《今日靈修默想六》:「我只有一件事,就是忘記背後,努力面前的,向著標竿直跑,要得神在基督耶穌裡從上面召我來得的獎賞。」(腓3:13-14)
默想一:你人生的標竿是什麼?行在正確的方向嗎?值得你一生的打拼嗎?基督徒的人生是標竿人生,好像一場賽跑「向著標竿直跑」。而基督徒是不斷地以追求得著基督為賽跑的目標。
默想二:你要如何直奔標竿?先「忘記背後」,你要靠基督放下所有過去的成敗和得失,還要測底清除一切賽程上的障礙物,包括你生活中的絆腳石及心中的內在垃圾。然後「努力面前」,就是效法基督的順服及行動、以認識耶穌基督為至寶。信靠主的人只能往前跟主走。手扶著犁往後看的,不配進天國(路9:62)
禱告:主耶穌,感謝祢所賜的標竿人生,也感謝祢在2021年所滴下的恩典脂油。至於2022的新年,我將繼續以祢為我定的標竿為我的人生目標,就是竭力追求認識祢,直到祢成形在我心,讓別人在我身上所看到的不再是我,乃是基督在我裡面活著,就是祢的榮耀。奉祢寶貴的聖名禱告。阿們!
Spiritual Meditation for Today VI: “I have but one thing to do, to forget my back, and to strive what is before me, and to run straight toward the mark, that I may receive the prize for which God has called me from above in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:13-14)
Meditation 1: What is the benchmark of your life? Are you walking in the right direction? Is it worth the struggle of your life? The Christian life is a benchmark life, like a race “running straight towards the benchmark”. And Christians are constantly running in pursuit of Christ as the goal of the race.
Meditation 2: How are you going to go straight to the mark? First, “forget the back”, you have to let go of all past successes and failures and gains and losses by Christ, and you have to test the bottom to remove all obstacles from the race, including the stumbling blocks in your life and the internal junk in your heart. Then “strive before you” by imitating Christ’s obedience and actions, and by knowing Jesus Christ as the supreme treasure. Those who trust in the Lord can only go forward with Him. He who looks backward with his hand on the plow is not worthy to enter the kingdom of heaven (Lk 9:62)
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for the benchmark life you have given me and for the fat of grace you have dripped in 2021. As for the New Year 2022, I will continue to live my life with the goal that You have set for me, which is to seek to know You until You are formed in me, so that what others see in me is no longer me, but Christ living in me, which is Your glory. In Your precious name, I pray. Amen!