像耶稣那样回应

Oct 10, 2023

为迫害你们的人祷告。(马太福音5:44)

一名士兵养成了每天以读经和祈祷作为结束当天生活的习惯,当其他人集中在军营准备睡觉时,他却在床边跪下来。有些士兵看到这个情形就开始嘲弄他。一天晚上,侮辱已超越了言语。他跪着祷告的时候,一名士兵朝他扔靴子,并击中他的脸。其他的人冷嘲热讽,等着看他们打起来,他却没有报复。第二天早上,那个扔靴子的士兵醒来,难以相信自己所看到的:在他的床尾放着那双被擦得锃亮的靴子。想象一下,把扔到你脸上的靴子擦得锃亮!这需要一种极高水准的慈悲。这意味着在你被冒犯之前就要决定怎么样回应!军营里有些家伙是“领袖”,他们被骄傲和冷漠驱使。这就像黑暗对光明的反应。其他人是“跟从者”,不见得是坏人,但软弱,害怕与众不同。“父啊,赦免他们!因为他们不知道自己在做什么。”为什么耶稣在十字架上祷告?因为祂明白到那些在特定的环境里长大,受某些势力驱使,困扰于各种未能解决的问题和惧怕,定型为心志顽固的人。他们需要上帝。耶稣认为这是向他们彰显上帝的机会。要想引人注目于上帝,仅凭星期天的宗教仪式是不够的,还需要有基督一样的品行,树立榜样,满有仁爱的回应。你的“权利”和受伤的自我不算什么,你所代表的那位才是重要的。

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