每日箴言（中英）｜路得 — 向神委身的外邦人

每日箴言

路得—向神委身的外邦人

“你的国就是我的国，你的神就是我的神。” - 得 1:16

? 灵修

摩押人路得对她的婆婆拿俄米说出很美的委身誓言。路得承诺跟婆婆同舟共济，更改国籍，敬拜神，而且在她的余生都要如此行。她如何做出如此深刻的委身呢？莫非路得曾透过拿俄米看见并经历过神的爱吗？总之，她跨出信心的一步，宣告向神委身的承诺。

路得对拿俄米的委身，也展现出神对我们委身的图画。实质上，神在对我们每个人说：“你往哪里去，我也往哪里去。你在哪里住宿，我也在哪里住宿。你的国就是我的国。”神立下誓言，天上地下没有任何事物能将我们与祂分离。

在降临节期间，我们可以庆祝神的儿子耶稣基督来到我们中间。祂以极大的代价，成为我们中的一员——一个人。我们到哪里，耶稣也到了哪里。我们怎样生活，耶稣也怎样生活。祂甚至也承担了我们的死亡，好使我们不再与神的爱与神的同在隔绝。

听，这是耶稣对我们委身的宣告，祂说：“我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。”（马太福音 28:20）当你承受危机的时候，愿这些话语带给你安慰和平安。当你面对未来的时候，愿这些话带给你勇气。

? 祷告

主耶稣，感谢祢承诺做我们的神，求帮助我们作好祢的百姓。奉祢的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

? Moabite Ruth

"Your people will be my people and your God my God." — Ruth 1:16

? Devotion

Ruth the Moabite made a beautiful vow of commitment to her mother-in-law, Naomi. Ruth promised to walk alongside her, to change nationalities, to worship God, and to do this for the rest of her life. How did she come to make such a deep commitment? Could Ruth have seen and experienced the love of God through Naomi? She stepped out in faith to claim the promise of God's commitment.

Ruth's commitment to Naomi gives us a picture of God's commitment to us. In essence, God says to each of us, "I will go where you go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people." God has sworn that nothing in heaven and on earth will ever separate us.

In this Advent season we can celebrate how God came to us in the person of Jesus Christ. At tremendous personal cost, the Son of God became one of us, a human being. Jesus went where we go, he lived as we live, and he even took on our death so that we would never need to be separated again from God's love or God's presence.

Listen to Jesus' words of commitment to us: "I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). May these words give you comfort and peace as you go through times of crisis. May they give you courage as you face the future.

? Prayer

Lord Jesus, thank you for the promise you have made to us to be our God. Help us to be your people. In your name, Amen.

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文字校对：李清

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