话语的实际(2018年，十一月） 预览

  

27  Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

THE WORD IS PURE MEDICINE

神的话是良药

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh (Proverbs 4:20-22).

我儿，要留心听我的话，侧耳听我所说的，不叫它们离开你的眼睛，要存记在你心中。因为寻见它们的，就寻见了生命，又寻见了医他们全肉体的良药。（箴言4:20-22）

The Word of God is the real solution or panacea to every challenge; not just health challenges. Therefore, the Word in your life, as a Christian, is of great importance, first because you’re born of the Word: “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (1 Peter 1:23). Secondly, because you’re born of the Word, you must remain connected to the Word to thrive, because every living thing must stay connected to its source to remain alive. For us, our source is the Word of God.

神的话语是解决一切挑战的良药，而不是单单针对健康的问题。因此，作为一个基督徒，神的话在你的生命中是极为重要的，因为你是从这道而生：“你们已经重生，不是由于能坏的种子，而是由于不能坏的，是借着神永活、永存的道。”（彼得前书1:23）其次，因为你是从神的道而生，所以你必须联于这道才能够兴盛，因为所有的生命体都必须连接与他们的源头才能够存活。对我们来说，我们的源头就是神的道。

Give attention to the Word; prize it over and above everything else in life. Job said, “…I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). Have a similar attitude to the Word. The Word is all you need. Psalm 107:20 lets us know that the Word of God heals and delivers; it parallels what we read in our opening verse. If you were sick and took time to meditate on the Word, the Word will produce health in you; it’ll rejuvenate and revitalize you when you apply it to your life. 

要专注在神的道上，要把它看得比生活中的任何事物都重要。约伯说道：“……我看重他口中的话语，过于我需要的饮食。”（约伯记23:12）你对神的话也要有相似的态度。神的道是我们所需要的一切。诗篇107:20让我们知道神的道医治、拯救人，与我们在开篇经文中所读到的内容相呼应。如果你在患病时花时间默想神的道，这道就会在你的里面产生健康。当你把它应用在你的生命中时，他就会使你恢复活力。

The Word is alive and full of power; that means it's active, operative and effective. Therefore, it makes no difference what the case is; if you’d apply yourself to the Word, if you’d accept it, and act on it, it’d produce in you, and for you, the desired results. Not only is the Word the solution to sickness and disease, but it’s also the guaranteed recipe for success and prosperity. Joshua 1:8 says, "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success" (Joshua 1:8). 

这道是活泼的，是满有能力的，意味着它是活跃的、有效的、实际的。因此，无论是怎样的情况都没有差别。如果你专心于这道，接受而遵行，它就会在你的里面，为你产生你所渴望的结果。神的道不仅是医治疾病的良药，也是保证成功、富足的秘诀。约书亚1:8说道：“这律法书不能离开你的口，总要昼夜思想，好使你谨守遵行这书上所写的一切。如此，你的道路就可以兴盛，必有美好的成就。”（约书亚记1:8）

Prayer

祷告

Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the efficacy of your Word in my life. Your Word is life to me, and medicine to my body. Thank you for the transforming power of your Word in my life even now, taking me from one level of glory to a higher level, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

亲爱的天父，我因你的话在我生命中的功效感谢你。你的话是我的生命，是我身体的良药。你的话语在我的生命中是转变的大能，就在此时此刻，使我荣上加荣。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

Isaiah 55:10-11

以赛亚书55:10-11

Hebrews 4:12-13

希伯来书4:12-13