【双语灵修】愿人都尊你的名为圣HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME

出埃及记 20:7；利未记 24:10-16

8月6日

愿人都尊你的名为圣

“我们在天上的父：愿人都尊你的名为圣……” - 马太福音 6:9

多年前，我曾攀登科罗拉多州的一座大山去观赏日出。当太阳从东方地平线探出头时，附近一群登山者中，有人用了一句亵渎、不敬神的话语，来形容那黎明时分摄人心魄的美景。这么多年过去了，每当我回想起那句亵渎的话，仍然会感到不寒而栗。

我们都知道绝不应滥用上帝的名。可是，面对日常生活中那些带有神名字的口头禅，我们又应该如何抉择呢？有人辩称，正如圣诞树和复活节彩蛋一样，这些词汇已经失去了所有与宗教关联的原始意义。第三条诫命的核心要义，乃是在任何时间、任何地点、任何情况下，都尊重神的名为神圣。（即是“不可妄称耶和华—你神的名”）。

若果带着些许谦卑与自律，或许会认为遵守这条诫命相当容易。然而，真正尊崇神的名，内涵远不止于“不说不当之言”。

我们真正尊崇神的名，是通过信靠祂的应许，以及严肃对待祂的话语。而且无论身处何地，都能在与他人的互动中，忠实彰显神形象和慈爱。若我们不能在每日所行的一切事上以忠心来尊崇神，那么，我们口称遵守第三诫，实际上恐怕只是在流于一种迷信。

当我们寻求尽心、尽性、尽意来爱神时，我们也必会尊崇祂的名。

祷告

“我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣。”愿我们能通过在生活中忠实于你，在我们的主耶稣基督里，使你的名为圣。阿们。

Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 24:10-16

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. . . .” —Matthew 6:9

Many years ago I climbed a mountain in Colorado to watch the sun rise. As the sun peeked over the eastern horizon, someone in a nearby group of hikers used a vulgar, profane reference to God to describe the breathtaking beauty of that dawning morning. All of these years later, I still shudder when I recall that exclamation of blasphemy.

We should never misuse God’s name. But what about times when we might use popular expressions that connect with God’s name? Some argue that, like Christmas trees and Easter eggs, those words have lost all connection to their original religious meaning. The point of the third commandment, however, is to treat God’s name as holy—at all times, in all places, and in all situations.

With some humility and self-discipline, we might think it can be fairly easy to keep this commandment. But truly honoring God’s name means more than not saying something inappropriate.

We truly honor God’s name by trusting in his promises and taking his Word seriously, and by representing God and his love faithfully in the ways we interact with others, wherever we are. If we don’t honor God with faithfulness every day in all we do, our attempts to keep the third commandment may be more like holding on to a superstition.

When we seek to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, we will honor his name as well.

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” May we keep your name holy by living faithfully for you, in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.