生命是一份禮物

最新 09-02

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奇妙的是，神不單看到我們的軟弱，衪更取了人的樣式，親身經歷人的軟弱。耶穌本來是神，但當衪活在世上時，衪完全承受了人的限制和軟弱。

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生命是一份禮物

Life Is Gift

「耶和華用地上的塵土造人，將生氣吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有靈的活人。」 - 創 2:7

"The LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." — Genesis 2:7

靈修

我們都知道，生命是一份禮物，可是有時我們忘記了。我們受不住社會文化的影響，以致相信我們是自己白手起家的。我們認為：「我今天有這樣的成就，完全是我努力奮鬥的成果。」

Life is a gift. We know that. But sometimes we forget. We give in to cultural pressures prompting us to believe we are self-made. We think, 「I am who and where I am because I』ve worked hard to get here.」

然而，創世記2章卻告訴我們一個截然不同的故事。我們本是塵土，是神將生氣吹在塵土上，使它得著生命。首先，因為神這樣做，我才成為今日的我。我們的每一個呼吸都在乎衪。每一刻我們都倚賴神賜我們這寶貴的生氣，才能維繫生命。我們不是自己生命的源頭，神才是。同時，神也看見人的軟弱和挑戰。詩篇103篇告訴我們，神記得我們不過是塵土，衪也要我們記著這個事實。當我們這樣做時，便會自然而然地產生感謝之心了。「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名。」 (詩篇 103:1)

Genesis 2 tells a different story. It says that we are dust and that God』s breath animated that dust into life. We are who we are first of all because of the life-breath of God. Our very breath depends on him. Moment to moment we rely on the gracious gift of breath that makes human life possible. God is the constant source of our being, not us. At the same time, God sees our vulnerabilities and the challenges of being human. Psalm 103 tells us that God remembers we are dust. God calls us to remember too. When we do, gratitude happens. 「Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name」 (Psalm 103:1).

奇妙的是，神不單看到我們的軟弱，衪更取了人的樣式，親身經歷人的軟弱。耶穌本來是神，但當衪活在世上時，衪完全承受了人的限制和軟弱。我們之所以有希望，是因為耶穌曾取了像我們一樣的肉身，經歷死亡，最後復活進入新的生命，現在與神一起在天上掌權。耶穌已經為我們，把那造成肉身的塵土，帶進天上寶座之處了。「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華！」

Amazingly, God not only sees our vulnerabilities; he also has experienced them in the flesh. When Jesus, who is fully God, lived on this earth, he fully took on the limitations and vulnerabilities of being human. What gives us hope is that Jesus, clothed with our own flesh, died, rose to new life, and is now ruling with God in heaven. The dust from which we were made has entered the heavenly throne room on our behalf. 「Praise the LORD, my soul」!

禱告

永活的神啊，是禰賜給我們生命氣息，我們為此滿心感謝禰。求禰叫我們永遠心存感恩。奉耶穌的名祈求，阿們。

Prayer

With gratitude in our hearts we thank you, living God, for your breath of life. Make us ever grateful. We pray in Jesus』 name. Amen.