《今日靈修默想》：「主的靈在我身上，因為他用膏膏我，叫我傳福音給貧窮的人；差遣我報告：被擄的得釋放，瞎眼的得看見，叫那受壓制的得自由，報告神悅納人的禧年。」（路4:18-19）
默想一：耶穌提到了四種人：貧窮的人、被擄的人、瞎眼的人和受壓制的人。請問，你是屬於哪一種人？如果你都不是，那可能你是世界上最幸福、最快樂、最健康的人。你可能是最不需要耶穌基督的人，耶穌的降生對你是多餘的。但若從神的眼光來看，世人因為罪的緣故，我們屬靈的狀況是活在貧窮、被擄、瞎眼、受壓制裡。不管你是哪一種人，結局都一樣，我們都需要神的憐憫及拯救。
默想二：既然「世人都犯了罪」（羅3:23），而且「罪的工價乃是死」（羅6:23）,那我們怎麼辦？感謝神，祂藉著耶穌的降世成為人，為要拯救我們。耶穌降世的目的是要使心靈貧窮的得以知足、被擄的在靈裡得釋放、心靈黑暗的重見光明、被罪捆綁的得自由。聖誕，是神給人類最偉大、最寶貴、最具體的禮物。問題是你接受了神這份愛的禮物嗎？
禱告：慈愛的天父，感謝袮偉大至極的愛。袮為了愛，將袮的愛子當禮物賜給我們。聖誕節日終要過去，求袮幫助我，不是留戀在節日的熱鬧，而是讓我為基督成為報佳音的人，透過每日的生活見證袮的愛。奉耶穌基督的名禱告，阿們！
《Today’s spiritual meditation》: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luk 4:18-19)
Meditation one: Jesus mentioned four types of people: the poor, the prisoner, the blind, and the oppressed. Please allow me to ask, which type do you fit in? If you are not one of them, then you may be the luckiest, happiest, and healthiest person in the world. You may be the one who does not need Jesus Christ the most, and the birth of Jesus is irrelevant to you. But from the perspective of God, because of sin, the people in this world is spiritually living in poverty, captivity, blindness, and oppression status. No matter which type of person you belong to, the ending is the same. We all need God’s mercy and salvation.
Meditation two: Since “all have sinned” (Rom 3:23) and “the wages of sin is death” (Rom 6:23), what should we do? Thank God that He became man through the coming of Jesus to save us. The purpose of Jesus’ coming to the world is to make the poor be contented in soul, the captive be freed in spirit, the blinded mind be recovered in sight, and the oppressed be set free from sin. Christmas is the greatest, most precious, and most meaningful gift that God has given to mankind. The question is – have you accepted this gift of love from God?
Prayer: Loving Heavenly Father, thank You for Your marvelous love. You gave us your beloved Son as a gift of love. Christmas season will soon be over. Please help me not to immerse in the enjoyment of the holiday, but to make me proclaim the good news for Christ, to testify of your love through daily life. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!