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哥林多後書三章1-6節
神的小僕人
經文:
1 我們豈是又舉薦自己嗎?豈像別人,用人的薦信給你們,或用你們的薦信給人嗎?
2 你們就是我們的薦信,寫在我們的心裡,被眾人所知道所念誦的。
3 你們明顯是基督的信,藉著我們修成的,不是用墨寫的,乃是用永生神的靈寫的,不是寫在石版上,乃是寫在心版上。
4 我們因基督所以在神面前纔有這樣的信心。
5 並不是我們憑自己能承擔甚麼事,我們所能承擔的,乃是出於神。
6 他叫我們能承當這新約的執事,不是憑著字句,乃是憑著精意,因為那字句是叫人死,精意是叫人活。〔精意或作聖靈〕
保羅對哥林多教會的一番心底話,讓我們知道作為領袖的保羅也有他內心的掙扎。保羅指出他並不把他所做的工視為一種個人的成就,而是因着他跟從上帝去做上帝叫他去做的事,這使得保羅有自信並感到滿足。
我們都不是保羅,未必像保羅一樣在服事中那麼自信與滿足,然而滿足來自一種感恩的態度。每天學習用感恩的心去過,每天都為主、為身邊的人做一件小事,這已是一種福氣。
2 Corinthians 3:1-6
Paul spoke to the Corinthians about his feeling towards the believers there. We can see that he struggled too as a leader in the church. He told the Corinthians that he did not see his ministry and work as achievement but a kind of confidence in Christ for he had done what he was assigned to.
We are not Paul who was assigned with enormous duty from God. Yet feeling confident comes from being grateful. Just doing a little thing for God and for someone close to us each day can be something we are grateful for. This can be a blessing already.
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