【双语灵修】显而易见？NOTICEABLE?

约翰福音 4:39-42

那城里有好些撒马利亚人信了耶稣，因为那妇人作见证说：“他将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了。”于是撒马利亚人来见耶稣，求他在他们那里住下，他便在那里住了两天。因耶稣的话，信的人就更多了，便对妇人说：“现在我们信，不是因为你的话，是你亲自听见了，知道这真是救世主。”

11月18日

显而易见？

“那城里有好些撒玛利亚人信了耶稣，因为那妇人作见证。” - 约 4:39

我们读这故事时，一定会意识到，与基督的相遇应该是具有感染力的。

一个妇人因一种出乎意料的恩典而不知所措。不久，所有人都知道这事了，这个消息在她家乡中传扬得很快，城里的人当天就出来寻找耶稣。

当耶稣改变了你，别人是会看得到的。毕竟，喜乐是有感染力的。当你身上的重担转移到基督身上时，祂的喜乐便会倾流在你身上。喜乐很快便显露出来，旁人也开始察觉到。

当然，除非我们将它藏起来，别人便见不到了。很不幸，我们是可以在基督里经历到神的恩典，但不知为何，我们却不让生命中的其他人知道。我们可以隐藏这奇妙的改变，内心虽被改变了，但别人在表面上却察觉不到。当人与神玩这个捉迷藏游戏时，可能无意中隐藏了被神找到的喜乐。

当然，另一个可能，有些人自称遇见了基督，但事实上却没有，他们只是装模作样地模仿人，目的是要融入那个群体中。

主在你生命中，有哪些工作是明显的呢？最近有没有人察觉到呢？

祷告

神啊，求你使你恩典的喜乐透过我们显明出来，帮助我们活出被你改变了的生命，以致别人能看到你的爱在我们身上作工，因而被吸引去靠近你。阿们。

John 4:39-42

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

NOTICEABLE?

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony. —John 4:39

We can’t read this story without realizing that encounters with Christ are intended to be contagious.

A woman who met Jesus was blindsided by a grace she had not expected, and before long everyone knew about it. The news spread through her town quickly, and the townspeople came out to meet Jesus that same day.

When Jesus changes you, it will show. After all, joy tends to spread. The joy of Christ begins to overflow from you as burdens shift from your shoulders to his. Before long, it shows. People start to notice.

Unless, of course, we hide it. Unfortunately, it’s possible to experience God’s grace in Christ and yet somehow keep the results mostly hidden from other people in our lives. We can manage to keep this amazing change private. We may be inwardly affected, but outwardly it might not be obvious to others. Sometimes this can happen if people unintentionally stifle their delight at being found in their game of hide and seek with God.

Of course, it can also happen that people claim to have met Christ but actually have not encountered him, and they just go through the motions to try to fit in.

How obvious has the Lord’s work been in your life? Have people noticed it recently?

God, let the joy of your grace show through us. Help us to live visibly transformed so that others may see your love at work in us and be drawn closer to you. Amen.