双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月24日 生命的存在

九月二十四日

生命的存在

“是照亮外邦人的光，又是你民以色列的荣耀。”

—-路2:32

如果我们能通过强大的望远镜去观察或通过电子探测器，我们就能听见并看见几年前俄罗斯和美国发射在太空的人造天体（包括太空飞船、人造卫星、航天飞机等）。这些人造天体没有一个给世界带来和平。如果人能够相信并依靠上帝，祂的星宿向全世界承诺和平。

人造天体常常带来恐惧和焦虑。我们这人手所造的所谓“天堂”，被悬置在全球不安的地狱中，当然不能给我们带来曾经是上个世纪所梦寐以求的幸福。

但在天上仍然有一颗星星，在空中仍然有一首歌。耶稣基督祂活着。他与我们同在，一个真实的存在，征服绝望，传递希望，饶恕罪孽，驱走我们的孤独，使我们与上帝和好。

今日祷告

永活的主耶稣，你的平安会临到每一个爱你并信靠你的人。亲爱的救主，我赞美你的圣名！奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

September 24

A Living Presence

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

—Luke 2:32

If we could look through mighty telescopes or listen to electronic soundings, we could hear and see the metallic stars which both Russia and America have put into space in the past years. None of these synthetic stars have brought peace to the world. But God’s star promised peace to the whole world, if man would believe and trust.

Too often man’s synthetic stars bring fear and anxiety. Our gadget-filled paradise, suspended in a hell of international insecurity, certainly does not offer us the happiness of which the last century dreamed.

But there is still a star in the sky. There is still a song in the air. And Jesus Christ is alive. He is with us, a living presence, to conquer despair, to impart hope, to forgive sins, and to take away our loneliness and reconcile us to God.

Prayer for the day

Your peace reaches all who love and trust You, living Lord Jesus. Beloved Savior, I praise Your holy name!