【双语灵修】雄蜂DRONE BEES
哥林多前书 12:12-14, 21-27
12 就如身子是一个，却有许多肢体，而且肢体虽多，仍是一个身子；基督也是这样。 13 我们不拘是犹太人，是希腊人，是为奴的，是自主的，都从一位圣灵受洗，成了一个身体，饮于一位圣灵。 14 身子原不是一个肢体，乃是许多肢体。 21 眼不能对手说：“我用不着你。”头也不能对脚说：“我用不着你。” 22 不但如此，身上肢体人以为软弱的，更是不可少的； 23 身上肢体我们看为不体面的，越发给它加上体面；不俊美的，越发得着俊美； 24 我们俊美的肢体，自然用不着装饰。但神配搭这身子，把加倍的体面给那有缺欠的肢体， 25 免得身上分门别类，总要肢体彼此相顾。 26 若一个肢体受苦，所有的肢体就一同受苦；若一个肢体得荣耀，所有的肢体就一同快乐。 27 你们就是基督的身子，并且各自做肢体。
2026-07-14
雄蜂
“神配搭这身子，把加倍的体面给那有缺欠的肢体……，总要肢体彼此相顾。” - 哥林多前书 12:24-25
高中时我曾被邀请参加一个派对，我从未被人邀请过，所以我觉得自己颇为特别。可是，在派对中，主人家私下解释，“他们”应该为那些通常不会被邀请的人举行一个派对。我感到被人可怜，于是很快便离开了，这种“特别”的身份令我感到我并不是真的被人看重。
在今天这段经文中，身体上某些肢体被视为“有缺欠”、“不体面”或“不俊美”。然而，作为在基督里互为肢体的信徒，我们需要小心，不要这样轻看或对待任何一个人。
除了那些与蜂后交配（然后死亡）的雄蜂外，我们从来看不见雄蜂在巢里做任何事情。它们被视为只是终日无所事事，只懂吃由工蜂制造和贮藏的蜂蜜而已。雄蜂有不同的外貌，它们也没有刺。到了秋天，它们要面对最终的屈辱，就是被踢出蜂巢，好叫冬天时，有足够的蜂蜜来供蜂后和工蜂食用。
然而，在基督的身体中，没有一个肢体是“雄蜂”。身体的每一部分都是必要和不可缺少的，都配得特别的关怀和尊荣，都不会被轻看。我们都是在基督里的伙伴，我们努力一同发掘主赐给每一个人的恩赐。你与基督身体上其他肢体一同事奉得怎样呢？
祷告
主耶稣，感谢你让我成为你身体的一部分。在我们事奉你时，愿我们每个人都能无偏私地尊重和关顾基督身体的每个肢体。阿们。
1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 21-27
TUESDAY, JULY 14
DRONE BEES
God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that . . . its parts should have equal concern for each other. —1 Corinthians 12:24-25
During high school I was invited to a party. This had never happened to me before, so it made me feel kind of special. At the party, however, the host privately explained that “they” thought there should be a party for people who were not usually invited. Feeling pitied, I soon left. Being “special” in that way made me feel that I was not genuinely valued.
In our reading for today, some parts of the human body are described as “weaker,” “less honorable,” or “unpresentable.” But in the body of believers in Christ, we need to take care not to view or treat anyone in a way like that.
Drone bees, aside from the fact that some of them mate with the queen bee (and then die), have not been observed doing any work in the hive. They have been described as just hanging around and eating honey (made and stored by the worker bees). Drones also look different and have no stinger. In autumn they suffer the final indignity of being kicked out of the hive so that the honey for the queen and the worker bees will last during the winter.
In the body of Christ, however, no one is a drone. All parts are needed and indispensable, worthy of special concern and honor, not condescension. We are all partners in Christ, and we strive to develop each other’s gifts as the Lord has given them. How are you serving together with all the other parts of Christ body?
Lord Jesus, thank you for making me a part of your body. May we all honor and care equally for all the parts of your body as we serve you. Amen.