【双语灵修】请他们来INVITE THEM IN
出埃及记 2:15-25
法老听见这事，就想杀摩西，但摩西躲避法老，逃往米甸地居住。
一日，他在井旁坐下。米甸的祭司有七个女儿，她们来打水，打满了槽，要饮父亲的群羊。 有牧羊的人来把她们赶走了，摩西却起来帮助她们，又饮了她们的群羊。 她们来到父亲流珥那里，他说：“今日你们为何来得这么快呢？” 她们说：“有一个埃及人救我们脱离牧羊人的手，并且为我们打水饮了群羊。” 他对女儿们说：“那个人在哪里？你们为什么撇下他呢？你们去请他来吃饭。” 摩西甘心和那人同住，那人把他的女儿西坡拉给摩西为妻。 西坡拉生了一个儿子，摩西给他起名叫革舜，意思说：“因我在外邦做了寄居的。”
过了多年，埃及王死了。以色列人因做苦工，就叹息哀求，他们的哀声达于神。 神听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约。 神看顾以色列人，也知道他们的苦情。
2月19日
请他们来
“那个人在哪里，你们为什么撇下他呢？你们去请他来吃饭。” - 出埃及记 2:20
开拓教会会带给人诸多振奋与挑战。你见过植堂开拓者吗？他们放弃了许多舒适条件和对教会的期待。因为神呼召他们去传福音，他们正朝着一个前所未有的方向前进。这其中既有巨大的兴奋，也夹杂着一丝忐忑。怀着让人听闻福音、认识耶稣的热忱，他们投身于创立新教会。他们邀请人加入，共同组建同工会。他们结识邻舍和其他基督徒，共进餐食、交流思想，畅谈策略与规划。在神的爱中受感召者，不断增加。
每一位植堂开拓者都在寻找社区中能够引荐他们接触潜在受众的人或群体。这些人可能是善于建立联系，和分享故事的社交能手，拥有实用技能的专业人士，或是能在资金、愿景规划，以及其他方面提供支持的人。他们都是社区的推动者与和平之子。
摩西在帮助流珥女儿们的时候，他就成了这样的人。她们邀请他进屋，使他成为家族一员。他成为牧羊人，在那个环境中聆听神的教导，为承担重要使命做准备。神正以怎样的方式呼召，并预备你参与祂的使命呢？
祷告
主啊，求你帮助我们聆听你的声音，回应你为我们生命设定的计划和旨意。指引我们走向你差遣我们去往的方向。阿们。
Exodus 2:15-25
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
INVITE THEM IN
“And where is he?” . . . “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.” —Exodus 2:20
Church planting can bring lots of excitement and challenges.
Have you ever met a church planter? They give up many of the comforts and expectations of a church home because God is calling them to reach out. They are moving in a direction that hasn’t been tested before. With that comes great excitement and a little fear. They are motivated to start a new church so that others can hear the good news and come to know Jesus. They invite others to join them, and that can mean serving on a steering committee. They meet neighbors and other Christians and share meals and ideas as they make conversation and discuss strategies and plans, and the list of people touched by God’s love continues to grow.
Every church planter looks for the person or group in a community who can introduce them to others whom they might need to reach. These can be people who know how to connect with others and share stories, people with helpful skills, people who can help with financing or vision or provide support in other ways. They are all community champions and people of peace.
Moses became a person like that when he helped Reuel’s daughters. They invited him in, and he became part of their family. He became a keeper of flocks. In that space he learned from God, who was preparing him for important work to do.
In what ways might God be calling and preparing you to join him on mission?
Lord, help us to hear you and respond to your plan and purpose for our lives. Guide us to move in the direction you are sending us in. Amen.