【双语灵修】安息日：休息GOSPEL: YOU’VE BEEN INVITED!

马太福音 11:25-30

那时，耶稣说：“父啊，天地的主，我感谢你！因为你将这些事向聪明通达人就藏起来，向婴孩就显出来。 父啊，是的，因为你的美意本是如此。一切所有的，都是我父交付我的。除了父，没有人知道子；除了子和子所愿意指示的，没有人知道父。 凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。 我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式，这样你们心里就必得享安息。 因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。”

九月七日

安息日：休息

“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。” - 太 11:28

今天是，所以，让我们暂停专注在宣教使命的主题上，改而拨出时间来敬拜和休息。这是至关重要的，因为宣教使命很容易令我们把全部注意力放在我们蒙召去做的事情上；有时，谈论神的宣教使命，会使我们因没有做到的事感到内疚。所以，今天让我们记着，我们不是在肩负起整个世界。我们拨出一天来敬拜、默想圣经的话、玩乐和休息。

在过去的一个星期，我们都在思考，福音就是一个好消息。在今天的经文中，从耶稣口中听到一个最美好的消息：“到我这里来得安息。”留意祂所说的，不单是肉体上的安息，也包括我们心灵的安息。耶稣应许我们每一个人，都能够得到永远的安息。

有一日，我在孙儿们睡觉前读故书给他们听，当我们一起这样做时，可以感觉到他们放松地依偎在我怀中。我们之间彼此信任的关系带给他们安全感，他们能放松和平静地休息了。

耶稣也邀请我们这样看祂。我们可以在耶稣里得安稳，所以我们可以把我们的顾虑、我们的重担和我们的难处，全都卸给祂。今天是安息日，但愿你得到提醒，察觉到主的手正在扶持着你，也扶持着整个世界。

祷告

亲爱的耶稣，我把我生命中令我感到困倦和筋疲力尽的地方都卸给祢。今天是安息日，但愿我能够在祢里面找到真正和永远的安息。阿们。

Matthew 11:25-30

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

SABBATH: REST

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28

Today is Sunday, so let’s pause our focus on mission themes and take some time out for worship and rest. This is important, because missions can easily focus on all the things we are called to do. And, at times, talking about God’s mission can leave us feeling guilty about things we are not doing. So today we remember that we do not carry the world on our shoulders. We take a day to worship, meditate on Scripture, play, and rest.

This past week we have been thinking about the gospel as good news. In our passage today we hear the most beautiful good news from Jesus: “Come to me and rest.” Notice that he is talking not only about physical rest but also about rest for our souls. Jesus promises eternal rest for us all.

The other day I was reading some bedtime stories to my grandsons—and as we did that together, I could feel them relax into my arms. Secure in a trusted relationship, they were able to let go and fall into a state of peaceful rest.

Jesus invites us to see himself that way. Secure in Jesus, we can release our cares, our burdens, and our problems to him. On this day of rest, may you be reminded and find that the Lord holds you and the whole world in his hands.

Dear Jesus, I surrender all the places in my life where I feel tired and worn out. May I find true and eternal rest in you today on this day of Sabbath. Amen.