【双语灵修】负责建造的蜜蜂BUILDER BEES

哥林多前书 3:5-15

5 亚波罗算什么？保罗算什么？无非是执事，照主所赐给他们各人的，引导你们相信。 6 我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，唯有神叫他生长。 7 可见栽种的算不得什么，浇灌的也算不得什么，只在那叫他生长的神。 8 栽种的和浇灌的都是一样，但将来各人要照自己的工夫得自己的赏赐。 9 因为我们是与神同工的，你们是神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。 10 我照神所给我的恩，好像一个聪明的工头立好了根基，有别人在上面建造，只是各人要谨慎怎样在上面建造。 11 因为那已经立好的根基就是耶稣基督，此外没有人能立别的根基。 12 若有人用金、银、宝石、草、木、禾秸在这根基上建造， 13 各人的工程必然显露；因为那日子要将它表明出来，有火发现，这火要试验各人的工程怎样。 14 人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住，他就要得赏赐； 15 人的工程若被烧了，他就要受亏损，自己却要得救，虽然得救，乃像从火里经过的一样。

2026-07-09

负责建造的蜜蜂

“我们是与神同工的。你们是神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。” - 哥林多前书 3:9

蜜蜂擅长建造，它们在巢里建造数以百计的六角形蜂窝，这些蜂窝就是蜂巢的基本组件。蜂窝奇妙的几何设计，能够提供最大的贮藏空间，同时只需要最小量的蜂蜡来维持坚稳的结构。蜂蜡是花蜜、花粉、唾沫和工蜂的其他分泌组成的巧妙混合物，蜂蜡是蜂窝的墙的建筑材料，使墙的形状不会受到冷或热的影响。这些蜂窝主要是用来贮藏蜂蜜，有些用来贮藏花粉和花蜜，也有些用作卵子和幼虫的育儿室。

建造蜂巢归功于蜜蜂紧密的合作，在建造过程中，每一只蜜蜂都尽上它们应该负的职责。相比之下，我们人类在建造彼此关顾的社群时面对的挣扎，显得非常可悲。藉着重建人与父神、和与其他人的关系，耶稣改变了我们错误的建造习惯，可是，我们时常都没有实践祂教导我们的做法。例如，基督徒社群不但没有以关怀、和谐、具建设性的态度来谦卑的彼此服侍，反而因争竞、比较、彼此排斥和漠视而分了心。

你是与神同工，建造一个彼此相交的社群吗？神呼召你用什么方法，从单顾自己，改变为与其他人一起服事祂呢？

祷告

神啊，感谢你，因你在基督里为我们立了稳固的根基。在我们藉事奉来建造基督的身体时，求你以你的灵引领我们彼此关顾。阿们。

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

THURSDAY, JULY 9

BUILDER BEES

We are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. —1 Corinthians 3:9

Honeybees are great builders. Inside their hive they make honeycombs consisting of hundreds of six-sided cells. These are the basic building blocks of beehives. The amazing geometry of these cells maximizes storage space while minimizing the wax needed for a stable structure. Beeswax is an ingenious blend of nectar, pollen, saliva, and other ingredients produced by worker bees to form the walls of the cells, which keep their shape in both heat and cold. While these cells are used mainly to store honey and some pollen and nectar, some of the cells are also used as nurseries for eggs and larvae.

Hive building is a tribute to the bees’ ability to work well together. Each bee takes up its role in the building process.

A tragic contrast to this is our struggle as human beings to build caring communities. Jesus came to reverse our faulty construction habits by reconnecting people to his Father and to one another. Yet we often fail to practice what he taught us. In place of humbly serving with each other in caring, harmonious, constructive ways, for example, the Christian community gets distracted by competing and comparing and by excluding and neglecting one another.

Are you a co-worker with God in building a community with others? In what ways is God calling you from self-service to serving him with others?

Thank you, God, for the firm foundation you have made for us in Christ. By your Spirit, direct us to care for each other as we serve to build up the body of Christ. Amen.