《神的屬性A-Z》Day08

《H for Healer》

16 到了晚上,有人帶着許多被鬼附的來到耶穌跟前,祂只用一句話就把鬼都趕出去,並且治好了一切有病的人。17 這是要應驗先知以賽亞的話,說:祂代替我們的軟弱,擔當我們的疾病。(馬太福音八16-17)

25 有一個女人,患了十二年的血漏,26 在好些醫生手裏受了許多的苦,又花盡了她所有的,一點也不見好,病勢反倒更重了。27 她聽見耶穌的事,就從後頭來,雜在眾人中間,摸耶穌的衣裳,28 意思說:「我只摸祂的衣裳,就必痊癒。」29 於是她血漏的源頭立刻乾了;她便覺得身上的災病好了。30 耶穌頓時心裏覺得有能力從自己身上出去,就在眾人中間轉過來,說:「誰摸我的衣裳?」 31 門徒對他說:「祢看眾人擁擠祢,還說『誰摸我』嗎?」32 耶穌周圍觀看,要見做這事的女人。33 那女人知道在自己身上所成的事,就恐懼戰兢,來俯伏在耶穌跟前,將實情全告訴祂。34 耶穌對她說:「女兒,你的信救了你,平平安安地回去吧!你的災病痊癒了。」 (馬可福音五25-34)

16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Him, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:16-17)

25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch His clothes, I will be healed.”29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31“You see the people crowding against You,” His disciples answered, “and yet You can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told Him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (Mark 5:25-34)

分享:在人生旅程中,病痛是最深的無力感之一。當身體受苦時,我們多麼渴望有人能伸手醫治;當心靈受傷時,我們更希望能有力量安慰與修復。許多人為了尋求醫治,願意拜訪名醫,耗盡金錢,也願意嘗試各種方法,只盼望能得痊癒。因為「健康」代表著盼望與自由,而「醫治」則帶來重新活過來的可能。然而,即使醫學進步,許多人仍在病床前體會到自己的有限,心裡發出一個更深的呼喊:「誰能真正醫治我?」

聖經給了我們清楚的答案:耶穌基督是醫治的主。在耶穌的事工裡,醫治與釋放佔了很重要的部分。其中包含身體疾病的醫治 (如瞎眼的得看見、癱子能行走等) ,也涵蓋心靈的醫治 (如破碎的心得安慰、被罪轄制的得釋放等) 。耶穌是全然的醫治者。《馬太福音八16-17》揭示了一個極重要的真理:耶穌的醫治並非單單是能力的彰顯,而是救贖計劃的一部分。祂醫治的動力來自祂的愛,根基則是祂的十字架。祂不僅醫治身體,也醫治心靈;不只醫治創傷,更醫治罪與信心的破碎。祂是那位全然醫治的主。

然而,我們常忽略一種更深層的醫治 —— 信心的醫治。許多人在苦難中容易灰心,以為神不再聽禱告、不再動工;但正是在這些看似無望的時刻,神要醫治的,不是我們的身體,而是我們那搖動的信心。有人曾這樣形容神的醫治:「有時候神醫治我們的身體,有時候祂醫治我們的心靈,但祂總是醫治我們的信心。」這句話道出神醫治的最終目的:祂要我們重新相信,祂仍掌權、仍同行、仍施恩。

聖經中的許多例子都印證了這一點。那位患血漏十二年的婦人,雖然在人眼中被隔絕、被視為不潔,但她仍伸出手去摸主的衣裳繸子。耶穌沒有因她的病拒絕她,反而說:「女兒,你的信救了你。」(參馬可福音五34) 她得著的不只是身體的康復,更是信心的重建。同樣,神也願意醫治我們的信心。當我們覺得失望、孤單、甚至懷疑時,祂仍然伸手,醫治那顫抖的心,重新點燃我們裡面的盼望。

弟兄姊妹,神是醫治者 (Healer) ,祂的醫治遠超過藥物的效用,也不限於身體的康復。祂能在我們最破碎的地方,重新注入生命的力量。你今天或許仍在等候醫治的神蹟,但請記得:有時神醫治我們的身體,有時祂醫治我們的情緒,但祂總不會放手,直到我們的信心得著完全的醫治。

反思:今天,在你的生命中,哪一個部分最需要主的醫治?是身體的疼痛、心靈的創傷,還是那漸漸冷卻的信心?請相信,醫治的主仍在你身邊,祂的愛比任何疾病都更強大。

禱告:醫治的主耶穌,感謝祢在十字架上為我擔當軟弱與疾病。當我身體受苦、心靈破碎時,求祢以祢的恩手醫治我;若祢的旨意不是立刻除去痛苦,求祢醫治我的信心,使我在等待中仍然相信祢的良善與同在。主啊,祢是我生命的醫治者,我將一切交託給祢。以上禱告,奉主名求,阿們。

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