耶利⽶书 3: 19 我说:我怎样将你安置在⼉⼥之中,赐 给你美地...我⼜说:你们必称我为⽗,也不再转去不跟从我。(现代标点和合本)
Jeremiah 3:19 "But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land,… “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father, ” And not turn away from Me.’ (NKJV)
你想拥有⼀⽚美地吗?这美地可能是⼀⽚实质的⼟地,也可意指⼀个美满的家庭、 ⼀段美好的关系、成功的事业等等。你所做的每⼀件事都可以是⼀⽚美地。神说祂怎样将我们安置在⼉⼥之中, 赐给我们美地。然后神⼜说说:“‘你们必称我为⽗,也不再转去不跟从我。”很多时候,当我们遇到问题时,我们会试图⾃⼰来解决,或者求助于他⼈。 教会,让我们专注看向我们的⽗神; 父祂爱你。对⾃⼰说,“阿爸⽗爱我。”约翰说,“我是主耶稣所爱的⻔徒。”当耶稣被钉 在⼗字架上时,约翰是唯⼀⼀位坚持陪伴到最后的⻔徒,因为他深知耶稣爱他。今天在教会⾥的是谁?那些知道⽗神爱他们的⼈。我们来教会并不是为了叫⽗神来爱我们,⽽是因为我们知道⽗已经先爱我 们,因着我们是祂的⼉⼥。属世上,你回家中并不是为了叫⽗亲来爱你,⽽是因为你知道他就是爱你。只有孩⼦才有进⼊⽗亲家⾥的钥匙。同样地,我们有进⼊到父家⾥的钥匙。
Do you want a pleasant land? This pleasant land could mean a physical land but it could also mean a good family, a good relationship, good business etc. Everything that you do can be a pleasant land. God asked how He can put us amongst the children and give us a pleasant land. Then God answered the question Himself saying, “‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” and not turn away from Me.” Often times, when we have problems, we try to solve them ourselves or turn to other people for help. Church, let us always turn to our Father in heaven. The Father loves you. Say to yourself, “The Father loves me.” John said, “I am the disciple whom Jesus loves.” When Jesus was crucified, John was the only disciple who was there to the end because He knew that Jesus loves him. Who are the ones in church today? The people who know that the heavenly Father loves them. We do not come to church so that the Father will love us but we come to church because we know the Father loves us, and we are the children of God. You do not go home to your father’s house so that your father will love you but you go home because you know he loves you. Only the sons and daughters have the password to enter the house of their father. We have the password to our heavenly Father.