逆流而上

Aug 18, 2023

“……因为我是为此(旨意)而被差来的。”(路加福音4:43)

在家乡受到冷遇后,耶稣说:“先知到处受人尊敬,只有在本乡、本族、本家例外。”(马可福音6:4)在别的地方,人们视祂为英雄,但在这个地方就不是这么一回事了。“祂的亲属……要拉住祂,因为人们说祂疯了。”(马可福音3:21)那么,耶稣如何应对祂的亲属呢?值得留意的是,祂并不试图控制他们的行为,也不容他们的行为来辖制祂自己。祂爱他们,但并不强求他们总是赞同祂。当他们侮辱祂的时候,祂既不生气也不报复。祂并没有把取悦他们作为人生使命。如果你的家人拦阻你事奉主,请留心有关耶稣的三件事情:一、祂意识到,祂的属灵家庭能给与祂原生家庭所不能给的。这也是我们需要从本地教会的团契中获取支持并得到坚固的原因。二、祂没有让家庭的阻力拦截了上帝给祂的呼召。家人也许不理解或赞同你,但不能因此阻挡你做上帝呼召你去做的。三、祂拒绝让众人的意见来左右祂的方向。整个迦百农镇“想留住祂,不让祂离开。”(路加福音4:42)但祂将锚稳固在上帝旨意的磐石上,顶住了众人的压力,建立上帝的国度,而非自己的国度。想象一下,全镇的人都挽留,而你却义无反顾地离开了。难道众人都错了吗?是的!耶稣遵从上帝的旨意。因此,你也必须这么做。

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