双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：11月16日  天上事奉

11月16日 

天上事奉

知道自己有更美长存的家业。

希伯来书10:34

天父的家是一个美好的家，因为那里有工要做。当然，在地上每个秩序井然的家庭都是这样。有些人劳累过度，他们最大的渴望就是休息。圣经中最吸引他们的一节经文是：“这样看来，必另有一安息日的安息，为神的子民存留。”（希伯来书4:9）。

但日子将到，他们若因安息没事干而厌倦，我想没有比永远无所事事更可怕的命运了。

约翰在启示录22:3中写道：“祂的仆人都要事奉祂。”每个人都必照着他的力量、品味和能力被分配到任务。也许上帝让我们去征服新的世界。也许祂会派我们去探索某个遥远的星球，在那里传讲祂永恒之爱的信息。圣经说：无论做什么，我们都要事奉祂。

天父的家是一个美好的家，因为朋友们都将会在那里。你是否曾去过一个陌生地方，因见到熟悉的面孔而感到高兴呢？我们进入天父的家，没有一个人会感到孤单、陌生，因为我们的朋友们都会在那里。

亚历山大·麦克拉伦这样描述天家：“天家的美好不是被动的沉思、梦幻般的回忆、完全的休息；而是‘他们昼夜不停’，并且‘祂的仆人都要事奉祂，也要见祂的面’。”

今日祷告：

天父，我们盼望在天家与祢永远同在；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

November 16

SERVING IN HEAVEN

Ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.Hebrews 10:34

The Father’s house will be a happy home because there will be work to do there.Certainly this is true in every well-ordered home on earth.Some people are so overworked that their greatest longing is for rest.The Bible verse that most appeals to them is,“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God”(Hebrews 4:9).

But the time will come when they will be rested and will become weary of doing nothing.I can think of no more terrible fate than to be condemned to sit forever and ever in idleness.

John wrote in Revelation 22:3,“His servants shall serve him.”Each one will be given exactly the task that suits his powers,his tastes,and his abilities.Perhaps God will give us new worlds to conquer.Perhaps He will send us to explore some distant planet or star,there to preach His message of everlasting love.Whatever we do,the Bible says we will serve Him.

And the Father’s house will be a happy home because friends will be there.Have you ever been to a strange place and had the joy of seeing a familiar face?Not one of us who enters the Father’s house will feel lonely or strange,for our friends will be there.

Alexander MacLaren described heaven in this way:“The joys of heaven are not the joys of passive contemplation,of dreamy remembrance,of perfect repose;but they are described thus,‘They rest not night or day,’and‘His servants serve him and see his face.””

Pray for the Day:

Father,we look forward to eternity together with You in heaven;in Jesus’Name,Amen.