双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月5日 属灵食物

12月5日

属灵食物

就要爱慕那纯净的灵奶，…….叫你们因此渐长。

彼得前书2:2

我们的属灵生命需要食物。什么样的食物？属灵食物。我们到哪里可以找到这种属灵食物呢？在圣经中，在上帝的话语里。圣经告诉我们，基督是我们饥饿心灵的生命之粮，是我们干渴心灵的生命之水。如果不每天摄取属灵食物，我们就会挨饿，失去属灵的生命力。

世界上有些地方没有我们所享有的自由，无法和其他基督徒一起研读圣经。事实上，在世界上的大多数地方，对上帝世界的了解都处于实实在在的饥荒之中。我想起了一个中国音乐家在中国的故事。他读了一位不知名的朋友从圣经中撕下来偷偷送给他的几页经文，得以皈信基督并灵命坚固。还有一些被关押之人的故事，他们服了二三十年的苦役，有时甚至遭受可怕的折磨。但他们幸存下来，出狱后仍然保持美好的灵性，对囚禁他们的人毫无怨恨。

我们不应该仅仅为满足我们的良心而匆匆读完一章经文。相反的，我们应该把上帝的话语藏在心里。好好消化一小段远比匆匆读过一大段更有属灵价值……

约翰福音是一个很好的起点。当你读的时候，圣灵会藉着这些经文光照你。祂会照亮那些难懂的话，使隐晦不明的意思变得清晰。即使你不能完全记住所读过的内容，或者不能完全明白，也要继续读下去。读经本身就会净化你的思想和心灵。不要让任何事物取代这种日常的操练。

当你没把圣经带着身边时——在不眠之夜、开车时、旅行时、在必须立即做出重要决定时，脑海里就会浮现出你背诵过的经文，它要安慰、引导、纠正、鼓励——我们所需的一切都在那里。尽可能多地记住吧！

今日祷告：

天父啊，祢的话语是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。所以，求祢用祢的话引导我。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

December 5

SPIRITUAL FOOD

Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 1 Peter 2:2

Our spiritual lives need food. What kind of food?Spiritual food. Where do we find this spiritual food? In the Bible, the Word of God.The Bible reveals Christ, the Bread of Life, for our hungry souls, and the Water of Life for our thirsty hearts.If we fail to partake of daily spiritual nourishment, we will starve and lose our spiritual vitality.

Some parts of our world do not enjoy the freedom we have to read the Bible and study it together with fellow Christians. In most of the world, in fact, there’s a veritable famine for the World of God!I recall the story of a Chinese musician in the People’s Republic of China. He was converted and strengthened spiritually through the reading of individual pages of the Scripture torn from a Bible and slipped to him by an unknown friend.There are other stories of prisoners who survived twenty to thirty years at hard labor-and sometimes terrible torture-and came out with their minds intact, totally lacking in bitterness toward their captors.

We should not be content to skim through a chapter merely to satisfy our conscience. Rather, we should hide the Word of God in our hearts. A little portion well digested is of greater spiritual value than a lengthy portion scanned hurriedly…

A good place to start is the gospel of John. As you read, the Holy Spirit will enlighten the passages for you. He will illuminate the difficult words and make obscure meanings clear. Even though you cannot remember all you have read, or understand it all, go on reading. The very practice of reading in itself will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart.Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Scripture memorized can come to mind when you do not have your Bible with you-on sleepless nights, when driving a car, traveling, when having to make an instantaneous important decision. It comforts, guides, corrects, encourages-all we need is there. Memorize as much as you can.

Pray for the Day:

Father, Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.So lead me by Your word, in Jesus’Name, Amen.