【双语灵修】耶稣是好牧羊人

约翰福音

10:11-18

“我是好牧人，好牧人为羊舍命。 若是雇工，不是牧人，羊也不是他自己的，他看见狼来，就撇下羊逃走，狼抓住羊，赶散了羊群。 雇工逃走，因他是雇工，并不顾念羊。我是好牧人，我认识我的羊，我的羊也认识我，正如父认识我，我也认识父一样；并且我为羊舍命。我另外有羊，不是这圈里的，我必须领它们来，它们也要听我的声音，并且要合成一群，归一个牧人了。我父爱我，因我将命舍去，好再取回来。没有人夺我的命去，是我自己舍的。我有权柄舍了，也有权柄取回来，这是我从我父所受的命令。”

7月17日

耶稣是好牧羊人

“我是好牧人。我认识我的羊，我的羊也认识我。” -约 10:14

当神的儿子耶稣到来，住在我们当中和教导我们时，祂提到《诗篇》第二十三篇中的意象，告诉凡愿意听的人：”我是好牧羊人。”耶稣作为神，取了肉身来到我们中间，宣告祂来是要做神子民的牧羊人，领他们返回父家去。祂进入我们的世界、我们的社区，并提醒所有人主我们的牧羊人一直在做的事情，就是引导我们，追寻我们，和呼唤我们回到祂那里去。主的羊便开始在神的儿子身上看到神和跟从祂了。

耶稣与父所作的工紧密相连，强调祂与父的亲密关系，这亲密关系阐述了祂如何去拯救、看守、和保护主的羊。

当读到《圣经》记载耶稣的一生和牧养事工时，我们看见耶稣招聚祂的羊群，在神的子民中间来往，并认识他们。祂教导他们，又作榜样，使他们明白如何顺服祂父的旨意，好让他们也能够按神的旨意而活。就像《诗篇》第二十三篇中的牧羊人那样，祂住在神的羊中间，带领他们去做一件他们需要去做的事，就是与呼召他们永远与祂同过丰盛完美生活的主，重新建立关系。

你如何知道好牧羊人认识你呢？

祷告

主耶稣，感谢祢向我们显明神的慈爱和我们怎样为祂而活。惟愿我们能够在祢的话语中和藉着祢的灵，听到祢的声音。阿们。

John 10:11-18

THURSDAY, JULY 17

JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me. . . .” —John 10:14

When Jesus, the Son of God, came to live and teach among us, he picked up on the imagery of Psalm 23 and told all who would hear, “I am the good shepherd.” Jesus came to us as the Lord God in the flesh, declaring that he was there to shepherd God’s people and lead them home to the Father. He moved into our world, our neighborhood, and reminded everyone of what the Lord our shepherd had been doing all along: guiding us, pursuing us, and calling us back to him. The Lord’s sheep began to recognize God in his Son and to follow him.

Jesus made a strong connection to the work that his Father had already been doing, highlighting that his close relationship with the Father informed how he would save, guard, and protect the Lord’s sheep.

When we read the accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry in the Bible, we see Jesus gathering his flock, walking among God’s people, and getting to know them. He teaches them and models what it looks like to do the will of his Father so that they can live God’s way as well. Like the shepherd in Psalm 23, he lives among God’s sheep and leads them to the one thing they need: a renewed relationship with the Lord, who calls them to live in abundance and full life forever with him.

In what ways have you found that the good shepherd knows you?

Lord Jesus, thank you for showing us God’s love and how to live for him. May we hear your voice in your Word and by your Spirit. Amen.