馬太福音15:29-39

 

15:29 耶穌離開那地方，來到靠近加利利的海邊，就上山坐下。
15:30 有許多人到他那裡，帶著瘸子、瞎子、啞巴、有殘疾的，和好些別的病人，都放在他腳前；他就治好了他們。
15:31 甚至眾人都希奇；因為看見啞巴說話，殘疾的痊癒，瘸子行走，瞎子看見，他們就歸榮耀給以色列的上帝。
15:32 耶穌叫門徒來，說：「我憐憫這眾人；因為他們同我在這裡已經三天，也沒有吃的了。我不願意叫他們餓著回去，恐怕在路上困乏。」
15:33 門徒說：「我們在這野地，哪裡有這麼多的餅叫這許多人吃飽呢？」
15:34 耶穌說：「你們有多少餅？」他們說：「有七個，還有幾條小魚。」
15:35 他就吩咐眾人坐在地上，
15:36 拿著這七個餅和幾條魚，祝謝了，擘開，遞給門徒；門徒又遞給眾人。
15:37 眾人都吃，並且吃飽了，收拾剩下的零碎，裝滿了七個筐子。
15:38 吃的人，除了婦女孩子，共有四千。
15:39 耶穌叫眾人散去，就上船，來到馬加丹的境界。

 

²⁹ Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. ³⁰ Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. ³¹ The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

³² Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”

³³ His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

³⁴ “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.

“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

³⁵ He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. ³⁶ Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. ³⁷ They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. ³⁸ The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

 

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    主耶穌是一位滿有愛心的好牧人，祂在靠近加利利的海邊行了許多神蹟，醫治了許多身體有殘缺的人，使他們恢復正常，並且還體恤他們，對門徒說：「我憐憫這眾人；因為他們同我在這裡已經三天，也沒有吃的了。我不願意叫他們餓著回去，恐怕在路上困乏。」

 

    然而主耶穌這樣的決定是出乎門徒的計畫之外，因為門徒回答主耶穌：「我們在這野地，哪裡有這麼多的餅叫這許多人吃飽呢？」

 

    門徒面對到的是超越他們能夠做的事，正如我們也會面對到一些計畫趕不上變化的狀況！但是主耶穌不會要求我們沒有的，正如主耶穌知道門徒有餅，祂問門徒：「你們有多少餅？」他們說：「有七個，還有幾條小魚。」

 

    不夠沒有關係，就是拿出來給主用就可以了！

 

    正如主呼召我們要傳福音或建立教會，我們常常會對主說：「我沒有口才、沒有金錢、沒有人脈、...」一直去點數沒有的；常常忘記我們有的：就是聖靈的內住和主的同在！

 

    正如門徒忘記主耶穌曾經用「五餅二魚」來餵飽多人，難道現在不能嗎？

 

    我們不要忘記，主耶穌在聖靈裡隨時我們同在，在主凡事都能！哈利路亞！