双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月3日 明白神旨

10月3日

明白神旨

凡事要奉我们主耶稣基督的名，常常感谢父神。

以弗所书5:20

研读圣经最令人兴奋的事情之一，就是知道无限的神乐意与祂所救赎的儿女分享宇宙的奥秘。

罪使人瞎了眼，所以未得救的人看待生命的角度是错误的，而重生的基督徒并不认为生命是模糊、混乱、毫无意义的，而是有计划、有目的的。他的眼睛已经睁开，看到了属灵的真理。

基督在拿撒勒的第一次布道中，祂说，祂来到世上的原因之一，就是要传讲“瞎眼的得看见”（路加福音4:18）。基督的福音帮助我们看到我们的需要和无助，向我们展示了神赐予每个人的救恩。

在《圣经》中，我们被称为“光明之子，白昼之子”（帖撒罗尼迦前书5:5），因为神乐意与我们分享祂的奥秘和秘密。我们不再住在黑暗中——知道我们从哪里来，为什么在这里，要到哪里去。

在以弗所书1:9-10中，我们看到神已显明一个奥秘：“照祂自己所预定的美意，叫我们知道祂旨意的奥秘，要照所安排的，在日期满足的时候，使天上地上一切所有的，都在基督里面同归于一。”

神有一个旨意是，在未来某个时候，也许很快，我们都将会和祂在一起了。

那么，神今天对我们的旨意是什么呢？历世历代，敬虔的人一直渴望知道并且每天遵行神的旨意。大卫说：“求祢指教我遵行祢的旨意”（诗篇143:10）。

指教并遵行。神已经指教了，你在遵行吗？

今日祷告：

天父，我们要感谢祢！我们永远感谢祢！祈求祢赐给我们力量，遵行祢的旨意；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 3

SEEING GOD’S WILL

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Ephesians 5:20

One of the most thrilling things about studying the Bible is to know that the infinite God has been pleased to share some of the secrets of His universe with His redeemed children.

Sin has blinded men,so the unsaved man sees life in a false perspective.But the born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred,confused,meaningless mass,but as something planned and purposeful.His eyes have been opened to spiritual truth.

In Christ’s first sermon at Nazareth He said that one of the reasons He had come to earth was to preach“recovering of sight to the blind”(Luke 4:18).The Gospel of Christ helps us to see our need and helplessness,and then shows us the redeeming grace which God has placed within reach of every man.

In the Bible we are called“the children of light,and the children of the day’(1 Thessalonians 5:5),because it pleased God to share His mysteries and secrets with us.We are no longer in the dark-we know where we came from,we know why we are here,and we know where we are going.

In Ephesians 1:9-10 we learn of one of God’s mysteries which has been revealed:“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,both which are in heaven,and which are on earth.”

It is God’s will that sometime in the future,perhaps very soon,we shall all be together with Him.

And what is God’s will for us today?Down through the ages it has been the heart’s desire of devout men to know and to follow the will of God each day.David said,“Teach me to do thy will”(Psalm 143:10).

Teach and do.He has taught.Are you doing?

Pray for the Day:

Father,we want to thank You.We thank You always,and we pray that You will empower us to do Your will;in Jesus’Name,Amen.