تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
بالنسبة ليوحنا المعمدان، هذه المعادلة المطلقة للعظمة لم تحتاج لكلمات كثيرة. ما هى معادلتك؟ بولس اخبر اهل غلاطية انهم يحتاجون لمعادلة مماثلة (غلاطية 19:4). واخبر اهل كولوسى ان ذلك هو السبب الذي انفق لاجله كل جزء من طاقته ليحدث فى حياة المسيحيين (كولوسى 28:1-29). بولس اخبر اهل كورنثوس ان ذلك هو ما يفعله الروح القدس فى حياتهم (كورنثوس الثانية 18:3). لذا، الا تعتقد ان ربما هذه هى المعادلة الحقيقية لحياتك؟
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
This ultimate formula for greatness did not take many words for John the Baptist to articulate. What's your formula? Paul told the Galatians that they needed a similar approach to greatness: Christ must be formed in them (Galatians 4:19). He told the Colossians that he expended every ounce of energy God supplied to have them become mature in their complete and perfect in their conformity to Jesus (Colossians 1:28-29). Paul told the Corinthians the Spirit was transforming them to become like Jesus with ever-increasing likeness as they pursued Jesus as Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18). Most importantly, Jesus the goal of any of his faithful followers, his disciples, should be to become like him, their Teacher and Lord (Luke 6:40). So, don't you think that maybe this is the essential formula for your life? Jesus must become greater in us as what we selfishly want becomes less!
صلاتي
آبانا الذى فى السماوات، ليت يسوع يصير اعظم فى قلبى وفى حياتى واصبح انا اقل. في اسم يسوع اصلى. آمين.
My Prayer...
Dear Father in heaven, in my heart, and in my life, may Jesus become more significant and I become less because I know less of me, and more of Jesus living through me will be far more than I could ever be without him! In Jesus' name, I ask this. Amen.
