【双语灵修】给饥饿的人的食物 Food For The Hungry

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“耶稣拿起饼来，祝谢了，就分给那坐着的人，分鱼也是这样，都随着他们所要的。” - 约 6:11

根据圣经所说，我们知道神特别关怀某些群体，因为这些人时常被人霸凌：穷人、孤儿、寡妇、和客旅。而既全然是人又全然是神的主耶稣，也格外关怀这些群体。

耶稣专门行神迹、以丰富的粮食喂养穷人。神的国具有的标记之一，就是每一个人都应该获得足够的供应，就如约翰福音 6:11所说的：“都随他们所要的。”

耶稣赐主餐给祂的门徒时，祂是在滋养他们的身体和灵性。我们要认识到，在初期教会，守圣餐通常是真实地聚在一起吃晚餐，而不是像今天，在很多教会敬拜礼仪中只吃一小块饼和喝少量酒（或果汁）。我们的教会若能做到供应大量面包和整杯果汁，好让大家能真实地经历到神丰足的供应，就再理想不过了（但这算是题外话）。

耶稣既如此慷慨地款待我们，我们也领受能力并受到激励去慷慨待人。

在主餐中接受耶稣的恩典时，请你试着在心中记念那些处于饥饿中的人 － 包括在你社区中你所认识的人，以及遍及世界各地那些你不认识的人。

祷告

主啊，你既然爱穷困的人和看顾那些弱势群体，就求你把同样的一颗爱心赐给我们。奉你的名祈求，阿们。

约翰福音 6:1-15

1这事以后，耶稣渡过加利利海，就是提比哩亚海。
2有许多人因为看见他在病人身上所行的神迹，就跟随他。
3耶稣上了山，和门徒一同坐在那里。
4那时犹太人的逾越节近了。
5耶稣举目看见许多人来，就对腓力说：“我们从哪里买饼叫这些人吃呢？”
6他说这话是要试验腓力，他自己原知道要怎样行。
7腓力回答说：“就是二十两银子的饼，叫他们各人吃一点也是不够的。”
8有一个门徒，就是西门彼得的兄弟安得烈，对耶稣说：
9“在这里有一个孩童，带着五个大麦饼、两条鱼，只是分给这许多人还算什么呢？”
10耶稣说：“你们叫众人坐下。”原来那地方的草多。众人就坐下，数目约有五千。
11耶稣拿起饼来，祝谢了，就分给那坐着的人，分鱼也是这样，都随着他们所要的。
12他们吃饱了，耶稣对门徒说：“把剩下的零碎收拾起来，免得有糟蹋的。”
13他们便将那五个大麦饼的零碎，就是众人吃了剩下的，收拾起来，装满了十二个篮子。
14众人看见耶稣所行的神迹，就说：“这真是那要到世间来的先知！”
15耶稣既知道众人要来强逼他做王，就独自又退到山上去了。

Food For The Hungry

"Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish." - John 6:11

In the Bible we learn that God is especially concerned about a few groups of people. That's because these people are often taken advantage of: the poor, orphans, widows, and foreigners. And Jesus, the Son of God, who is fully human and fully God, showed the same concern for these groups.

In particular, Jesus fed the poor in abundant and miraculous ways. One of the marks of God's kingdom is that everyone should have enough, or as John 6:11 says, "as much as they wanted."

When Jesus gave the Lord's Supper to his disciples, he did that to feed them physically and spiritually. And we should know that in the early church, this sacred meal was often celebrated as an actual meal, not just with a small bit of bread and wine (or juice), as many do in their church services today. Perhaps our churches would do well to pass out ample slices of bread, and full cups of juice so that people could truly experience God's generosity (but I digress).

Because Jesus has been so generous to us, we are empowered and encouraged to be generous to others.

As you receive Christ's gifts in the Lord's Supper, try to hold hungry people in your mind and heart—including people you know in your local community and people you don't know in other parts of the world.

Prayer

Lord, you clearly love the poor, caring for all who are disadvantaged. Give us the same heart. In your name, Amen.