Read: Acts 9:1-19   

Never measure God’sunlimited power by your limited expectations.

不要用有限的眼光，限制上帝无穷的大能。 

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace.   ---Ephesians3:7

我作了这福音的执事，是照上帝的恩赐。-以弗所书3章7节

A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, fell asleep on the couch after her husband had gone to bed. An intruder sneaked in through the sliding door, which the couple had forgotten to lock, and crept through the house. He entered the bedroom where the husband was sleeping and picked up the television set. Thesleeping man woke up, saw a figure standing there, and whispered, "Honey,come to bed." The burglar panicked, put down the TV, grab bed a stack of money from the dresser, and ran out.

一个夜黑风高的晚上，在密西根州大湍市一间屋子里，男主人已经就寝，女主人却在沙发上睡着了。他们忘了锁门，让一名小偷潜入了屋内。小偷蹑手蹑脚地进入卧室，抱起了电视机，谁知竟惊动了熟睡中的男主人。男主人睡眼惺忪地看见一个身影站在那儿，轻声说道：「亲爱的，快睡吧！」小偷吓得立即放下电视机，随手从梳妆台抓了一叠纸钞就夺门而出。

The thief was in for a big surprise! The money turned out to be a stack of Christian pamphlets with a likeness of a $20 bill on one side and an explanation of the love and forgiveness God offers to people on the other side.Instead of the cash he expected, the intruder got the story of God’s love for him.

小偷仔细翻看纸钞时却大吃一惊！因为那些「纸钞」其实是一叠福音单张，一面是印有二十元美金的图样，另一面则是解释上帝给予人们的爱和赦免。小偷原本期待得到现钞，没想到却得到上帝爱他的信息。

I wonder what Saul expected when he realized it was Jesus appearing to him on the road to Damascus, since he had been persecuting and even killing Jesus’followers? (Acts 9:1-9). Saul, later called Paul, must have been surprised by God’s grace toward him, which he called “a gift”: “I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power”(Eph. 3:7).

当扫罗知道在往大马士革的路上是耶稣向他显现时，我很好奇那时他心里会怎么想。因为他那时正不断迫害，甚至杀害耶稣的跟随者（使徒行传9章1-9节）。这位后来被称为保罗的扫罗，对于上帝给他的恩典必定大吃一惊，因此他称之为「恩赐」，他说：「我作了这福音的执事，是照上帝的恩赐，这恩赐是照祂运行的大能赐给我的。」（以弗所书3章7节）

Have you been surprised by God’s gift of grace in your life as He shows you His love and forgiveness?

当上帝向你展现祂的爱与赦免，你是否对祂所赐下的恩典大吃一惊呢？

Prayer 祷告：

Lord, Your grace is amazing to me. I’m grateful that in spite of my sinfulness, You offer Your love to me.

 主啊，祢的恩典真是奇妙无比。我感谢祢，即使我充满罪污，祢却仍然爱我。