每日365

七月十一日

你付出了多少爱,就表示你到底相信多少爱!

你若有真爱的话,就不会在别人需要帮助的情况下不采取任何行动!你就不会在那个前往耶利哥途中遇难的可怜人面前显得无动于衷!你必须像那位好撒玛利亚人所做过的一样,去采取行动才行(路10:30-37)!如果你只是说:“噢!我真为你感到难过,这是多么可悲啊!”那还是不够的,怜悯心必须被付诸行动才行!有时,耶稣也会感到非常疲倦,并试图避开群众、退避那些繁忙的情景想休息一下;但事实是,那些人们简直就是包围了他。当他看见他们时,他便放弃了休息,“因为他怜悯群众,于是治好了所有来到他处的人。”(太l4:l3,14;可6:31-34)

因此,如果你不去做某件事、不去实行某件事的话,那么你就不能说你在相信某件事!像上帝原本要人把爱显示出来的那样,把爱显示出来吧!“你要全心、全意、全力。”(太22:37)这就是说:你要真的去关心和关注别人,不能只是说:“我爱你”,然后便一走了之、忘掉了自己说过的话;也不能在“你有能力”帮助别人的情况下却对他们说:“愿你们穿得暖、吃得饱。”(雅2:l6)如果爱不能被具体地表现出来的话,就像是“信心没有行为一样,是死的”!(雅2:26;约壹3:18)因此,把你那些仁慈的话语,用仁慈的行为体现出来、并表示出爱和怜悯心吧!阿们?

 

DAILY 365

July  11

You believe in love as much as you love.

If you have real love, you can’t face a needy situation without doing something about it. You can’t just pass by the poor man on the road to Jericho. You must take action, like the Good Samaritan did (Luke 10:30– 37). It’s not enough to say, “Oh, I’m so sorry, how sad!”

There was a time when Jesus was very tired and He tried to escape the multitude for a little rest, but when He looked on the multitude, the Bible says He was moved with compassion, and taught and healed them (Mark 6:31–34; Matthew 14:13–14). Compassion must be put into action.

You can’t say that you believe in something if you don’t practice it. We should apply love as God intended for it to be applied—with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind (Matthew 22:37–39). That means to be truly concerned. It’s not saying, “I love you,” and then walking off and forgetting people in need. It’s not saying, “Be warmed and filled,” but not giving them the things they need when it’s in your power to help (James 2:16; Proverbs 3:28). Love without physical application is like faith without works, which is dead (James 2:26). Show love and compassion by putting kind deeds to your kind words (1 John 3:18).