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每日箴言(中英)|爱就是顺服




每日箴言

爱就是顺服



“又当存敬畏基督的心,彼此顺服。” - 弗 5:21

? 灵修


在有一回讲道中,我向会友提出一个问题,就是:“用什么方法教导小孩最有效?” 他们热烈地回答我说:“要以身作则!” 作为牧者,我喜欢引用一句话: “以身作则不是影响别人最重要的方法,它乃是唯一的方法。”


耶稣以身作则来教导我们,教导祂对我们有什么要求。在面对十字架、与门徒吃最后晚餐的时候,祂为他们洗脚,又说他们也当彼此服侍(约翰福音13:3-17)。祂这样做,为我们立下顺服和作领袖的榜样。


顺服这个观念常常被人误解了,顺服不是任由人欺负。在以弗所书5章,保罗把这个观念应用在婚姻上,顺服的意思是丈夫和妻子都为配偶的益处着想,顺服不表示有等级区分,也不是关于谁掌权,它乃是彼此服侍;基督为我们舍弃了自己的性命,我们如此行,是出于我们 “敬畏基督的心” 。


当雅各跟约翰的母亲来求耶稣,让她的儿子在祂国中居首位,耶稣解释说,对汲汲权力以管治人的,不是神国的行事方式,祂劝勉门徒效法祂的榜样,祂说:“人子来,不是要受人的服侍,乃是要服侍人,并且要舍命,作多人的赎价。”


今天,为基督的缘故,你可以去服侍和造就谁呢?


? 祷告


主耶稣,祢吩咐我们要彼此建立关系,但这样做有时很困难。求祢帮助我们看到,因着爱祢的缘故,我们应当怎样互相服侍和彼此建立。奉祢的名祈求,阿们。


普世佳音每日箴言

? Loving Means Submitting

"Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." — Ephesians 5:21

? Devotion

In a sermon I asked, "What is the best way to teach children?" And the congregation answered enthusiastically, "By example!" As a pastor, I had often quoted Albert Schweitzer, saying, "Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."

Jesus taught by example what he expects from us. Facing the cross, he illustrated submission and leadership at the last supper with his disciples when he washed their feet and said they should now serve one another (John 13:3-17).

The concept of submission is often misunderstood. It isn't a matter of allowing others to walk all over us. As Paul applies it to marriage in Ephesians 5, submitting means that both the husband and wife seek their partner's well-being. It's not a hierarchy! It's not about authority but about serving one another—and doing so "out of reverence for Christ," who gave up his very life for us.

When the mother of James and John asked for places of authority for her sons in Jesus' kingdom, Jesus explained that lording it over others is not the way of the kingdom. He urged them to follow his example: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Whom can you serve and build up, for Jesus' sake, today?

? Prayer

Lord Jesus, you call us to live in relationship with one another, but sometimes it's so difficult. Help us see how we can serve and build up one another out of love for you. In your name, Amen.


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