双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月5日 善待他人

2月5日

善待他人

“我所拣选的禁食不是要松开凶恶的绳， 解下轭上的索， 使被欺压的得自由， 折断一切的轭吗？”

以赛亚书 58:6

想象一下，屋里突然跑进来一个貌似虔诚的人，满头大汗，满眼狂热，用干巴巴、张扬的声音宣布道：“哦，我有这么大的负担，因为我正在为上帝禁食！”

这可真特别！上帝在圣经中不遗余力地明确表示，不可以打着禁食的幌子，让别人觉得你更属灵。上帝也不赞同人故意为了吸引更多的注意力而营养不良。祂实际上非常厌恶这样的表演。

上帝创造了你，是要你活出无私的样式。如果有人受冤屈，你就应该放弃自己的利益去帮助他们得到自由。如果有人为了你而受苦，那就去分担他们额外的重担。如果你所拥有的富足正是有人所需求的，那就给予他们。重要的是：我们应当善待他人，因为耶稣善待他人。

今日祷告：

耶稣，让我知道可以舍弃什么，才能使别人得到生命。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

February 5 – Treat People Well

No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.

I S A I A H 5 8 : 6

Imagine a religious dude entering the room, sweat beading down his brow, feverish “fainthood” (false + sainthood = fainthood) in his eyes, declaring dramatically in a dry, raspy voice, “Oh, I am so burdened because I am fasting for the Lord.”

Well, isn’t that special. God goes to great lengths in the Bible to make it clear that he doesn’t want people to give up food in order to look more spiritual in the eyes of others. God doesn’t think it’s awesome for people to intentionally malnourish themselves in order to get attention. He actually looks away in disgust from that kind of theater.

God created you to live altruistically in the patterns of your life. If someone is wronged, give up your own interests to pursue freedom for them. If someone is working too hard on your behalf, take their extra burden upon yourself. If someone needs something that you have in abundance,

then give it to them. The bottom line is that we are to treat people well because Jesus treated people well.

Pray for the Day:

Jesus, show me what I can give up in order to give life to someone else. Amen.