12月12日 彼此相爱 Loving One Another

12月12日

彼此相爱

Loving One Another

又愿主叫你们彼此相爱的心，并爱众人的心，都能增长、充足……—— 帖撒罗尼迦前书 3:12

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men…

—1 Thessalonians 3:12

    在人们今天所面对的不断增多的心理问题中，孤独是其中的一个。一个人今天所能做的最重要的事工之一便是做一个好的倾听者。许多人不仅仅渴望被爱，而且渴望有人倾听他们的心声。唯有当我们全心爱神的时候，我们才有能力爱我们的邻舍。当今世界最大的需要不是更多的科学，不是更多的社会工程，不是更多的教育，不是更多的知识，不是更多的权力，甚至不是更多的说教——我们今天最大的需要乃是爱。而唯一能提供爱的方式就是圣灵那超自然的行为，它能改变生命。

    神给的爱并非我们能在当今世界所找到的寻常之爱。我们爱我们的邻舍，这爱并非自然之爱，乃是神通过我们来彰显的爱。如果你愿意这样做，上帝便将祂的大爱赐给你。

One of the growing psychological problems facing people today is loneliness. One of the greatest ministries that a person can have today is just being a good listener. Many people are longing not only to be loved but to have someone who will listen to them. When we love God with all our hearts, then we have the capacity to love our neighbor. The greatest need in the world today is not more science, not more social engineering, not more teaching, not more knowledge, not more power, not even more preaching—the greatest need we have today is for love. And the only way that love can be supplied is by a supernatural act of the Holy Spirit that transforms lives.

The love that God gives is not the ordinary love that we find in the world today. When we love our neighbors, it is not our loving with natural love, it is God loving through us. If you are willing to do this, God will give you His love.

今日祷告

    耶稣，我爱祢。多少时候，我将祢那十字架上无限的爱视为理所当然。请帮助我定睛在祢身上，以祢为标杆去爱我的邻舍。

Prayer for the day

I love You, Jesus. How often I take for granted Your immeasurable act of love for me upon the cross. Help me to keep my eyes fixed on You, that through Your supreme example I can reach out to my neighbor.