【双语灵修】蜜蜂的气味BEE SCENTS

哥林多后书 2:14-17

14 感谢神，常率领我们在基督里夸胜，并藉着我们在各处显扬那因认识基督而有的香气。 15 因为我们在神面前，无论在得救的人身上或灭亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之气。 16 在这等人，就做了死的香气叫他死；在那等人，就做了活的香气叫他活。这事谁能当得起呢？ 17 我们不像那许多人，为利混乱神的道，乃是由于诚实，由于神，在神面前凭着基督讲道。

2026-07-16

蜜蜂的气味

“我们在神面前，无论在得救的人身上，或灭亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之气。” - 哥林多后书 2:15

研究蜜蜂沟通方式的人，发现了一个蜜蜂使用信息素（气味）的复杂系统，蜂巢需要这些由蜜蜂发出和接收的“化学信使”才能茁壮成长。例如，气味是交配过程重要的一环。如果蜂巢遇到危险，工蜂会发出警报的气味，藉此召集其他蜜蜂出去蜇刺潜伏的侵略者。此外，每一个巢都有自己蜂后的气味作为标记，来自每一个巢的觅食蜜蜂，都认得路安全返回它们的巢。

生物之间的沟通，很多都是透过微妙的方式来进行的。举例说，我们可以透过非语言的方式，例如手势、面部表情、身体姿态、语气等等来沟通。研究人类互动的人声称，我们百分之80至90的沟通都是透过非语言方式的，这个方式能支持我们所说的话、也可能与说话的意思相反。

跟随基督的人与人沟通时，我们应该注入“基督馨香之气”。这种香气是不能假装的，惟有藉着与基督联合才能得到。例如，《以弗所书》5章2节建议：“凭爱心行事，正如基督爱我们，为我们舍了自己，当作馨香的供物和祭物献与神。”这样做我们便能够让基督馨香之气传送到我们周边的人了。

祷告

主耶稣，愿你的香气充满我们的行为和说话，好叫别人能够感受到你在我们里面和被吸引到你那里。阿们。

2 Corinthians 2:14-17

THURSDAY, JULY 16

BEE SCENTS

We are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. —2 Corinthians 2:15

People who have studied bee communication have observed a complex system in which bees use pheromones (scents). These “chemical messengers” that bees produce and receive are needed for a hive to thrive. For example, scents are central to the mating process. And if the hive is threatened, worker bees give off an alarm scent that rallies other bees to go out and sting potential intruders. Also, each hive is marked with its own queen’s scent so that the gatherer bees from that hive will find their way safely back to it.

In communication among living things, so much is shared in subtle ways. For instance, we can communicate nonverbally through gestures, looks, posture, tone of voice, and so on. People who have studied human interactions assert that 80-90 percent of our communication is nonverbal, and this can either support or contrast with our words.

As Christ-followers, we are encouraged to infuse our communication with the “pleasing aroma of Christ.” There is no way to fake this scent. It can come only through our union with Christ. Ephesians 5:2 recommends, for example, that we “walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Doing that, we can spread the pleasing scent of Christ to the people around us.

Lord Jesus, may our actions and words be infused with your scent so that others may sense your presence in us and be drawn to you. Amen.