《飲飲食食,重新得力》Day40

《聖餐是更新的筵席》
53 耶穌說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,你們若不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,就沒有生命在你們裏面。54 吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生,在末日我要叫他復活。55 我的肉真是可吃的,我的血真是可喝的。56 吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我裏面,我也常在他裏面。57 永活的父怎樣差我來,我又因父活着;照樣,吃我肉的人也要因我活着。 58 這就是從天上降下來的糧。吃這糧的人就永遠活着,不像你們的祖宗吃過嗎哪還是死了。」 (約翰福音六53-58)
30 到了坐席的時候,耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝了,擘開,遞給他們。 31 他們的眼睛明亮了,這才認出祂來。忽然耶穌不見了。32 他們彼此說:「在路上,祂和我們說話,給我們講解聖經的時候,我們的心豈不是火熱的嗎?」 (路加福音廿四30-32)
53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” (John 6:53-58)
30 When He was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him, and He disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:30-32)
30 When He was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him, and He disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:30-32)
分享:現代人常常用「burnout」(精力耗盡)來形容工作、服事或生活的耗盡。當人burnout時,有些人會選擇去旅行、休假、轉換環境、與朋友傾訴、重新訂立目標。簡單來說,就是想辦法「重燃動力」。信仰生活何嘗不是如此?有時候,我們表面上還在服事、禱告、聚會,但內心的火早已熄滅,與主的關係也變得冷淡疏遠。主知道我們會疲乏,所以祂為我們設立了聖餐,讓我們可以再次對焦、得力、更新。
耶穌在《約翰福音六53-58》 用極強烈的語言,說明祂就是生命的糧。吃祂的肉、喝祂的血,不只是聖餐的喻表,更是指向與祂的生命完全連結。這不是肉身上的飲食,而是靈裡持續的吸收與更新。祂說:「吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生⋯⋯常在我裡面,我也常在他裡面。」(參v.54、56) 這是一種持續不斷的相交與連結,是生命對生命的親密結合。
在以馬忤斯路上,兩個門徒因耶穌被釘十架而失望、沮喪。就在他們信心低落時,耶穌的擘餅動作使他們心靈甦醒 —— 他們「認出祂來」,但這一刻的相認並非出於肉眼,而是出於心靈的光照與熟悉的記號。就在耶穌擘餅的那一刻,他們眼睛明亮了,心也重新火熱起來!「心裡火熱」這個詞語(希臘文 kaio)形容一種被燃點的感覺,是屬靈的甦醒、是愛的回應,是更新的起點。
著名神學家詹姆斯巴刻 (J.I. Packer) 這樣形容聖餐:「聖餐是信心的筵席,使信徒靈裡得滋養,並重新嚐到基督的甘甜。」 * 所以,聖餐並不只是一次靜默的儀式,更是一場充滿生命力的屬靈相遇。主耶穌用祂的餅與杯邀請我們回到祂的面前,讓我們疲乏的靈得着滋養,冷淡的心重新燃燒。每一次舉起餅杯,不只是回顧祂的犧牲,也是進入祂復活生命的更新。
親愛的弟兄姊妹,今天你是否也感到靈裡疲憊、心裡灰暗?主在聖餐中說:「來吧,到我這裡得火、得糧、得生命。」願你不再只是「參加」聖餐,而是「經歷」聖餐的更新與燃點。當祂擘開餅的那一刻,你也會像以馬忤斯的門徒一樣,眼睛明亮,心再次火熱。
反思:最近的我是否感到靈裡疲乏?是否服事成為壓力,禱告變成形式?嘗試在下一次聖餐時,安靜心靈,誠實向主傾訴靈裡的疲乏與低落,然後在餐中經歷主的更新!
禱告:親愛的主耶穌,謝謝祢設立聖餐,讓我們在疲乏之中仍可以回到祢面前,再次嚐到祢的甘甜。主啊,我們渴望被祢燃點,像以馬忤斯路上的門徒那樣,當祢擘餅的時候,眼睛明亮,心裡火熱。求祢讓我們在每一次的聖餐中重新與祢連結,領受從祢而來的生命與熱情。願我們不是為自己而活,乃是為祢而火熱。以上禱告,奉主耶穌得勝的名求,阿們。
* "The Lord’s Supper is a feast of faith, where believers are spiritually nourished and Christ becomes sweet again." —— J.I. Packer, Knowing God, Chapter 20: "Thou Our Guide"
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