对今日诗句的想法
孩子们总是期盼圣诞节，迪士尼乐园和暑假，他们想象着所期盼的美好。基督徒期盼天国，渴想着得见主面的那一天，那时我们也将与先于我们离世与主同在之人联合，分享主耶稣与众天使的荣耀。而我们甚至无法想象神所为我们预备的一切是何等美好，因神为我们所预备的远超乎我们的想象。那么就让我们期待神为我们预备的惊喜，积极地为神的国度而活，因我们知道一切亏损、一切伤害、一切难题，“若比起将来要显于我们的荣耀，就不足介意了”(罗马书8:18)。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Kids look forward to Christmas, Disneyland, and summer vacations. They imagine how great those things could be. Christians look forward to heaven and dream of seeing the Lord face to face, reuniting with those we love that have gone home to the Lord before us, and sharing in the glory of Jesus and his angels. But we can't begin to imagine the great things that God has prepared for us without the Spirit's help. They are far more glorious than anything we can dream or imagine. So let's anticipate being surprised with glory and live until then with passion for the cause of the Kingdom. We know that any loss, any wound, any trouble, will not be worth comparing to the glory to be revealed in us (Romans 8:18). And, because we do have the Holy Spirit, let's ask the Spirit who helps understand glimpses of this glory, we can anticipate what glorious things are actually coming us (1 Corinthians 2:10). Because of the Holy Spirit in us, the meaning of this Scripture is changed for us who have the Holy Spirit. It focuses us on the anticipation and understanding of the future by the power of the Spirit, who gives life to our mortal body (Romans 8:11).
我的祷告
天父啊，感谢你为我们预备了与你同在的荣耀国度。我相信那将超越我所能想象的一切美好。主耶稣啊，感谢你回到天国为我们预备地方。我深切期盼来到你面前与众天使一同赞美你的那一天。奉主耶稣之名感谢赞美你，阿们！
My Prayer...
Thank you, Father, for preparing a place of glory for me with you — whether it is in the new heavens and earth, or in the throne room in heaven with you, or being with Jesus, or seeing you in your glory in heaven.* I believe it is far greater than anything I could ever imagine, but I do ask the Spirit to give me glimpses of this glorious future with you. Thank you, Jesus, for returning to heaven to prepare a place for me with you in glory. In your name, Lord Jesus, I praise and thank you. Amen.
* New heavens and new earth — 2 Peter 3:12-15; the throne room of heaven — Revelation 7:7-11; being with Jesus — 2 Corinthians 5:6; Philippians 1:19-25; seeing Christ as he is in his exalted glory — 1 John 3:2-3.
