تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
يصف يوحنا يسوع في 14:1 بانه الله المتجسد و انه رسالة الله المطلقة (راجع عبرانيين 1:1-3). و بالطبع يعد هذا لغزا لا يمكننا استيعابه بالكامل. فهو ابعد من تجاربنا البشرية وواقعنا المحدود. يريد نقاد يسوع ان يوصفوه بكل سهولة انه لا يمكن ان يكون المسيح لأنهم يظنون انهم يعلمون من اين آتى. لكنهم بكل تاكيد مخطئون. هم يظنون انه من الناصرة وليس من بيت لحم. و لكننا نحن نعرف افضل. فانهم مخطئون في هذا التفكير ، لأن يسوع ليس من بيت لحم بل هو "من فوق." و يعد التفكير في يسوع ابعد من خيالنا ومثيرا لتعجبنا كلما سعىنا ان نفهم ان الرب يسوع هو مخلصنا.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
God in human flesh is how John described Jesus as he began his gospel (John 1:14-18). Jesus was God's ultimate message and revelation of God himself in human form (Hebrews 1:1-3). Jesus' incarnation is a mystery that neither the crowds in his day nor we in our day can fully fathom. This truth is beyond our human experience and limited knowledge of eternal reality. So, we shouldn't be surprised when Jesus' critics quickly characterized him as someone who could not be Messiah because they thought they knew where he was from — Nazareth when Jesus was born in Bethlehem. He existed as God and with God before time as we know it began. The crowds were wrong about his origin and so many other things. Dear friend in Christ, Jesus exhausts our imagination and overflows our cup of wonder as we seek to understand all he is as our Savior, Christ the Lord! So, come and let's adore and praise him for all he is, even what we cannot yet understand of his glory!
صلاتي
يا رب، سامحنى على رؤيتى المحدودة لمجد يسوع. امنح قلبى القدرة ان يجد العجب، و الفرح، و النعمة، و البهجة، والمجد، والرهبة من قوته، و نعمته، و فداءه، و نصرته، ومحبته. لك أبى، ولمسيحك كل المجد والعزة التى يمكن لقلبى ان يحملهاو ولصوتى ان يعلنها. في اسم يسوع امجدك! آمين.
My Prayer...
O Lord, forgive me for my limited vision of Jesus' glory. Please enable my heart's ability to find wonder, joy, grace, exhilaration, glory, and awe in my Savior's power, grace, sacrifice, victory, and love. To you, Father, and to the Christ, be all the glory and honor that my heart can muster and my voice can proclaim. Through the intercession of the Holy Spirit and in the authority of Jesus' name, I offer you my praise! Amen.
