May 08【每日活水】参与在主施行的神迹之中

 

马太福音15:32~39

耶稣给四千人吃饱
可8‧1-10
32 耶稣叫门徒来,说:「我怜悯这众人;因为他们同我在这里已经三天,也没有吃的了。我不愿意叫他们饿着回去,恐怕在路上困乏。」 
33 门徒说:「我们在这野地,哪里有这么多的饼叫这许多人吃饱呢?」 
34 耶稣说:「你们有多少饼?」他们说:「有七个,还有几条小鱼。」 
35 他就吩咐众人坐在地上, 
36 拿着这七个饼和几条鱼,祝谢了,擘开,递给门徒;门徒又递给众人。 
37 众人都吃,并且吃饱了,收拾剩下的零碎,装满了七个筐子。 
38 吃的人,除了妇女孩子,共有四千。 
39 耶稣叫众人散去,就上船,来到马加丹的境界。
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
34 “How many loaves do you have?”Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 
37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 
38 The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 
39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
 

内容观察

1.耶稣怜悯那群人的理由为何?(32节)

2.耶稣如何解决那群人的饥饿问题?(36~38节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么要拿着饼和鱼祝谢,然后透过门徒分给众人,使他们吃饱?
 

个人感受

4.看到耶稣透过门徒来服事众人,你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.在你生活所接触到的人群中,有哪些使人苦恼的现实问题?

6.为了被主使用来服事他人的需要,进而经历主所施行的奇妙神迹,你决定要怎么做?

可7:31:“耶稣又离开了推罗地区,经过西顿,就从低加坡里境内来到加利利海。

灵修指南

当耶稣在加利利进行传道和医治的事工时(参可7:31),看到与同在一处的人群没有东西吃,就怜悯他们。耶稣向门徒表达池的心意与期望,门徒则以现实的困难来回应池。尽管门徒已经经历过五饼二鱼的神迹,但他们仍没有以信心的眼光来看待耶稣的旨意。耶稣询问门徒还有多少食物后,拿起仅有的七个饼和几条鱼祝谢后分给门徒,让门徒再去分给众人。结果,他们不但让四千位成年男性及同行的妇女、孩童都吃饱,剩下的碎屑还能装满七个筐子(37~38节)。其实,拥有创造大能的耶稣,不一定要透过门徒来让众人吃饱,但是他更愿意使用门徒,透过他们来服事众人。所以,耶稣的门徒在任何情况下,都不该因现实环境的限制而灰心,反倒要以信心的眼光,相信主的能力和心意,期待主透过我们来施行奇妙的神迹。
 

内室祷告

愿主使我确信祂的大能,并满心期待被主使用、经历神迹。

 

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