在上帝面前富足

Jun 7, 2024

耶稣说:“这就是那些只顾为自己积财、在上帝面前却不富足之人的写照。”(路加福音12:21)

我们理当以服事来敬奉上帝,但祂最渴望的却是我们自己本身。思考一下耶稣与祂的朋友彼得最后的对话。彼得对耶稣所表现的一切行为都算是人之常情:跟随、师从、服事、怀疑、误解、赞美,甚至否认祂。然而,耶稣最后的提问却是关系上的:“彼得,你爱我吗?”祂问了彼得三次同样的问题。圣奥古斯丁说所有的伦理道德可以归纳为一句话:“爱上帝,做你乐意做的。”因为当你爱上帝,就会乐意做上帝所爱的事。尽管你也像诗篇作者一样有不足,但仍然可以说:“我的上帝啊,我乐意遵行你的旨意。”(诗篇40:8)为了与我们同在,上帝创造我们。在伊甸园里,祂与祂所创造的人类同行,也只是为了和他们同在。当上帝建立了以色列民族的时候,祂说:“我要在你们中间往来。我要做你们的上帝。”(利未记26:12)天使宣告耶稣的诞生,声称祂的名字:以马内利,意思是“上帝与我们同在”(参马太福音1:23),就如同每天上帝都说:“我要和你共度这一天。”有一位作者这么写道:“我不能使自己爱上帝,但我能够更多地认识祂。因为上帝是爱,我越认识祂,就越爱祂。爱与认识为伴。因此,我可以花这一天的时间来爱上帝,明天我追求爱祂多一点。”这就是在上帝面前富足的含义。

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