【双语灵修】我是见证人

使徒行传 1:6-9

他们聚集的时候，问耶稣说：“主啊，你复兴以色列国就在这时候吗？”耶稣对他们说：“父凭着自己的权柄所定的时候、日期，不是你们可以知道的。但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地和撒马利亚，直到地极，作我的见证。”说了这话，他们正看的时候，他就被取上升，有一朵云彩把他接去，便看不见他了。

5月20日

我是见证人

“圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，… 直到地极，作我的见证。” - 徒 1:8

在返回天家之前，耶稣呼召每一个跟随祂的人去做祂的见证人。见证人是一个能够认证他们亲身见过或经历过事情的人。

今天，这个呼召亦可应用在所有跟随耶稣的人身上。我们蒙召做可靠的见证人，与人分享神的恩典，这是我们在自己生命中亲身见过和经历过的。这乃是跟随基督之人的核心身份。

耶稣托付我们的差事，是要把衪拯救世人的信息带到每一个我们所到的地方。这个伟大的普世使命是由第一世纪跟随耶稣的人开始，这个使命也由今天二十一世纪的跟随者相继延续下去。

借着衪灵的能力，我们有一个故事要传扬，有一个改变生命的经历要与人分享。其他人或许对《圣经》的教导有疑问或对神学有所批判，然而他们却不能反驳我们个人的经历；我们深信神在我们心里和生命中所作的工，这是他们不能改变的。

耶稣知道，一个被改变了的生命能够成为一股势不可挡的力量，在神的世界里，它能够为衪行各样的善事。若要找人向你周围的人证明神改变人心的能力，没有人比你更合适的了。

构思一个神在你生命中作为的故事，然后与人分享吧。今天你可以与谁分享这个故事呢？

祷告

亲爱的耶稣，求你以你的灵充满我们，赐我们力量成为你恩典和慈爱活生生的见证人，并与人分享你在我们里面满有恩典工作的故事。奉你的名祈求，阿们。

Acts 1:6-9

TUESDAY, MAY 20

I AM A WITNESS

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses . . . to the ends of the earth.” — Acts 1:8

Before going back to heaven, Jesus called each of his followers to be a witness for him. A witness is someone who can attest to what they have seen or experienced personally.

This calling applies to all of us who follow Jesus today as well. We are called to be reliable witnesses, sharing with others the grace of God that we have personally witnessed and experienced in our lives. This lies at the heart of our identity as followers of Christ.

The task that Jesus has entrusted to us is to carry his life-saving message wherever we go. This magnificent, global mission began with Jesus’ first-century followers, and it continues with his 21st-century followers today.

Empowered by his Spirit, we have a story to tell and a life-altering encounter to share. While others may have doubts about the Bible’s teaching or quibble about theology, they cannot refute our personal experience. They cannot change what we know to be true about God’s work in our hearts and lives.

Jesus recognized that a transformed life becomes an unstoppable force for good and for God in this world. To the people around you, there is no one better positioned to testify to the life-changing power of God than you.

Think of a story you can share with someone about the Lord’s work in your life. Whom will you tell today?

Dear Jesus, fill us with your Spirit. Empower us to be living testimonies of your grace and love, sharing with others our stories of your grace-filled work in us. Amen.