8月24日
以主为镜
“凡事不可结党,不可贪图虚浮的荣耀;只要存心谦卑,各人看别人比自己强。各人不要单顾自己的事,也要顾别人的事。”
腓立比书2:3-4
这真是令人难以置信:耶稣看你更为宝贵。你当然知道,耶稣自己也知道,祂肯定比你伟大,祂永远比你伟大。我们知道,无论是我们看得见的,还是看不见的,都是祂所造的。他是自在永在,他是和平的君王,全能的上帝。他用权能的命令托住万有。在他里面有丰盛的生命。
然而,在主耶稣的意念里,在祂的视线中,祂都想着你。祂的眼目不离开你。如果让祂选择是救自己的生命还是救你的生命,祂会选择后者。事实上,这也正是他所做的。
那么,我们如何还能再回到自私自利的状态,如何还需要试图讨人喜悦,如何还需要他人的认可呢?你已被救主高举,因祂如此爱你。
今日祷告:
亲爱的耶稣,饶恕我生命中那么多的自我,求你帮助我以他人为先。阿们。
August 24
Mirror
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
PHILIPPIANS 2:3–4
This is a mind-boggling thought: Jesus considers you better than himself. Now certainly you understand, and Jesus understands, that Jesus is greater than you—he will always be greater than you. After all, we know that he created everything that we can see, and even those things we can’t see.
He is the I am. He is the Prince of Peace, Almighty God. He holds everything together by the word of his power. In him is life in abundance. And yet, in his mind, in his sight, he considers you. In his vision, as he moves and acts in this world, is you. Given the choice between saving his own life or saving yours, he would save yours. In fact, that’s exactly what he has already done. So how could you, or anyone, keep returning to selfishness? How could anyone still try to impress others as if they think they need to their approval? You already are being lifted up in the loving gaze of the Savior.
Pray for the Day:
Dear Jesus, forgive me for filling so much of my life with myself. Help me to put others first today. Amen.
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