对今日诗句的想法
有些民众不希望扫罗当他们的王，因为扫罗既无高贵的家世，又无显赫的背景。其实今天的我们往往也是如此——给他人“贴标签”，仅仅因为他人的承袭或过去而不顾及他们领导神百姓的能力或是为天国做工的能力。然而神却不看重世人的门第出身，神所看重的是我们的内心。因此，亲爱的领导者们，请紧紧地依靠主，你会遭遇世人的批评，但切忌回应每一个细微的批评，而应当勇敢投身于侍奉神的工作之中！
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Some folks didn't want Saul to serve them as King because of his simple background and non-aristocratic family history. So often, we tend to do the same thing today — label people and discount their ability to lead God's people or serve in God's Kingdom because of their heritage or past. God, however, doesn't look at a person's pedigree. He searches their heart. So, dear leader, please stick close to the Lord, because you will be criticized. But please, don't react to every little criticism or slight; devote yourself to serving the Lord boldly. And to those of us called to follow God's leaders, let's refuse to dismiss someone as God's leader because she or he lacks some noble pedigree. Remember the vast variety of people God used in the stories we find in the Bible. Trust that our God will be just as creative in his choice of people he wants to lead us in our day.
我的祷告
慈爱的神啊，请饶恕我曾疑惑你所拣选的领导者。请赐予我以及我们的教会辨别的能力，使我们能够认出你安排在我们中间的领导者；请赐予这些领导者们勇气，使他们无私信实地带领教会。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Dear God, please forgive me for the times I doubted your selection of leaders. Please give me, along with the congregation, the ability to discern who your leaders are in our midst and not judge them on surface issues. Please provide them with the courage to lead unselfishly and faithfully. In Jesus' name. Amen.
