[11th December Devotional 靈修 📖] 🌟 What does Faith really mean? 到底什麼是真實的信心

readbibledaily (35)in #christianity • 7 years ago

Faith. A word that we often hear, but have we really reflected what it means? Does it mean not having any fear? Does it mean you fully rely on God and do nothing?

信心。這個字我們常常聽，但我們有否真的反省到底是什麼意思呢？它代表著沒有懼怕嗎？還是它代表著全然信靠主，然後什麼都不做嗎？

Bible verses 經文：
There are two bible verses I want to share today:

今天想分享兩段經文：
#1 - Matthew 8:10
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, "Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

＃1 －馬太福音 8:10
耶穌聽了，十分感慨，對跟隨他的人說：「我確實地告訴你們：在以色列我沒有見過有這麼大信心的人。

#2 - Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

#2 －希伯來書 11:6
沒有信，就不可能蒙神喜悅，因為來到神面前的人，必須相信神存在，並且相信他報償那些尋求他的人。

Thoughts 反思

I am not sure if you have heard of a story about a Canaanite Woman. She has been pleading Jesus to cure her daughter who has a severe illness. However Jesus chose to reply her saying "It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.” Despite being rejected, the woman chose to continue begging Jesus for the cure, she even said “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”In this process, we can see the true Faith is that being a follower of Jesus, we should believe fully in what God design and plan for us. No matter what God do and how He treat us, we should be fully devoted and entrust him, just simply let Him plan whatever is suitable for us. It is because what God do is always right, He is the Almighty God with the best wisdom. He is just and fair.

不知道你們有沒有聽迦南婦人的故事，她為左生病的女兒求耶穌醫治，可是耶穌卻回答說「不好拿兒女的餅丟給狗吃」。雖然被拒絕，但是婦人卻堅持求耶穌醫治，也說「掉在桌子下面的碎渣可以給狗吃」。過從中看到真實的信心就是作為一個信神跟隨神之人，對神所作的、所說的能完全地相信，無論應不應驗，都不懷疑，達到能完全相信神，相信神的主宰、命定、安排，無論神怎麼作，怎麼對待自己，沒有自己的選擇與自己的要求，只願意順服神的一切作工，任神擺佈安排，無論什麼時候堅信神作的都是好的，神怎麼作永遠都不會錯，因為神是全能、全智，神主宰一切，並且神所作的一切都是公義的，這才是真實的信心。

Prayer 禱告
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for the wonderful life that you have given us. Although we may sometimes choose to use our own wisdom to decide our own path, or even we just do whatever we want, may You let us have greater faith. Let us see your Almightiness, let us be fully entrusting you as our Saviour. Amen!

讓我們同聲禱告！親愛的主耶穌，我們感謝你為我們賜下美好的生命，雖然有時我們會選擇用自己的聰明去做判決、執行自路，但是天父求你給我們更大的信心。求你讓我們看見你的大能，讓我們全心信靠信服。阿門！