忠心的人

忠心的人
聖經閱讀：歷代志下16:9a 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年1月18日(一)

我要寄出一件大東西，我把它放進箱子裡，但是裡面仍然有一些空隙。為了不讓它在裡面晃動、喀喀作響，我塞了一些填充材料到空隙裡。
這個空隙的例子讓我想起忙碌的生活。家、家人、工作、社群媒體、興趣和假期填滿了我們的生活，但是我們的確還有一些空閒時間，所以我們就努力把上帝擠壓進這些生活中的小小空間裡。吃飯時我們會禱告──如果還記得的話；我們也許會在早餐前讀經──如果我們沒有睡過頭的話。
在我們的生活中，不要只分給上帝一點點時間，而應該要讓自己被祂充滿，我們所有的計劃都應該集中在榮耀和服事上帝。今天的經文閱讀讓我們看見上帝希望人們對祂忠心。

我們可以藉著將自己獻給上帝，並讓祂向我們顯明祂對我們生命的計劃，來成為忠心的人。今天就將你的一生獻給上帝！ —BL

「上主看顧全世界，賜力量給對他忠誠的人。」 歷代志下16:9a

禱告：親愛的上帝，我將一生獻給祢，求祢幫助我成為忠心的人。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(尤榮輝譯)

Faithful People
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 16:9a
Monday, January 18, 2016

　I had to mail something large. I put it in a box, but there were empty spaces. So to keep it from rattling around, I poured packing material into the empty spaces.
This illustration about empty spaces reminds me of our busy lives. We have our home, family, work, social media, hobbies and holidays to fill our lives. But we do have a few free moments, so we try to squeeze God into these small, empty spaces in our lives. We may pray at meal time — if we remember to do it. Or we may read our Bible before breakfast — if we don't oversleep.
Instead of just giving God a few moments of our life, we should be filling ourselves with Him. All of our plans should focus on glorifying and serving God. Our Bible verse today shows us that God wants people to be faithful to Him.

We can be faithful people by giving ourselves to God and letting Him show us His plan for our lives. Give God your whole life today! —BL

“The eyes of the Lord go around looking in all the earth for people who are faithful to him so that he can make them strong.” 2 Chronicles 16:9a

PRAYER: Dear God, I give my whole life to You. Help me to be faithful. In Jesus’ name. Amen.