【双语灵修】不要管状牛排NO TUBE STEAK

利未记 3:1-6；罗马书 12:1-2

“人献供物为平安[a]祭，若是从牛群中献，无论是公的是母的，必用没有残疾的献在耶和华面前。 他要按手在供物的头上，宰于会幕门口。亚伦子孙做祭司的，要把血洒在坛的周围。 从平安祭中，将火祭献给耶和华，也要把盖脏的脂油和脏上所有的脂

油， 并两个腰子和腰子上的脂油，就是靠腰两旁的脂油，与肝上的网子和腰子，一概取下。 亚伦的子孙要把这些烧在坛的燔祭上，就是在火的柴上，是献于耶和华为馨香的火祭。

“人向耶和华献供物为平安祭，若是从羊群中献，无论是公的是母的，必用没有残疾的。

所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当做活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的，你们如此侍奉乃是理所当然的。 不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。

星期三

十一月五日

不要管状牛排

“‘人献供物为平安祭…，必用没有残疾的…。’” - 利 3:1

在我成长的日子，夏天吃饭时，我家时常都会吃烤肉的。我的父母很喜欢烧烤牛排，但为四个不懂欣赏西冷牛排的小孩预备特选的肉，看来不是明智之举，所以他们便改为我们烧烤一些“管状牛排”。当时我们都很满意，直到后来我们发现了那些管状牛排只不过是热狗而已！

使用较次等的肉来喂饱一个大家庭是一回事，但尝试不把最好的献给神，却是另一回事。在利未记3章，神详细说明了献平安祭的规定。这些规定类似献燔祭的规定（利未记 1章），平安祭阐明与神和好的生活带来的喜乐。神的意愿是引领祂的子民与祂建立关系。所以，作为圣洁的真神，祂要求得到没有瑕疵或缺陷的祭牲。此外，处理这些祭物时，百姓需要取下全部的脂油献给耶和华。为什么呢？因为脂油被视为牲畜身体中的精华，我们应该把这些献给神。

罗马书12章详细说明这个看法，它指出我们要以我们最好的献给神－我们整个人－来回报神的怜悯！我们有没有把自己最好的献给神？当我们献上自己的时间、才干和金钱时，是把最好的献上，还是只献上一些剩余物资呢！因着神对我们的怜悯，让我们把自己最好的献给祂吧！

祷告

主啊，祢让我们成为祢的子女！惟愿我们欢喜快乐地把我们最好的献给祢，为要尊崇祢！奉耶稣祈求，阿们。

Leviticus 3:1-6; Romans 12:1-2

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

NO TUBE STEAK

“If your offering is a fellowship offering . . . you are to present . . . an animal without defect.” —Leviticus 3:1

When I was growing up, our family would often grill meat for our meals in the summer. My parents enjoyed grilled steak, but it didn’t seem sensible to use choice meat for four young kids who didn’t appreciate a sirloin. So instead they put “tube steak” on the barbecue just for us. We were satisfied until we learned that tube steaks were just hot dogs!

It's one thing to use a lesser kind of meat when feeding a large family, but it’s quite another to try to pass off less than our best to God. In Leviticus 3 God spells out the requirements for fellowship offerings. These sound similar to the rules for burnt offerings (Leviticus 1), but the fellowship offering illustrated the joy of living in a peaceful relationship with God. God’s desire was to draw his people into relationship with himself. So, as the holy and true God, he called for receiving animals without blemish or defect. In addition, with these offerings the people had to separate and offer all of the fat portions to the Lord. Why? Because the fat was considered the choicest part of the animal, and that was to be dedicated to God.

Romans 12 expands on this idea, noting that our response to God’s mercy is to offer the best that we have: our very selves! Do we offer God our very best? When we give of our time, talents, and treasure, do we give God our best, or the leftovers? In view of God’s mercy, let’s offer God the very best of all we have!

O Lord, you have made us your sons and daughters! May we honor you by joyfully giving our best to you! In Jesus, Amen.