做善事
什么事情会阻挠我们行善呢？有时是因为我们太忙碌了，有时行善会带来不方便，又或许我们不想违背社会常规，所以我们却步了。无论是什么原因，我们大多数人都曾经在不同的场合错过了行善助人的机会。
法利赛人把耶稣置于一个两难的境地。他们的律法禁止人在安息日工作，除非是要救人一命。那时有一个枯干了手的人在殿里，不过他并没有性命危险，他应该在安息日得医治吗？
耶稣完全没有犹豫，祂反问那些宗教领袖们，假若他们其中一只宝贵的羊在安息日遭遇不幸，他们会怎样做，他们必然会帮助它脱险的。人岂不比羊更宝贵吗？神看这个枯干了手的人为宝贵，所以这个人理应在安息日得到帮助的。于是耶稣便医好他了。
我们能让任何事情阻挠我们向人行善吗？答案是否定的。
没有任何事情能妨碍耶稣行善。我们是祂宝贵的财富，祂已经、也将会不惜任何代价来拯救我们，叫我们成为完全。医治、释放、拯救、看顾——这些事中没有一件不是神采取行动的原因，所以，也应该没有任何事能阻挠我们行善的。
父啊，祢从来不会犹豫把祢的恩惠浇灌在我们身上的，愿我们也永远不会犹豫这样待人。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
马太福音 12:9-14
9 耶稣离开那地方，进了一个会堂。
10 那里有一个人枯干了一只手。有人问耶稣说：“安息日治病可以不可以？”意思是要控告他。
11 耶稣说：“你们中间谁有一只羊当安息日掉在坑里，不把它抓住拉上来呢？
12 人比羊何等贵重呢！所以，在安息日做善事是可以的。”
13 于是对那人说：“伸出手来！”他把手一伸，手就复了原，和那只手一样。
14 法利赛人出去，商议怎样可以除灭耶稣。
Do Good
“Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” — Matthew 12:12
What keeps us from doing good? Sometimes it’s our busyness. Other times it may be that doing something good is not convenient. Or perhaps we just don’t want to go against social norms, so we hold back. Whatever the reason, at one time or another, most of us have passed up an opportunity to do something good for someone.
The Pharisees presented Jesus with a difficult situation. Their laws said it was a violation to do work on the Sabbath, unless it meant saving a life. But here in the temple was a man with a withered hand. His life was not in danger, though. Should he be healed on the Sabbath?
Jesus didn’t even hesitate. He asked the religious leaders what they would do if something bad happened to one of their precious sheep on the Sabbath. Of course they would help the animal. And wasn’t a person more valuable than a sheep? This man with a shriveled hand was precious to God. So of course this man could be helped on the Sabbath. Then Jesus healed the man.
Should anything stop us from doing good for each other? No.
Nothing stood in Jesus’ way. We are his treasured possessions. He has done and will do whatever it takes to rescue us and make us whole. Healing, deliverance, salvation, care—none of these things is beyond reason for God to act. So nothing should stand in our way either.
Father, you never hesitate to pour out your goodness on us. Let us never hesitate to do the same for others. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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