双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：4月20日 栽种公义

4月20日

栽种公义

“你们要为自己栽种公义，就能收割慈爱。现今正是寻求耶和华的时候；你们要开垦荒地，等他临到，使公义如雨降在你们身上。”

何西阿书10:12

“人种的是什么，收的也是什么”这是一条千古不变的定律。不幸的是，我们的世界收获的尽是道德败坏。我们努力寻求解决办法，却徒劳无功。恣意生长的稗子已经超过了麦子。全人类都充满了罪恶。但社会各派都试图将责任归咎于他人。

共和党指责民主党，民主党指责共和党；（······略）东方谴责西方，西方谴责东方；资本家批评劳工，劳工批评资本家。一个印第安纳州的老农民总结一句话：“整个世界真是乱七八糟。”

然而，作为一名福音使者，我保持乐观。世界的问题很大，但是，我们的神更大。如果我们敢于信靠神，悔改认罪，全然向神寻求智慧、引导和力量，我们这个世界上的问题就可以解决。

实现和平还有时间，但是时间不多了。我们所做的事，必须尽快去做。

你最近为神做了什么？

今日祷告：

父啊，祢赐下了耶稣基督的身体，祂已经复活了。耶稣今天活着，我们可以喜乐地收获祢福音的果子。我们赞美祢、感谢祢！我们祈求祢的旨意在全地得以成就；奉耶稣的名，阿门。

April 20

SOWING AND REAPING

Sow for yourselves righteousness,reap the fruit of steadfast love;break up your fallow ground,for it is time to seek the Lord,that he may come and rain salvation upon you.Hosea 10:12 RSV

The Word of God says,“They have sown the wind,and they shall reap the whirlwind”(Hosea 8:7).

The immutable law of“sowing and reaping”has held sway.Our world is now the unhappy residence of a harvest of moral depravity,and we seek in vain for a cure.The tares of indulgence have overgrown the wheat of moral restraint.All humanity is guilty.But each faction of society seeks to place the blame upon others.

The Republicans blame the Democrats;the Democrats blame the Republicans.The Communists accuse the Americans’the Americans accuse the Communists.The East denounces the West;the West denounces the East.Capital finds fault with labor;labor finds fault with capital.An old farmer in Indiana summed it up when he said,“The whole world situation is just a mess!”

But,as a minister of the Gospel,I am an optimist.The world problems are big,but God is bigger!If we will dare to take God into account,confess our sin,and rely unreservedly upon Him for wisdom,guidance,and strength,our world problems can yet be solved.There is yet time for bringing peace,but that time is brief.What we do,we must do quickly.

What have you done recently for God?

Pray for the Day:

Father,You have sown the body of Jesus Christ,and that body has risen.And Jesus is alive today,and so we can reap the harvest of Your great Gospel with joy.We praise You and thank You,and we pray that You will accomplish Your purpose throughout the world;in Jesus’Name,Amen.