The best gift we can give to God is ourselves.

我们能献给上帝最好的礼物，就是我们自己。

Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1

将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是上帝所喜悦的；你们如此事奉，乃是理所当然的。-罗马书12章1节

The weeks after Christmas are the busiest time of year in the US for merchandise returns as people trade unwanted gifts for what they really want. Yet you probably know a few people who always seem to give the perfect gift. How do they know just what another person values and what is right for the occasion? The key to successful gift-giving is not money; it’s listening to others and taking a personal interest in what they enjoy and appreciate.

在圣诞节过后的几个星期，美国各大商场的商品退回部门是最忙碌的，因为人们都要把不合心意的圣诞礼物退换成需要的物品。然而有少数人所送的礼物却能令人满意，但他们怎么知道对方的喜好，而且还送得恰到好处呢？其实送对礼的关键不在于钱，而在于倾听对方的心声，了解他们真正的喜好。

This is true for family and friends. But what about God? Is there anything meaningful or valuable that we can give to God? Is there anything He doesn’t already have?

对送礼给朋友跟家人确实是这样，但对上帝呢？我们能献上什么有意义、有价值的礼物呢？上帝还需要什么吗？

Romans 11:33–36, a song of praise to God for His great wisdom, knowledge, and glory, is followed by a call to give ourselves to Him. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship” (12:1). Instead of being shaped by the world around us, we are to be “transformed by the renewing of [our] mind” (v. 2).

罗马书11章33-36节是一首诗歌，赞美上帝极大的智慧、知识和荣耀。接着，保罗便呼召信徒献上自己，他说：“所以弟兄们，我以上帝的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是上帝所喜悦的；你们如此事奉，乃是理所当然的”（12章1节）。我们也不要模仿这世界，而是要藉着心意的更新而改变（2节）。

What’s the best gift we can give to God today? In gratitude, humility, and love we can give ourselves completely to Him—heart, mind, and will. It’s just what the Lord is longing to receive from each of us.

今天，我们能献给上帝最好的礼物是什么呢？就是心怀感恩、谦卑和爱，把我们的身心灵完全地献给祂。这就是上帝期望你我能够送给祂的礼物。

Dear Lord, I’m Yours. I want to offer 

myself to You—

heart, mind, and will—

in humble service and in thankful worship

 for all You have done for me.

亲爱的主，我完全属于祢，

我愿将身心灵完全献给祢，谦卑地事奉祢，

因祢已为我成就的一切，我感谢赞美祢。

Romans 11:33-12:2New International Version (NIV)

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”
35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

罗马书 11:33-12:2Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified) (CUVMPS)

主智无穷主道难寻

33 深哉，神丰富的智慧和知识！他的判断何其难测，他的踪迹何其难寻！ 34 “谁知道主的心，谁做过他的谋士呢？ 35 谁是先给了他，使他后来偿还呢？” 36 因为万有都是本于他，倚靠他，归于他。愿荣耀归给他，直到永远！阿门。

献己于主当做活祭

12 所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当做活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的，你们如此侍奉乃是理所当然的。 2 不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。

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