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每日箴言
“你为什么离开我?”
“他们正看的时候,他就被取上升,有一朵云彩把他接去,便看不见他了。” - 徒 1:9
灵修
像我这样年纪的人,是会记得昔日在机场送行的时候,可以一直送到闸口的。对,在2001年9/11恐怖袭击之前,你可以目送所爱的人登机,以及看着他们的班机起飞。即使你没有这种记忆,我们都明白,与所爱的人道别的感受是如何的。
今日,每当我准备出门时,我的女儿仍然会问我这样一个问题,她望着我说:“你为什么离开我?”她小时也是这样问我的。我通常会告诉她,我要去上班,很快便会回来的。
从某种角度来看,聚集在耶稣身边的门徒就像小孩子,他们只关注自己认为重要的事。“主啊,你复兴以色列国就在这时候吗?”他们的视野只限于耶稣能为他们小小的世界做什么事,然而,耶稣将要成就的,却远远超过这些事!
耶稣赐给他们一个应许(从圣灵而来的能力)、一个使命(作祂的见证),和一个异象(从耶路撒冷直到地极)。在神和祂的子民持续不断的故事里,这些门徒快要撰写新一章的历史了。
耶稣已经升到天上,在那里为我们作工,而祂也赐给我们一件改变生命和赋与生命的工作。不过,耶稣更应许祂会藉着祂的灵常与我们同在,祂是永远不会离开我们的!
祷告
亲爱的神,在我们纪念升天节耶稣返回天家时,愿我们得到激励,因为我们知道,当祂在世界各地建立祂的教会时,祂也时常与我们同在的。阿们。
普世佳音每日箴言
“Why You Leave Me?”
He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. — Acts 1:9
Devotion
I am old enough to remember when you could walk with people right up to the departure gates at an airport. Before the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, you could see your loved ones board a plane and watch their flight depart. But even if you don’t have that memory, we all know what it is to have to part with someone we love.
My daughter has a question that she still uses when I am headed out the door. She looks at me and says, “Why you leave me?” Her words echo the phrasing she used as a young child. Then I usually tell her I am leaving for work and will return soon.
In a way like children, the disciples who were gathered around Jesus were focused on what mattered to them. “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” Their view was limited to what Jesus would do for their little corner of the world. What Jesus was about to do was so much more!
Jesus gave them a promise (power from the Holy Spirit), a mission (to be his witnesses), and a vision (from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth). The disciples were on the edge of a new chapter in the ongoing story of God and his people.
By ascending, Jesus has gone to work in heaven for us, and he has given us a task that is both life-challenging and life-giving. In addition, Jesus has promised to be with us always, by his Spirit. He will never leave us!
Prayer
Dear God, as we remember Ascension Day and Jesus’ return to heaven, may we be encouraged to know that as he works to spread his church everywhere, he is also with us. Amen.
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