اندیشه ها در مورد آیه امروز...
آيا جايگزين كردن خدمت با اعمال مذهبى، امرى است آسان؟ اين در مورد من مصداق دارد! اما خدا از ما ميخواهد كه خود را بيش از اندازه درگير صحبت كردن درباره او و شادمان بودن از كارهاى او نكنيم، مبادا فراموش كنيم كه او از ما انتظار دارد كه همچون خود او، ديگران را محبت كنيم. چه اين حقيقت را در تعريف عيسى از خدمتش(لوقا١٨:٤-١٩) بيابيم و يا در سخنان يعقوب در مورد پرستش صاف و بيعيبى كه پسنديده خداست(يعقوب ٢٦:١-٢٧)، ما بايد دريابيم كه ايمان راستين يعنى رفتار نمودن با ديگران به همان نحوى كه خدا با آنان رفتار ميكند. آيه امروز كار خدا را توضيح ميدهد و بما تعليم ميدهد كه همينگونه زندگى كنيم.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Do you find it easy to replace service to those in need with religious rituals? I know many sure seem to do so. However, God wants us not to get so caught up in talking about him and celebrating his deeds that we forget we're supposed to provide hands-on care for others. God loved us so much that he wasn't content just to send us words in a holy book; he also came to us personally as the Word incarnate in Jesus, Immanuel, God with us (John 1:1-18; Hebrews 1:1-3; Matthew 1:23). In Jesus, God cared for people face-to-face with hands-on in love (Mark 1:40-42).
Whether it is Jesus defining his ministry (Luke 4:18-19) or James talking about the kind of piety that pleases God (James 1:26-27), we must realize that true faith always involves treating others as God would treat them (1 John 3:16-18). Today's verse defines what God does and how God feels (Deuteronomy 10:16-18) by instructing us to live as his presence in our world today (John 20:19-22).
دعای من
اى خداى بزرگ كه جميع تسليات از توست، امروز چشمانم را بگشا تا اشخاص نيازمند به محبت تو را ببينم و به من باملاحظه بودن، وقت، و مهربانى را عطا كن تا ايشان را خدمت نمايم. دعا ميكنم كه امروز كار عيسى در زندگيم مشهود باشد. آمين.
My Prayer...
O Great God of all comfort, please open my eyes today to see those who need your love and please give me the heart to do so attentively, investing in them personally and giving my time compassionately to serve them. May Jesus' heart be seen in the work of my hands and bring glory to you, O God. Amen.
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