Words from our Pastor

牧者心語 Words from our Pastor (2025-7)

「你們當以基督耶穌的心為心：他本有神的形像，不以自己與神同等為強奪的；反倒虛己，取了奴僕的形像，成為人的樣式。」（腓2:5-7）為要成為我們的祝福，耶穌謙卑自己成爲人。祂本有神的屬性，與神同等，但祂卻不覺得需要緊緊抓住自己與神同等的地位與特權。祂反倒甘願虛己，放棄了使用神的權利的特權。在這個強調堅持自己權利的時代，我們需要像基督耶穌一樣，才能成為別人的祝福。耶穌擁有世人所知道最高的地位——祂是宇宙的創造者，也是托住萬有的一位。然而，因著祂對我們的愛，祂願意完全倒空自己，放棄自己的權利。願神幫助我們思想耶穌，並信靠祂會賜給我們力量來做一個謙卑的人，使我們可以成為眾人的祝福。你願意今天就禱告，求耶穌幫助你嗎？

“In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness” (Philippians 2:5-7). Jesus humbled Himself so He could be a blessing to us. He was existing in the nature of God and was equal with God, but He did not consider His equality with God as something to be held on to. He made Himself nothing and gave up his right to exercise the rights of God. In this day and age of insisting on our rights, we need to have the same attitude as Christ Jesus in order to become a blessing to others. Jesus was in the highest position known to anyone – creator and the sustainer of the universe. Yet, because of His love for us, He was willing to make Himself nothing and gave up His rights. May God help us to think on Jesus and trust Him to give us power to be humble so that we may be a blessing to many people. Would you pray and ask Jesus to help you today?