一点力量
耶稣写给非拉铁非教会的信，充满了对他们的称赞和应许，这是一封慈爱和激励的信，这个教会一直以来都忠心顺服主，他们需要的正是来自耶稣的鼓励。
在牧会期间，我曾遇过一些经历很多失望和困难的忠心信徒，我时常会引用例如诗篇23的圣经经文：“耶和华是我的牧者…”，来试图鼓励他们；然而，他们当中有些会回应说：“牧师，诗篇22的话－‘我的神，我的神！为什么离弃我？’－能更贴切地道出我生活上的体验呢。”
我时常都很想知道，耶稣会对这些受创伤的朋友说什么话，这封致非拉铁非教会的信，就是耶稣对祂受创伤的子民所说的话，祂说：“你略有一点力量，也曾遵守我的道，没有弃绝我的名。”耶稣明白，走在这条顺服的漫漫长路上，我们会感到何等疲累，就如诗篇23所说的：“虽然行过死荫的幽谷。”
像一个长跑运动员在赛跑最后一程时需要鼓励一样，我们也需要耶稣为我们欢呼加油，好叫我们能遵守祂的道和不会弃绝祂的名。
惟愿神今天赐恩典给你，让你能持久忍耐，并且相信耶稣必定会向祂至爱的人履行祂一切的应许的。
亲爱的主，有时我会感到疲累和没有力量抓紧你，你是大能的神，求你帮助我，叫我能长久忍耐坚持不懈。阿们。
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7“你要写信给非拉铁非教会的使者说：‘那圣洁、真实，拿着大卫的钥匙，开了就没有人能关、关了就没有人能开的说：
8我知道你的行为，你略有一点力量，也曾遵守我的道，没有弃绝我的名，看哪，我在你面前给你一个敞开的门，是无人能关的。
9那撒旦一会的，自称是犹太人，其实不是犹太人，乃是说谎话的，我要使他们来在你脚前下拜，也使他们知道我是已经爱你了。
10‘你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受试炼的时候，保守你免去你的试炼。
11我必快来！你要持守你所有的，免得人夺去你的冠冕。
12得胜的，我要叫他在我神殿中做柱子，他也必不再从那里出去。我又要将我神的名和我神城的名——这城就是从天上、从我神那里降下来的新耶路撒冷——并我的新名，都写在他上面。
13圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’
Little Strength
“I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” - Revelation 3:8
Jesus’ letter to the church in Philadelphia is filled with praises and promises. This is a letter of love and encouragement. Encouragement from Jesus is what this church needed for the long road of faithful obedience.
In the course of my pastoral ministry, I have met faithful followers of Jesus who experienced many disappointments and difficulties. I would often attempt to encourage them with Bible passages like Psalm 23: “The LORD is my shepherd... ” But some would respond, saying, “Pastor, the words of Psalm 22—‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’—speak more honestly of my life experience.”
I often wondered what Jesus would say to these hurting friends. The letter to the church in Philadelphia is Jesus’ word to his hurting people. “I know that you have little strength,” he says, “yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” Jesus knows how tired we can get from walking the long road of obedience, “even... through the darkest valley,” as Psalm 23 explains.
Like a long-distance runner who needs encouragement for the last part of a race, we need Jesus to cheer us on to keep his word and not deny his name.
May God give you the grace to endure patiently today and to trust that Jesus will do all he promises for the ones he loves dearly.
Dear Lord, sometimes I’m tired and have little strength to hold on to you. You are Almighty God. Help me to endure with patient persistence. Amen.
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