18:35 耶穌將近耶利哥的時候,有一個瞎子坐在路旁討飯。
18:36 聽見許多人經過,就問是甚麼事。
18:37 他們告訴他,是拿撒勒人耶穌經過。
18:38 他就呼叫說:「大衛的子孫耶穌啊,可憐我吧!」
18:39 在前頭走的人就責備他,不許他作聲;他卻越發喊叫說:「大衛的子孫,可憐我吧!」
18:40 耶穌站住,吩咐把他領過來,到了跟前,就問他說:
18:41 「你要我為你做甚麼?」他說:「主啊,我要能看見。」
18:42 耶穌說:「你可以看見!你的信救了你了。」
18:43 瞎子立刻看見了,就跟隨耶穌,一路歸榮耀與上帝。眾人看見這事,也讚美上帝。
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
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人對未來是無知的,只能掌握的是眼前的機會,也因為這樣許多的教導都要我們把握機會,告訴我們機會不可已失去。就連這一位瞎眼的人,一知道是主耶穌來到耶利哥時,就趕快把握機會來尋求主耶穌,讓主耶穌注意到他,好可以跟主耶穌有對話的「機會」。
而主耶穌的確也給他「機會」,讓他可以求他心裡所願的事:「主啊,我要能看見。」甚至主耶穌也回應他說:「你可以看見!你的信救了你了。」然後,「瞎子立刻看見了,就跟隨耶穌,一路歸榮耀與上帝。眾人看見這事,也讚美上帝。」
然而在人看是「機會」,可是在上帝而言是「預定」,凡事都在祂的安排與計畫之中,是按照時候來發生,而且是肯定要發生,沒有所謂的「因果」。也因為這樣,面對人生的各樣事件,不是責怪別人或自己,而是要感謝上帝!正如傳道書3章10-11節所說:「我見上帝叫世人勞苦,使他們在其中受經練。上帝造萬物,各按其時成為美好,又將永生(原文是永遠)安置在世人心裡。然而上帝從始至終的作為,人不能參透。」
那麼什麼是美好呢﹖不只是病得醫治、找到工作、結婚、得子,這些固然美好,特別是經過長期迫切禱告而看到上帝的應允;甚至在患難中,風吹雨打仍有安穩,不放棄、不懷疑地堅持親近上帝,仍然歡歡喜喜有平安,這是與上帝同行的美好呢!