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今日經文: 腓立比書4章10-19節
全年讀經: 歷代志下30-31章約翰福音18章1-18節
Todays Scripture: Philippians 4:10-19
Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 30-31John 18:1-18
我已經充足,因我從以巴弗提受了你們的餽送。—腓立比書4章18節
梅蘭妮因經常頭痛而就醫,醫生發現她的腦下垂體長了一顆良性腫瘤,大概跟李子一樣大。她在2003年動手術切除腫瘤後,2006年復發,再次接受手術治療。到了2017年,當腫瘤第三次復發時,梅蘭妮改接受放射治療,結果導致她嚴重掉髮。於是,她27歲的兒子馬特就決定留長自己的頭髮,為媽媽做一頂假髮。
馬特這個無私且充滿愛的行動,展現出一個人的能力和資源,可以為有需要的人或團體帶來多麼大的幫助。保羅在寫給腓立比信徒的書信中,特別強調這種以慷慨相待、互相扶持是多麼美好。腓立比的信徒與保羅「分擔憂患」,而且「一再差人來供給[他]的需用」(腓立比書4章14、16節,和合本修訂版)。保羅接受了他們的餽贈,認識到上帝藉著他們充分地供應了他的需要。
上帝經常透過人與人之間的慷慨互助,來供應我們的需求。有時候,我們能為別人付出時間、才能或金錢;有時候,我們有所缺乏,而須依賴別人的幫助。藉著聖靈在我們裡面的工作,我們的付出是上帝「所喜悅的」(18節),並展現出我們同為基督的肢體,彼此緊密相連。
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馬其頓眾教會受到保羅的高度讚揚。通常他們會迅速回應保羅的需求,而且這次只有他們向保羅伸出援手(腓立比書4章15節)。此外,保羅指出他們還「不止一次供應過[他]的需要」(16節,當代譯本修訂版)。事實上,在哥林多後書8章,保羅提醒富裕的哥林多教會,要以經濟匱乏的馬其頓眾教會為榜樣(1-2節)。正是在這樣的背景下,使徒保羅寫道:「我的上帝必照祂榮耀的豐富,在基督耶穌裡,使你們一切所需用的都充足」(腓立比書4章19節)。正如今天上帝供應我們、滿足我們的需要,我們也可以把所得的,分享給別人。
I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent.
When Melanie began having regular headaches, her doctors discovered she had a benign tumor in her pituitary gland. The tumor was about the size of a plum and was surgically removed in 2003 and again in 2006 when it recurred. Then in 2017, when it came back a third time, Melanie underwent radiation treatment instead, which caused her to lose her hair. Her twenty-seven-year-old son, Matt, decided to grow out his own hair to make a wig for her.
Matt’s selfless, loving act illustrates how one person’s abilities and resources can supply the needs of another person or group. Paul highlights the beauty of such reciprocal generosity in his letter to the Philippians. The believers in Philippi had shared in his “troubles” and “sent . . . aid more than once when [he] was in need” (Philippians 4:14, 16). Having received their gifts, Paul recognized that God had provided amply for his needs.
Our willingness to share with one another is often the conduit of God’s provision in our lives. Sometimes we’re in a position to give of our time, talent, or treasure; other times we’re in need ourselves and must rely on the support of another. Through His Spirit working in us, our gifts are “pleasing to God” and a manifestation of our shared life in the body of Christ (v. 18).
When has God supplied your needs through another person? How might He provide for someone else through your generous giving today?
Father God, thank You for providing for me. Please help me share what You’ve given me as I seek to cheerfully and generously help others.