【双语灵修】你与人谈论什么？WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT?
约翰福音 4:7-20, 28-30
有一个撒马利亚的妇人来打水。耶稣对她说：“请你给我水喝。”那时门徒进城买食物去了。撒马利亚的妇人对他说：“你既是犹太人，怎么向我一个撒马利亚妇人要水喝呢？”原来犹太人和撒马利亚人没有来往。耶稣回答说：“你若知道神的恩赐，和对你说‘给我水喝’的是谁，你必早求他，他也必早给你活水。”妇人说：“先生，没有打水的器皿，井又深，你从哪里得‘活水’呢？我们的祖宗雅各将这井留给我们，他自己和儿子并牲畜也都喝这井的水，难道你比他还大吗？”耶稣回答说：“凡喝这水的还要再渴；人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。”妇人说：“先生，请把这水赐给我，叫我不渴，也不用来这么远打水。”耶稣说：“你去叫你丈夫也到这里来。”妇人说：“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说：“你说‘没有丈夫’是不对的。你已经有五个丈夫，现在有的并不是你的丈夫。你这话是真的。”妇人说：“先生，我看出你是先知。我们祖宗在这山上礼拜，你们倒说，当礼拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”那妇人就留下水罐子，往城里去，对众人说：“你们来看！有一个人将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了，莫非这就是基督吗？”众人就出城，往耶稣那里去。
11月13日
你与人谈论什么？
“耶稣回答说：‘凡喝这水的还要再渴；人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴。’” - 约 4:13-14
与人会面时，当获悉我从事什么行业之后，他们有时会开始谈论宗教信仰。出人意料，他们可以很快便深入讨论到各种宗教背景的不同之处。
在撒玛利亚的井旁，耶稣与遇到的妇人开始谈论宗教信仰。耶稣邀请她思想“神的赐与”、思想祂（耶稣）是谁、思想祂来是要带给人什么。简单而言，主耶稣的恩言触碰到这妇人的羞耻感，攻破了她的防御，就是这样改变了她的生命。那一天完结时，恩典便像浪涛般涌流过她所住的整个城市了。
对我们每一个人来说，基督在我们生命中所作的工至为重要。然而，与人谈论这个话题却出乎意料地困难，所以我们总会玩一个类似属灵捉迷藏的游戏。为什么会这样？有时谈论关乎自己的事，我们会感到不安，纵使与好朋友谈论也是如此。另有些时候，我们真的觉得没有什么可说。我们或许对神的救恩都耳熟能详，听来很平凡，似乎有点“不言而喻”了。很多返教会的人都有这种想法。
述说我们对宗教信仰的看法是重要的，然而真正重要的，乃是与人分享基督在我们生命中的工作，祂怎样改变了我们，叫我们成为新造的人。
你上一次与人谈论这些事，是在几时呢？
祷告
主啊，求你帮助我与人真诚地分享信仰，并以你在我生命中的工作为中心。求你赐我勇气，以忠诚和爱心述说你的作为。阿们。
John 4:7-20, 28-30
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT?
Jesus declared, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.” —John 4:13-14
When I meet people and they find out what I do for a living, they sometimes launch into a religious conversation. Before long, they can get surprisingly deep into the differences between religious backgrounds.
At the well in Samaria, Jesus and the woman he met got talking about religion. Jesus invited her to wonder about “the gift of God,” about who he (Jesus) was, and about what he had come to offer. Long story short, his grace collided with her shame, her defenses crumbled, and the Lord changed her life. By the end of that day a wave of grace had rolled through her entire town.
Christ’s work in our lives is central for us all. Yet it can be surprisingly difficult to discuss that with others, so we tend to play a sort of spiritual hide-and-seek game. Why? Sometimes we’re uncomfortable talking about personal matters, even with close friends. Other times we may honestly feel that we don’t have much to say. We may have heard about God’s salvation so often that it seems commonplace in our lives and sort of “goes without saying.” This can be true for a lot of people who go to church.
It can be important to talk about our religious views. But what really counts is sharing with others what Christ is doing in our lives and how he is changing us, making us new.
When was the last time you talked about these things?
Lord, help me to share my faith authentically, focusing on what you have done in my life. Give me courage to speak of your work with honesty and love. Amen.