8月17日
靠主得力
“我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。”
腓立比书 4:13
Stretch Armstrong是一种弹性塑料摔跤玩具，又称弹力强人阿姆斯特朗，他的手臂可以拉伸好几英尺。不过可惜的是，他其实什么也做不了。他既举不起任何重物，也阻挡不了任何坏人。他的力量只是人们想象出来的，不是真的。
主耶稣会不会跟Stretch Armstrong一样有名无实呢？有些人同样会这么想。他们觉得耶稣是想象出来的人物。如果耶稣在漫画书里大战僵尸，那会更酷吧。但是实际上他并没有真正做什么，是不是？他只是想象出来的，但他的能力不是真的吧？
使徒保罗当然确信祂的大能是真实的。他亲身经历了耶稣的作为，仅仅是耶稣的话语就让他仆倒在地， 耶稣在他面前显现，他就不能看见。然后通过另一个人亚拿尼亚得了医治。保罗永远坚信耶稣的大能。后来，在给教会的信中他谈到耶稣的大能时，这样写道：“我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。”
今日祷告：
亲爱的耶稣，靠着你的大能，我可以做一切你要我做的事情。阿们。
August 17
Stretch Armstrong
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
PHILIPPIANS 4:13
Stretch Armstrong was an elastic plastic wrestling toy whose arms could be pulled and stretched for several feet. And Stretch was supposed to be superstrong. But the sad thing was that Stretch couldn’t really do anything. He couldn’t actually lift any big object, or stop some bad guy. His stretchy strength was only imaginary. It wasn’t real.
Is Jesus like Stretch Armstrong? Some people treat him in the same way. They think he’s a great idea, and maybe if he were in a comic book fighting zombies that would make him even cooler. But he doesn’t really do anything real, does he? He’s a nice thought, yes, but is his strength actually real?
The apostle Paul was certainly convinced his strength was real. After Jesus knocked him to the ground with his mere words, blinded him with his very presence, and then healed him through another person’s faith, Paul was forever convinced that Jesus had real power (Acts 9). Later, in a letter about the strength of Jesus, Paul wrote these very words: For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Pray for the Day:
Dear Jesus, because you are truly strong, I can be strengthened to do what you want me to do. Amen.
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