6月25日──學會合作
Learn how to cooperate
讀 經：路加福音22章39-53節
(New living translation)
39 Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as
usual to the Mount of Olives. 40 There he told them, “Pray that you will not
give in to temptation.”
41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father,
if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want
your will to be done, not mine.” 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared and
strengthened him. 44 He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of
spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.
45 At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them
asleep, exhausted from grief. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up
and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
47 But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the
twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss. 48 But
Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49 When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord,
should we fight? We brought the swords!” 50 And one of them struck at the high
priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and healed
him.
52 Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard,
and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he
asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? 53 Why didn’t you
arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the
time when the power of darkness reigns.”
金 句：「不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。」
42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me.
Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
全年讀經：列王記下11章1節-14章20節
下面的故事是A. W.
多澤說的：「有人問一個心地單純的人，週圍環境如此糟糕
Some people asked a man with simple-hearted , the environment was so too bad,
how could he live tranquilly. He replied shortly, "I learned how to handle the
inevitable matter!"
我們之中很少有人採取這種明智而又實際的生活態度。多澤評論說
But very few people among us adopted this kind of wise and actual life manner. There were so many people in the middle of us had revolted and complained the environment with all their life, 「think continuously that we submit to God's will".」
從今天的讀經，我們知道彼得眼睜睜看到他所愛的主被出賣
From today's reading, we knew Peter saw helplessly the Lord he loved was
betrayed. He was under the impulse, sliced off the leading priest servant's ear.
(Luke 22:50; John 18:10-11). But Jesus opposed Peter protected his action, said
"No more of this." And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.
在我們所有人的生活中，都有各種問題纏身。但有些問題是上帝允許
In our life, we had different difficulties. But some questions were God permit,
he taught us lessons with these questions. But the question was, whether we
could accept God to allow these questions upon us? We often prayed: "Lord,
please help me to get rid of the difficult situation." But Lord possibly
said that, "Let's involve you to enter the difficult situation, let's change
you, but is not to change your environment." This was the biggest miracle.
我們可以學會一個秘密，
在神的意思下雀躍，
喜歡神給我們的一切，
歡樂或悲哀，善的或惡的。
We
may learn a secret, jumps for joy under the God's will, likes all situations
from God, no matter happy or sorrowful, good or wicked.
唯有順服上帝的意思，才能找到平安。
Man only obeys God's will, he can find safety.