《Lent》Day 08

清理心中髒亂

13 猶太人的逾越節近了,耶穌上耶路撒冷去。14 祂看見聖殿裏有賣牛羊和鴿子的,還有兌換銀錢的人坐著,15 耶穌就拿繩子做成鞭子,把所有的,包括牛羊都趕出聖殿,倒出兌換銀錢之人的銀錢,推翻他們的桌子,16 又對賣鴿子的說:「把這些東西拿走!不要把我父的殿當作買賣的地方。」17 祂的門徒就想起經上記著:「我為祢的殿心裏焦急,如同火燒。」18 因此猶太人問祂:「祢能顯甚麼神蹟給我們看,表明祢可以做這些事呢?」19 耶穌回答他們說:「你們拆毀這殿,我三日內要把它重建。」20 猶太人說:「這殿造了四十六年,祢三日內就能重建嗎?」21 但耶穌所說的殿是指祂的身體。22所以祂從死人中復活以後,門徒想起祂曾說過這事,就信了聖經和耶穌所說的話。(約翰福音二13-22.和修)

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts He found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So He made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves He said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then responded to Him, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple He had spoken of was His body. 22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. (John 2:13-22. NIV)

分享:如果換轉是你,面對聖殿變成如此污髒混亂,你會有什麼感受?在美國,很多人都把車房變成了儲物室 (據統計,美國約47%的車庫已變成儲物室)。時間久了, 如果你沒有特別打理、執拾,這些儲物室就會變得混亂不堪。這是讓人很頭痛的事情。

同樣,今天我們的心靈會否也像這樣,累積許多髒亂的東西。我們生活在這個世界,無可避免地會沾染一些世俗想法與態度。若我們的心裝載著世界的一套,將生命的重點放在「我自己」當中,只懂強調個人應得的權利、報復傷害我們的人,不久我們的心靈就不再清潔、不再井然有序。或許沒有人看到我們髒亂的內心?但內心世界影響着外在的行動,並你的整個生命。
 
保羅提醒我們:「豈不知你們的身子就是聖靈的殿嗎?」(哥林多前書六19) 我們大概不希望讓上帝住在一個污糟混亂的地方吧。也許我們該安排一個屬靈的工作日,藉著上帝的幫助來清理髒亂。丟掉苦毒的思想,把過去慣用屬肉體的思考模式丟棄。調整你的心態,將上帝美善的話語注入你的心。從內心深處開始打理,使之煥然一新。 

反思:你的身子就是聖靈的殿,這句話給你什麼提醒?

行動:安排一個屬靈的工作日,求上帝幫助你清理心中的髒亂吧。

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