【双语灵修】蜂后QUEEN BEE

歌罗西书 1:15-20

15 爱子是那不能看见之神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。 16 因为万有都是靠他造的，无论是天上的、地上的，能看见的、不能看见的，或是有位的、主治的、执政的、掌权的，一概都是藉着他造的，又是为他造的。 17 他在万有之先，万有也靠他而立。 18 他也是教会全体之首。他是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位， 19 因为父喜欢叫一切的丰盛在他里面居住。 20 既然藉着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，便藉着他叫万有，无论是地上的、天上的，都与自己和好了。

2026-07-12

蜂后

“他也是教会全体之首，他是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。” - 歌罗西书 1:18

蜜蜂和人类都对关乎皇室的事情着迷。我们对皇后和皇帝兴起和衰落感到兴趣，其实令人费解。对蜜蜂来说，专注在蜂后身上，是生死悠关的。没有蜂后的蜂群是不能生存的，养蜂人早就知道，他们能够得到蜂蜜，决定于是否有一只健康的蜂后。

每一个蜂巢都只有一只蜂后，她被形容为“蜂群之母”、“女族长”和“掌管蜂巢的”。蜂后是唯一有生育能力的雌蜂，一只健康的蜂后每天可以产下多至2,000个卵子！

蜂后是蜂巢生活的中心，直至她再不能履行职责为止。当蜂群意识到它们的蜂后抱恙，或准备离开时，工蜂便开始一个特别的程序来培育新的蜂后。它们以“蜂皇浆”喂养一只年轻的雌蜂，来激活她的生殖系统。不久她便能产卵，保证蜂巢以后能继续繁殖和生存下去。

我们可能会禁不住视皇室的兴衰为一个延续不断的模式，但今天这段经文清楚指出一个明显的相反例子。神的儿子基督耶稣是永远统管万有的君王，祂是我们的头，我们是祂的子民、与祂同为一体，没有人能取代祂。我们相信神的儿子是宇宙的君王，也永远是我们生命的救主。

祷告

君王耶稣，感谢你拯救我们出黑暗、领我们进入你奇妙、光明、慈爱和赦罪的国度里。阿们。

Colossians 1:15-20

SUNDAY, JULY 12

QUEEN BEE

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. —Colossians 1:18

Honeybees and human beings have a fascination with royalty. Queens and kings rise and fall, and it’s a mystery that we get so interested in them. With honeybees, there’s a life-and-death fixation on the queen bee. A colony cannot survive without a queen. Beekeepers learn this quickly, and their hope for a yield of honey depends on having a healthy queen.

In each hive there is only one queen. She has been described as “the mother of all the bees,” “the matriarch,” and “the one in charge of the hive.” The queen is the only fertile female, and a healthy queen will lay up to 2,000 eggs per day!

The queen is at the center of the hive’s life—until she can no longer perform her duties. When the colony senses that its queen is ailing or preparing to leave, the workers begin a special process to raise a new queen. They feed a young female “royal jelly” to activate her reproductive system. Soon she will be able to lay eggs to ensure the future growth and survival of the hive.

It may be tempting to view the rise and fall of royalty as an unbreakable pattern. But our Bible reading today makes clear that there is one glowing exception. Christ Jesus, the Son of God, is the eternal King over all things. He is our head, and we, his people, are his one body. No replacements. We can trust the Son of God to be the King of the universe and the Savior of our lives forever.

King Jesus, thank you for rescuing us from darkness and bringing us into your marvelous kingdom of light, love, and forgiveness. Amen.