背起你的十字架(之一)

Dec 26, 2023

“……天天背起他的十字架跟从我。”(路加福音9:23)

我们倾向于把十字架等同于一些事情,比如难缠的伴侣、任性的少年、卧病在床的爱人,或月光族。一位作者写道:“我们认为上帝分派十字架,就像是监狱长给戴手铐的犯人发铁锹一样。没有人想要,但谁都得到一把……然而,十字架的意义深远。它是上帝施行拯救的工具,是祂大爱的明证。背起十字架,就是肩负起基督对世人的负担。”耶稣说:“我的担子很轻省。”(马太福音11:30)你蒙召所背负的十字架不会压垮你,却会唤醒并发挥你的才干,而那些才干一直处于休眠状态,用在无意义、无价值之处。当你意识到这一点,你就不再为轻省的十字架而祷告,而是求上帝赐给你更加健壮的肩膀。当保罗开始这样祷告的时候,上帝说:“我的恩典足够你用。”(参哥林多后书12:9)一个严重烧伤、穿着寿衣的弃婴在田间等死,约翰·本特利(John Bentley)律师和他的妻子把他带回来,精心照料,使他恢复健康,并收养了他。如今本特利夫妇监管着一个孤儿院。他们没有躲避,而是为某个国家的儿童肩负起十字架。小迈克尔·兰登(Michael Landon, Jr.)十九岁接受了基督,并开始制作关于救赎的电影,而不是垃圾片子,以此来影响好莱坞。作为演艺界一位传奇人物的儿子,兰登是独有资格为娱乐业背负十字架的人。不过,请你记住,十字架要求你向着自私自利死去,并将邪情私欲钉在十字架上,如此,基督的生命就可以通过你彰显出来。

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2023

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