617 中翻英 (317) “Gird your loins and serve me.” 束上腰帶伺候我.（路17:8）12/20/2023

617 中翻英 (317)  “Gird your loins and serve me.”  束上腰帶伺候我.（路17:8）12/20/2023

二月二十日曠野筵席上有盤菜餚   "束上腰帶伺候我."（路17:8)     我們知道自己雖然也要吃喝, 不過必須先讓主得著滿足, 而后才輪到我們.    雖然我們也該有享受, 但必須讓主的喜樂先滿足了, 才可以有我們的分.    我們有沒有常常問自己,  "我們為主所做的工，是首先叫自己還是讓主得著滿足？"

「這樣，你們做完了一切所吩咐的，只當說，我們是無用的仆人，所做的本是我們應分做的。」（路   17:10   新國際版）

在這段經文里，那仆人可能會負責兩种重要的工作：「耕地」和「牧羊」。然而當他做完一切之后，主耶穌卻提醒我們說，那仆人要先伺候主人，讓主人吃喝完了，得著滿足，然后他自己才可以吃喝。多少時候，當我們從田間工作回來（不論是向不信的人傳福音，或是照顧教會的需要），我們很容易滿足地回來或欣賞自己所完成的多項事工。但主卻向我們回答說：「束上腰帶伺候我。」（路17:8）當然，我們自己也必須吃喝，不過必須先讓主得著滿足，而后才輪到我們。我們也該有享受，但必須讓主的喜樂先滿足了，才可以有我們的分。讓我們常常問自己：我們為主所做的工，是首先叫自己還是讓主得著滿足？

February 20

"So when you have done everything you were commanded, you should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we did what was our duty.' " (Luke 17:10  NIV)

In this passage, the servant may be responsible for two important tasks: "ploughing the fields" and "shepherding the sheep." However, after he has done everything, the Lord Jesus reminds us that the servant must first serve his master and let his master eat and drink and be satisfied, and then he can eat and drink himself. How often, when we come back from working in the field (whether evangelizing unbelievers or tending to the needs of the church), it is easy to come back satisfied or appreciative of the many ministries we have accomplished. But the Lord answered us: “Gird your loins and serve me.” (Luke 17:8)      Of course, we ourselves must eat and drink, but we must satisfy the Lord first, and then it is our turn. We should also enjoy it, but we must first let the Lord's joy be satisfied before we can have our share. Let us always ask ourselves: In the work we do for the Lord, do we first satisfy ourselves or the Lord?