,使你成為一個小基督,能與耶穌基督同享祂的能力、喜樂、知識與永恆。」
上帝正在我們身上做這樣的改變。我們可以繼續坐在耶穌腳前領受祂所說的話,常常禱告,「保守自己常在上帝的愛中」(猶大書1章21節),時刻謹記自己早就是屬基督的。別著急,要相信祂正逐漸地改變你!
你可能會問:「飢渴慕義豈不是應該的嗎?」想像一個孩子帶著渴望的眼神,試著要拿放在架上高處的禮物。這孩子的父親深知他的渴望,就把禮物拿下來給他。
讓上帝成就祂的工作,讓我們享受當中的喜樂。別著急,上帝終究會領我們到改變完成的那一天。
上帝,感謝祢改變我的心思和行為,
好讓我能更像耶穌。
求祢賜給我謙卑的態度來向祢學習。
「上帝在你們裡面動工」這句話,對你有何意義?
你渴望上帝在你身上做些什麼工作呢?
作者: 羅大衛 | 其他作者
今天閱讀的經文段落以「這樣看來」(12節)開始,就是以1-11節的教導為根基,勸勉讀者效法耶穌謙卑、捨己和犧牲的榜樣,從而活出像基督一樣的生命。保羅教導我們「當恐懼戰兢,作成[我]們得救的工夫」(12節),並不是要我們靠行為去得到救恩,因為我們得救是出於上帝的恩典(以弗所書2 章8-9節)。事實上,保羅是提醒我們作為信徒應盡的責任。現在,我們已經得救了,就當「努力顯出得救的成果」(腓立比書2章12節,新普及譯本)。藉著聖靈所賜的能力,我們要「結出果子來,與悔改的心相稱」(馬太福音3章8節),並向世人表明,我們是「無可指摘,誠實無偽,在這彎曲悖謬的世代,作上帝無瑕疵的兒女」,在這個被罪惡籠罩的黑暗世代中,我們能「好像明光照耀」(腓立比書2章15節)。
沈啓智
Easy Does It
It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
My father and I used to fell trees and cut them to size with a two-man crosscut saw. Being young and energetic, I tried to force the saw into the cut. “Easy does it,” my father would say. “Let the saw do the work.”
I think of Paul’s words in Philippians: “It is God who works in you” (2:13). Easy does it. Let Him do the work of changing us.
C. S. Lewis said that growth is much more than reading what Christ said and carrying it out. He explained, “A real Person, Christ, . . . is doing things to you . . . gradually turning you permanently into . . . a new little Christ, a being which . . . shares in His power, joy, knowledge and eternity.”
God is at that process today. Sit at the feet of Jesus and take in what He has to say. Pray. “Keep yourselves in God’s love” (Jude 1:21), reminding yourself all day long that you are His. Rest in the assurance that He’s gradually changing you.
“But shouldn’t we hunger and thirst for righteousness?” you ask. Picture a small child trying to get a gift high on a shelf, his eyes glittering with desire. His father, sensing that desire, brings the gift down to him.
The work is God’s; the joy is ours. Easy does it. We shall get there some day.
By: David H. Roper
Reflect & Pray
What does it mean to you that “It is God who works in you”? What do you want Him to do in you?
God, I’m grateful that You’re changing my heart and actions to make me like Jesus. Please give me a humble attitude to learn from You.
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