【双语灵修】行公义、好怜悯

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〔耶和华〕向你所要的是什么呢？只要你行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心，与你的神同行。” - 弥 6:8

先知弥迦为主大声疾呼，指责在他那个年代的不公义行为。

他描述人民怎样企图以祭物来取悦神，藉此买赎他们的罪：“神向我们要的是什么呢？我们要献上多少才能叫神喜悦我们？”

答案既简单但又能为我们的生命带来极大的改变。如果你仍然在做不公义的事，你献多少给神也起不了作用。主乃是吩咐我们要行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心与衪同行！这样，你便可以把祭物献上和蒙神的喜悦了。

丢掉你用来骗人的天平，停止故意提高物价，不再逼人陷入困境好叫你可以买他们来做仆人和奴隶，施行公义，甚至更进一步——就是好怜悯。慷慨地施与给贫穷的邻舍，而不是图谋使他们沦为你的仆人。设法缓解贫穷而不是从中取利。

在我任校牧的学院里，外国学生的经济状况时常都有问题，幸好他们很多都得到附近教会的支持。星期一早上回校时，他们往往会笑容满面地告诉我，他们教会的会众在星期日怎样恩待他们。看到衪子民的爱心和怜悯，神也与这些学生们一起欢笑呢。

祷告

怜悯人的神，我们爱你。求你教导我们以怜悯的心爱人，又引领我们为耶稣的缘故天天都凭公义行事。阿们。

弥迦书 6:6-8

6我朝见耶和华，在至高神面前跪拜，当献上什么呢？岂可献一岁的牛犊为燔祭吗？
7耶和华岂喜悦千千的公羊，或是万万的油河吗？我岂可为自己的罪过献我的长子吗？为心中的罪恶献我身所生的吗？
8世人哪！耶和华已指示你何为善。他向你所要的是什么呢？只要你行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心，与你的神同行。

Do Justice and Love Mercy

"What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." - Micah 6:8

The prophet Micah spoke out for the Lord against the unjust practices of his day.

He pictured people asking how they might please God with offerings in order to pay for their sins: "What is it that God wants from us? How much must we sacrifice before God will be happy with us?"

The answer is simple and yet profoundly life-changing: As long as you practice injustice, it doesn't matter how much you sacrifice to God. The Lord calls you to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with him! Then you may bring your offerings and find favor with God.

Get rid of your rigged scales. Stop your price gouging. End the practice of driving people into poverty so that you can buy them as servants and slaves. Practice justice. And even more than that—love mercy. Give freely to your poor neighbor rather than scheming up ways to make them your slaves. Find ways to relieve poverty rather than profiting from it.

At the college where I serve as a campus minister, foreign students often struggle financially. But many of them have been embraced by local churches. On Monday mornings when they come to school, they often tell me with beaming faces how their church communities have blessed them on Sunday. God smiles along with these students as he sees his people showing love and mercy.

Prayer

We love you, merciful God. Teach us to love by showing mercy to others. Guide us to act with justice each day for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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片头: 张妙阳