9月18日
被主拯救
我们若认自己的罪,上帝是信实的,是公义的,必要赦免我们的罪,洗净我们一切的不义。
约翰一书1:9
你有没有看过电影《欢乐糖果屋》(又名《威利·旺卡和巧克力工厂》)?还记得里面有个变成了蓝莓的女孩子吗?她叫紫罗兰·鲍加(Violet Beauregard),她对嚼口香糖上瘾。科学家旺卡(Wonka )先生发明了一种新型的口香糖,这口香糖可以直接变成大餐,包括各道美食,还有甜点。旺卡说这口香糖还在实验中,暂时不能给人类食用。但是贪吃的小女孩忍不住了,她抓起口香糖就塞进嘴里。一旦她吃到蓝莓派,她的皮肤就变成蓝色,她就开始变成了一个巨大的蓝莓。为了救治这个小女孩,让她恢复正常,就不得不对她进行脱汁术。
从某种意义上说,耶稣也要通过脱汁来救治我们。我们因为贪婪而拿取了不属于自己的东西。我们正在为自己的罪付上可怕的代价。我们必须在膨胀到爆裂之前,得到拯救。
今日祷告:
耶稣,我已经养成了骄傲自满、狂妄自大的坏习惯。求你赦免我,让我恢复到起初你造我的样式。阿们。
September 18
De-Juice
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
1 JOHN1:9
Did you ever see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Remember the kid who turns into a blueberry? Her name was Violet Beauregard. Violet was addicted to chewing gum. Oh, dear.
When Mr. Wonka reveals a new type of gum in his inventing room, Violet can’t contain herself. The gum serves as a full meal, complete with different courses of meat and dessert. Mr. Wonka instructs that the gum isn’t ready for humans yet, but Violet snatches the gum and plops it in her mouth. Once she begins to taste the blueberry pie, her skin turns indigo and she begins to swell into an enormous blueberry. To save her, Violet needs to be de-juiced.
Well, in a way, Jesus offers to de-juice us. We’ve snatched what never belonged to us, we are paying the horrendous price of that sin, and we need to be rescued before we explode.
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, I’ve become swollen with pride and arrogance and harmful habits. Forgive me and restore me to what you created me to be. Amen.
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