他們怎能做到? (趙武夷長老)
最近大家都很關注東京奧運,雖然目前在日本每天仍然有許多人人感染新冠肺炎,不過人們對運動的熱衷從古至今都沒有區別。每位運動員都需要經過漫長而艱難的訓練過程,每面獎牌都是辛苦訓練所得來的獎賞。聖經中也有許多如運動員般辛苦而得到獎賞的人。使徒保羅就是其中一位,他身體力行以激勵信徒用得獎賞的心志來傳福音、奔跑天路。在歌林多前書9:23-24中說:「凡我所行的,都是為福音的緣故,為要與人同得這福音的好處。豈不知在場上賽跑的都跑,但得獎賞的只有一人?你們也當這樣跑,好叫你們得著獎賞。」我們每個人現在都還在場上競賽當中。

不管你信主多少年,你願意生命被主更新嗎?跟當初信主時相比,你覺得自己更加愛主嗎?對主的愛不只是享受的愛,更是一種付出的愛,求神所賜的聖靈將神的愛澆灌在我們的心理,讓我們重拾起初的愛。

腓立比書 1:3-11 (和合本)
- 我每逢想念你們,就感謝我的神;
- 每逢為你們眾人祈求的時候,常是歡歡喜喜的祈求。
- 因為從頭一天直到如今,你們是同心合意的興旺福音。
- 我深信那在你們心裡動了善工的,必成全這工,直到耶穌基督的日子。
- 我為你們眾人有這樣的意念,原是應當的;因你們常在我心裡,無論我是在捆鎖之中,是辯明證實福音的時候,你們都與我一同得恩。
- 我體會基督耶穌的心腸,切切的想念你們眾人;這是神可以給我作見證的。
- 我所禱告的,就是要你們的愛心在知識和各樣見識上多而又多,
- 使你們能分別是非(或作:喜愛那美好的事),作誠實無過的人,直到基督的日子;
- 並靠著耶穌基督結滿了仁義的果子,叫榮耀稱讚歸與神。
Philippians 1:3-11 (NIV)
- I thank my God every time I remember you.
- In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
- because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
- being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
- God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
- And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.