May 02【每日活水】你们给他们吃吧!

 

马太福音14:12~21

 耶稣使五千人吃饱
13 耶稣听到了,就从那里上船,私下退到荒野的地方去。众人听到后,从各城来,步行跟随他。
14 耶稣出来,看见一大众人,就怜悯他们,治好了他们的病人。
15 傍晚的时候,门徒进前来,说:“这地方偏僻,而且时候已经晚了,请叫众人散去,他们好进村子,自己买些食物。”
16 耶稣对他们说:“不用他们去,你们给他们吃吧!”
17 门徒说:“我们这里只有五个饼、两条鱼。”
18 耶稣说:“拿过来给我。”
19 于是他吩咐众人坐在草地上,就拿着这五个饼和两条鱼,望着天祝福,擘开饼,递给门徒,门徒又递给众人。
20 他们都吃,并且吃饱了。门徒把剩下的碎屑收拾起来,装满了十二个篮子。
21 吃的人中,男的约有五千,还不算妇女和孩子。
Supper for Five Thousand
13-14 When Jesus got the news, he slipped away by boat to an out-of-the-way place by himself. But unsuccessfully—someone saw him and the word got around. Soon a lot of people from the nearby villages walked around the lake to where he was. When he saw them coming, he was overcome with pity and healed their sick.
15 Toward evening the disciples approached him. “We’re out in the country and it’s getting late. Dismiss the people so they can go to the villages and get some supper.”
16 But Jesus said, “There is no need to dismiss them. You give them supper.”
17 “All we have are five loaves of bread and two fish,” they said.
18-21 Jesus said, “Bring them here.” Then he had the people sit on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples. The disciples then gave the food to the congregation. They all ate their fill. They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers. About five thousand were fed.
 

内容观察

1.耶稣如何对待那些跟随祂到荒野的人?(13~14 节)

2.耶稣向门徒吩咐了什么事情?(16 节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.当门徒想要解散群众,让他们到村子里找吃的,耶稣为什么却对门徒说:“你们给他们吃吧”?
 

个人感受

4.当你看到耶稣给予门徒的使命,就是要喂养和照顾那些来到祂面前的人,你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.你何时曾因自己的不足,而拒绝按照主的吩咐去满足他人的需要?

6.为了顺从主“你们给他们吃吧”的吩咐,你决定要怎么做?

约 6:9 “这里有一个孩子,带着五个大麦饼和两条鱼,但是分给这么多大还算甚么呢?”

灵修指南

在辛勤的服事中,耶稣也需要有安静的时间来休息和充电,但那些需要祂的人仍然不断地来到祂面前(13 节)。耶稣并没有拒绝他们,反而因着怜悯,服事他们直到傍晚(14~15 节)。这时门徒意识到,这一大群人无法在荒野里获得食物,因此门徒向耶稣提议,让群众分散到附近的村庄去买食物。这样的建议是门徒根据现实情况所做出的判断,但耶稣这时却吩咐门徒说:“你们给他们吃吧!”并借着门徒实际仅有的五个饼、两条鱼,施行了奇妙的神迹。借着这个神迹,耶稣明确告诉门徒,以怜悯和爱来喂养众人,是祂的门徒必须承担的使命和责任。因此,主的门徒必须意识到,自己对于主所托付的人群有着深刻的责任及负担,我们必须尽最大的努力,喂养众人的肉身和心灵,建造、帮助他们。请记住,怀抱拯救灵魂的使命感,就会使我们拥有牧者的心肠。
 

内室祷告

愿主使我谨记喂养、建造众人的使命,尽力服事主所托付的灵魂。

 

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