双语灵修（葛培理牧师） ：1月4日 人的价值

1月4日

人的价值

“人算什么，你竟顾念他！世人算什么，你竟眷顾他！”
诗篇8:4

一个有钱人去世了。在葬礼上，有人问，他留下多少財产？回答是，他什么也没有带走。

我经常听到别人被介绍时，说他在著名的某公司、某机构工作。好像他的工作单位可以决定他的价值。我发现似乎只有富人或所谓成功人士才被这样介绍。

然而，上帝并不以成功来评判人，因为我们的价值不是来自于我们有什么，也不取决于我们的穿戴、住房、汽车。我们的价值来自于上帝的创造和他独生子耶稣的救赎。所以，无论我们有没有财产，我们在上帝眼里都是一样的。

上帝把他的全部所有-独生爱子耶稣基督赐给我们，因为他看我们为宝贵，尽管我们常常轻忽祂。上帝如此爱我们，难道我们不应当把他放在第一位吗？无论在家庭里，在工作中，还是在属灵生活中，我们都应当让祂居首位。有一首歌这样写道：耶稣第一，为你解忧。耗尽一生，追逐虚无，不堪回首，不再留恋。耶稣第一，改变生命。

​一个物品的真正价值取决于他的主人或者买家。上帝如此看重我们，祂愿意花重价赎回我们。

今日祷告：

天父啊，我算什么，祢竟顾念我，差遣你的儿子为我而死！我何等感谢为我所做的一切！我将自己的生命献在你面前，以回应你的大爱。奉耶稣的圣名，阿门。

January 4
THE VALUE OF A MAN
What is man,that thou art mindful of him?Psalm 8:4
A certain rich man died and the question was asked at his funeral,“How much did he leave?”
“He left it all,”came the reply.
Often,I hear someone introduced this way:“This is Bob and he works for…,”as if where a person works determines his or her value.I have noticed that it is usually only the well-to-do or those who are thought of as“successful”who are introduced this way.
Yet God does not judge us by success.He loves each person the same because your value and mine does not come from what we do or have,the clothes we wear,the house in which we live,or the type of car we drive.Our value comes from the fact that God made us and Christ died for us.And so,whether we have things or not,we are just as valuable to God.
God gave all that He had-His Son,the Lord Jesus Christ-because He valued us so highly,even when we did not value Him.Since God thought this much of us,shouldn’t we show that we value Him by putting Him first in all that we do-our family life,our business life,our spiritualy life?
There is a song which says,“Put Jesus first in your life,let Him handle all the problems that come your way…you have searched in vain for something;now you don’t want that something you’ve found.Put Jesus first in your life,and turn your life around.”
The actual value of an object is that which is placed on it by the owner or buyer.
God has shown the value He has placed on you by sending His Son to redeem you.
Pray for the Day:
O Father,what am I that You are mindful of me,that You care for me,that You sent Your Son to die for me!I am so grateful for what You have done,and I lay my life down before You in response to Your great love;in Jesus’Name,Amen.