馬可福音6:45-52

 

6:45 耶穌隨即催門徒上船，先渡到那邊伯賽大去，等他叫眾人散開。
6:46 他既辭別了他們，就往山上去禱告。
6:47 到了晚上，船在海中，耶穌獨自在岸上；
6:48 看見門徒因風不順，搖櫓甚苦。夜裡約有四更天，就在海面上走，往他們那裡去，意思要走過他們去。
6:49 但門徒看見他在海面上走，以為是鬼怪，就喊叫起來；
6:50 因為他們都看見了他，且甚驚慌。耶穌連忙對他們說：「你們放心！是我，不要怕！」
6:51 於是到他們那裡，上了船，風就住了；他們心裡十分驚奇。
6:52 這是因為他們不明白那分餅的事，心裡還是愚頑。

 

⁴⁵ Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. ⁴⁶ After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

⁴⁷ Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. ⁴⁸ He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, ⁴⁹ but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, ⁵⁰ because they all saw him and were terrified.

Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” ⁵¹ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, ⁵² for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

 

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    有首詩歌說到：「有主在我的船上，就不怕風浪！」

 

    是的，我們的生命要有主的同在，才會有真正的平安！我們願意將自己的生命交託在主的手中，即使再大的風雨，主都可以讓它平靜，所以主耶穌常常會對在危難中的人說：「你們放心！是我，不要怕！」

 

    不要怕，主是我們心裡的力量！正如聖經所說：「上帝能照著運行在我們心裡的大力充充足足地成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。但願他在教會中，並在基督耶穌裡，得著榮耀，直到世世代代，永永遠遠。阿們！」(以弗所書3:20-21)