双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：1月25日 不要失去神

1月25日

不要失去神

既找不着，就回耶路撒冷去找祂。

（路加福音2:45）

我们必须要面对的是，纷争已经渗透到我们的教会生活。是的，教会现在到处充满斗争。但就教会本身而论，即使纷争也应该尽心尽力传讲真道和神，而不应该是教会内部纷争结党。

我们读路加福音第二章约瑟和马利亚有一天失去了耶稣，他们是在哪里失去耶稣的呢？他们是在世界上最不可能失去主的地方——圣殿里。

我已经看到很多人恰恰是在教会失去主的。我们看到他们在争论谁是唱诗班领队，谁弹管风琴，谁是长老，谁是牧长, 从而失去了耶稣。是的，因为我们是属血气的人，即使是基督徒，也很容易在圣殿里失去耶稣。

今日祷告:

主啊，不要让我在每天复杂的关系中失去你。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

January 25

Don’t Lose Sight

 . . . when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem . . .

—Luke 2:45

We might as well face it, strife has even infiltrated our church life. It is true enough that the Church is now the Church militant. But, as such, its warfare ought to be that of dedication to revealed truth and divine holiness, and not intramural bickering and carnal disputes.

We read in the second chapter of Luke that Joseph and Mary lost Jesus one day. Where did they lose Him? They lost Him in the most unlikely place in all the world-the Temple.

I have seen many people lose Jesus right in the church. I have seen them lose Him in a dispute about who was to be choir director, who was to play the organ, who was to be an elder, or who was to be the minister. Yes, because we are human, though Christian, it is easy to lose sight of Jesus right in the temple!

Prayer for the day:

Don’t let me lose sight of You, Lord, in the complex logistics of everyday life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.