تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
"لا تدمدموا ولا تجادلوا!" نحن عادة لا نربط هذه الاشياء بالبساطة وعدم اللوم. بولس كان قريب جدا لأهل فيلبى وكان يعرفهم جيدا. كان يعرف نقاط ضعفهم وعيوبهم. وكان يعرف ايضا القوة التدميرية للدمدمة والمجادلة على حياة مجتمع مسيحى حيوى. لننتبه لتحذيره اليوم، بينما نرى كنيسة وراء كنيسة تؤخذ بالروح السلبية المتشائمة التى تسود المجتمع الحاضر.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Don't complain or argue! We don't usually associate these things with purity and blamelessness, do we? Paul was extraordinarily close to these Philippians, and he knew them well. He knew their strengths and praised those strengths. He also knew their weaknesses and shortcomings. He knew the destructive power that complaining and arguing have on the life of an otherwise vibrant community of Christians. Let's heed his warning today, in our day, as we see church after church taken under by the negative and cynical spirit that pervades modern culture. We are meant to shine in our dark world of unbelief and unholiness as stars in the night sky, reminding others of "the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:16).
صلاتي
اغفر لى وطهرنى يا الله من روحى المجادلة. ارجوك قوينى بروحك لاستخدم حديثى فقط فى البركة والبناء، ولا اهدم او احبط ابدا. باسم يسوع اصلى. آمين.
My Prayer...
Forgive and cleanse me, O God, for my sometimes argumentive spirit. Please empower me with your Spirit to use my speech only to bless and to build up, never to tear down or discourage. I want to be one of Jesus' lights in my world, leading people out of darkness. In Jesus' name, I ask this. Amen.
