在整卷玛拉基书中，我们看到神的子民一次又一次地藐视祂。他们当中，有些是根深蒂固、冥顽不灵的。但也有些是因为软弱而远离了神，这些人终于看到自己的罪，愿意转向神，神便赐下奇妙的恩典，再一次接纳了他们。
接着，神更进了一步，祂不但接纳那些回转向祂的人，祂更向他们施怜悯，就像一位良善的父亲施怜悯给他的儿女一样。
凡愿意接受赦免的人，神都接纳他们为宝贵的儿女。看，祂接纳了祂的独生子完全的牺牲，来买赎祂收纳的儿女的罪。诚然，天父对我们的疼爱和看重，实在远远超过我们所求所想的！
如果你感到离开神很远，又或者你知道或怀疑自己藐视了神，现在就祈求祂的赦免吧。祈求祂带领你亲近祂，好叫你能深深经历到祂的恩典和怜悯。
如果你从未经历过神的爱，你也可以恳求祂，今天就以祂的怜悯和恩典感动你的心。
亲爱的父，祢把祢的儿子赐给我们，又以恩典带给我们永远的凭据，这一切都显明了祢对我们的大爱。求祢藉着祢的灵，感动我们永远爱祢和忠心为祢而活。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
玛拉基书 3:16-18
16那时，敬畏耶和华的彼此谈论，耶和华侧耳而听，且有纪念册在他面前，记录那敬畏耶和华、思念他名的人。"Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. . . . 'On the day when I act,' says the LORD Almighty, 'they will be my treasured possession.'" — Malachi 3:16-17
Throughout the book of Malachi we have been reading about one insult against God after another. For some people this disrespect was deep in their hearts. But for others the disrespect came out of a distance from God that they didn't really want. This latter group finally became convicted of their sins and turned back to God. And in an amazing display of grace, God accepted them back.
Then God went a step further. He not only accepted those who turned back to him; he showed them the mercy a good father shows to his children.
God's treatment of the forgiven as treasured children is shown completely when, with his own Son, Jesus, on the cross, the Father accepts the perfect sacrifice of his one Son to cover the sins of all his adopted children. Truly our Father in heaven loves and values us far more than we can ask or imagine!
If you are feeling far from God, or if you know or suspect that you have been disrespectful to him, ask for his forgiveness. Ask him to bring you close, that you may know his grace and mercy in powerful ways.
If you have never known his love, ask God to overcome your heart with his mercy and grace today.
Dear Father, you proved your love for us through the gift of your Son and secured us in grace forever. By your Spirit, move us to love you and live faithfully always. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
