仆人式的好客
伟大是什么样子？人们总是被名人吸引。我记得自己和名人握手的时候——感觉到心跳加速，言语笨拙。名声往往会扭曲我们对应该欣赏和向往的品质的感知。当我们见到那些在生活中已经达到一定高度，却又保持谦逊的人时，会感到耳目一新。这也是罕见的。
如果说有谁配得名人的待遇，那就是耶稣。但事实并非如此。相反，耶稣来向我们展示了什么是真正的伟大，真正的伟大会如何行事。耶稣在世上的事工是谦卑的服事。祂毫无狂妄。祂不期望特殊待遇。祂不追求名望。事实上，祂不止在一个场合中告诉别人，要对祂所做和所说的事保持沉默。
我们从耶稣的榜样中学到的是，要把他人的需要放在自己的需要之前，这很重要。我们的生活不是追求舒适或认可。相反，在追求神的旨意时，我们的生命是第二位的。这是耶稣的一个特征，我们也应该效仿。没有比服事他人更使我们像耶稣的了。
父啊，在我们渴望变得更热情好客的时候，求祢为我们造一颗以耶稣的名服事他人的心。愿我们发现真正的伟大不在于名望和地位，而是在谦卑的服事中。阿们。
腓立比书 2:1-11
1 所以，在基督里若有什么劝勉，爱心有什么安慰，圣灵有什么交通，心中有什么慈悲怜悯，
2 你们就要意念相同，爱心相同，有一样的心思，有一样的意念，使我的喜乐可以满足。
3 凡事不可结党，不可贪图虚浮的荣耀，只要存心谦卑，各人看别人比自己强。
4 各人不要单顾自己的事，也要顾别人的事。
5 你们当以基督耶稣的心为心。
6 他本有神的形象，不以自己与神同等为强夺的，
7 反倒虚己，取了奴仆的形象，成为人的样式；
8 既有人的样子，就自己卑微，存心顺服以至于死，且死在十字架上。
9 所以神将他升为至高，又赐给他那超乎万名之上的名，
10 叫一切在天上的、地上的和地底下的，因耶稣的名无不屈膝，
11 无不口称耶稣基督为主，使荣耀归于父神。
Servant Hospitality
In humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. — Philippians 2:3-4
What does greatness look like? People are drawn to celebrities. I can remember times when I’ve been able to shake the hand of a celebrity—feeling my heart race and fumbling over my words. Fame tends to distort our perception of the qualities we should admire and aspire toward. It is always refreshing to see people who are able to remain humble even though they have reached great heights in their life. It is also rare.
If anyone deserved celebrity treatment, it was Jesus. Yet that is not what happened. Instead, Jesus came to show us what true greatness really looks like and what true greatness does. Jesus’ ministry on earth was a ministry of humble service. There was nothing pretentious about him. He didn’t expect special treatment. He did not chase after fame. In fact, on more than one occasion, he told others to remain quiet about what they had seen him do or hear him say.
What we learn from Jesus by his example is the importance of putting the needs of others ahead of our own. Our life is not about the pursuit of comfort or recognition. On the contrary, in pursuing God’s purposes, our life is second. This is one characteristic about Jesus that we can and should imitate. We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving others.
Father, in our desire to be more hospitable, create in us a heart that aims to serve others in Jesus’ name. May we discover that true greatness is not in fame or position but in humble service. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
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