九月十八日
有限的人，无限的渴望
Finite Beings—Infinite Desires
“我们在这里本没有常存的城，乃是寻求那将来的城。”
—-来13:14
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
—Hebrews 13:14
灵魂最基本的渴望之一是一直活着，自我保护乃是自然第一法则。人们也许对疼痛和衰老感到厌倦，但他们不会对生活本身感到厌倦。对于灵魂想得到永生以及想要摆脱痛苦、疾病和烦恼，上帝已经做好了安排来满足这些渴望。人类是有着巨大能力的小生物，是有着无限欲望的有限存在，什么也不配得到却想得到一切。上帝把人造得具有这么大的容量和渴望，就是为了祂可以进来完全满足这种渴望。上帝使人心如此之大，只有他才能充满。祂使人心需求如此之多，只有祂才能满足需求……耶稣基督是唯一掌管死亡钥匙的那一位。因他的受死和复活，祂拨出了死亡的毒钩，现在，上帝为每一个信靠他儿子耶稣基督的人预备了永生。
One of the basic desires of the soul is to live on and on. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. People may grow tired of aches and pains and the decrepitude of old age, but they do not grow tired of life itself. God has arranged to satisfy this yearning of the soul to live forever, and the desire to be free from pain and sickness and trouble. People are little creatures with big capacities, finite beings with infinite desires, deserving nothing but demanding all. God made people with this huge capacity and desire in order that He might come in and completely satisfy that desire. God made the human heart so big that only He can fill it. He made it demand so much that only He can supply that demand . . . Jesus Christ is the only one who holds the keys of death. In His death and resurrection He took the sting out of death, and now God offers eternal life to every person who puts his trust and faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
每日祷告
主耶稣，当我结束地上的生命时，祢就在那里引导我去我的天家，谢谢祢，我亲爱的天父！
Prayer for the day
Lord Jesus, when I come to the end of this earthly life, You will be there to guide me to my heavenly home. Thank You, my loving Father.
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