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每日箴言(中英)|真诚的款待




每日箴言

真诚的款待



“彼此切实相爱,……你们要互相款待,不发怨言。” - 彼前4:8-9

? 灵修


当我们探望住在加州的儿子跟家人,我们的孙女会很快乐地让出她的睡房来给我们用,不发半点怨言。不过,我们不想滥用她的好意,就接受了朋友的款待,住在他的公寓里。


在彼得那个年代,款待人不只是提供住的地方那么简单。主人家不但要关注客人的食用和住宿,同时也要热情地欢迎和以恩慈招待他们,有的时候甚至会牵涉某些款待客人的仪节。有一次,耶稣怪责一个不甚好客的主人,指出他没有做的事情——没有为祂洗脚,没有与祂亲嘴,也没有用油抹祂的头。换句话说,就是没有好好款待客人(路加福音7:44-47)。祂所说的正中要害!


款待别人要求我们接纳这人做朋友,而不是待他为陌生人。我们这样做,是因为我们爱神。在今天的经文中,彼得用郑重的语气谈到服侍那些饥饿的、贫困的、作客旅的,以及下在监里的人。希伯来书13:2也这样说:“不可忘记用爱心接待客旅,因为曾有接待客旅的,不知不觉就接待了天使。” 神既然已经接待我们,我们岂能不更用心服侍 “这弟兄姊妹中一个最小的” 吗?


款待人表示我们要有心理准备,我们可能会遇到意料之外的事,这样我们才能像耶稣那样去欢迎别人。我们不需要拥有一所旅馆,也是可以好好款待人的。


? 祷告


主耶稣,我们在等待祢回来,接我们一起永远住在祢的国里。在等待祢时,求祢帮助我们奉祢的名去款待人。奉祢的名求,阿们。


普世佳音每日箴言

? True Hospitality

"Love each other deeply... Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling." — 1 Peter 4:8-9

? Devotion

When we visit our son's family in California, our granddaughter would gladly give up her bedroom without grumbling. We're reluctant to impose, though, so instead we accept the hospitality of a friend's apartment.

In Peter's day, hospitality involved more than making room. Not only did a host focus on a guest's needs for food and shelter, but hospitality called for a warm welcome and kindness. It even had a certain ritual. On one occasion, Jesus reprimanded a begrudging host, pointing out what he had failed to do—no washing of feet, no welcoming kiss, and no anointing with oil—in other words, no hospitality (Luke 7:44-47). Ouch!

Hospitality calls for accepting someone as a friend—no longer a stranger. It flows from loving God. Today's Scripture provides some strong words about ministering to people who were hungry, poor, strangers, or in prison. Hebrews 13:2 adds, "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it." God has invited us in; can we do any less for "the least of these brothers and sisters"?

Offering hospitality means being ready for the unexpected so that we can welcome people as Jesus did. We don't need a hotel to do so.

? Prayer

Lord Jesus, we look forward to your coming again to live with us in your kingdom forever. In the meantime, help us to offer hospitality to others in your name. Amen.


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