星象家 (5)

星象家 (5)
聖經閱讀：馬太福音2:1-12 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年12月12日(一)

當星象家來到耶路撒冷，他們問：「那出生要作猶太人的王的在哪裡？我們在東方看見了他的星，特地來朝拜他」(第2節)。
星象家很清楚知道他們來耶路撒冷的目的，他們是要來朝拜耶穌！這讓我好奇想知道──真心敬拜上帝是什麼意思？
真心敬拜不是只有行動，而是要有深愛上帝的心，「上帝是愛；那有了愛在他的生命裡的人就是有上帝的生命，而上帝在他的生命裡」（約翰一書4:16），而真心的敬拜就是我們愛上帝、敬重上帝的一種表現。「你們要歌頌上主榮耀的尊名；你們要敬拜神聖威嚴的上主」(詩篇29:2)。
今天和未來的每一天，你會學像星象家一樣真心敬拜上帝嗎？ —GT

「來吧，我們來俯伏敬拜他！來向創造我們的上帝跪拜！他是我們的上帝；我們是他牧養的子民，是他帶領的羊群。」 詩篇95:6-7

禱告：天父，我願真心敬拜祢。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(李信儀譯)

Wise Men (5)
Bible Reading: Matthew 2:1-12
Monday, December 12, 2016

　When the wise men came to Jerusalem, they asked people, “Where is the child who has been born to be the king of the Jews? We saw the star that shows he was born. We saw it rise in the sky in the east and have come to worship him” (verse 2).
The wise men were very clear about the purpose of their visit to Jerusalem. They had come to worship Jesus! That makes me wonder — what does it mean to truly worship God?
True worship is more than just actions. It means that we have a deep love for God. “God is love. Every one who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them” (1 John 4:16). And true worship is an expression of our love and respect for God. “Praise the Lord and honor his name! Worship the Lord in all his holy beauty” (Psalm 29:2).
Will you be like the wise men and truly worship God today and every day? —GT

“Come, let us bow down and worship him! Let us kneel before the Lord who made us. He is our God, and we are the people he cares for, his sheep that walk by his side.” Psalm 95:6-7

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I want to truly worship You. In Jesus' name. Amen.