2017年8月25日? 饒恕的外科手術(shù)
靈修主題:你如何從傷痛中重新振作
就位:
如果你們饒恕別人的過犯,你們的天父也必饒恕你們峡继。 如果你們不饒恕別人粹懒,你們的父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。 (馬太福音 6:14-15 新譯本)
預(yù)備:
球員做久了,總會(huì)負(fù)傷债沮。有些傷讓你停賽一兩天,有些傷一周本鸣,有些一年疫衩,有些甚至?xí)Y(jié)束一個(gè)球員的職業(yè)生涯。每一種傷都很難對(duì)付荣德,都需要治療闷煤。有一些甚至需要做手術(shù)。
身體的傷需要手術(shù)涮瞻,心理上的傷也是如此鲤拿。拐杖,繃帶署咽,冰袋對(duì)此種傷無(wú)效近顷。有的時(shí)候唯一需要的就是饒恕的手術(shù)生音。饒恕不代表你贊同或原諒某人的做法,你也不必與施害者和好窒升。不必假裝你沒有受傷缀遍,或者忘記所發(fā)生的一切。
如果你做外科手術(shù)饱须,術(shù)后會(huì)留疤提醒你發(fā)生過的事域醇。情感傷疤也會(huì)留在那里,即便你做了饒恕的手術(shù)蓉媳。時(shí)間會(huì)讓傷疤不那么明顯譬挚,但是撞到傷疤依然會(huì)疼。因此酪呻,我們可以理解為饒恕也不是一勞永逸的事情殴瘦。你可能需要一遍又一遍地原諒一個(gè)人,直到你最終釋懷号杠。
在生活中蚪腋,我們要饒恕別人,是因?yàn)樯耩埶×宋覀円腆裁钗覀円埶e人屉凯。(以弗所書4:32 和馬太福音6:14―15)神為什么讓我們饒恕呢?因?yàn)榈k知道饒恕是唯一掙脫憤怒眼溶,苦毒悠砚,和傷痛捆綁的辦法。在英語(yǔ)中堂飞,bitter(苦毒)和better (變得更好)的區(qū)別就是字母 i(我)灌旧。我可以選擇自己變成什么樣子。
在羅馬書12:19節(jié)绰筛,神說申冤在祂枢泰,不是我們。也就是說我們可以讓神來(lái)對(duì)付他們铝噩,那不是我們的責(zé)任衡蚂。我們的責(zé)任就只是饒恕。拒絕饒恕只能讓我們更疼骏庸,讓傷口加深毛甲,讓毒性蔓延,直到我們無(wú)法再為基督效力具被。
今天玻募,不要讓拒絕饒恕逼你退場(chǎng)。我們要開始讓饒恕治愈我們的傷口一姿。
出發(fā):
1.你需要饒恕誰(shuí)七咧?
2.是什么阻擋你把這個(gè)人交給神改执?
3.你什么時(shí)候做饒恕手術(shù)?
訓(xùn)練:
因?yàn)槿巳硕挤噶俗锟友牛澣绷恕∩竦臉s耀辈挂,? (羅馬書 3:23 新譯本)
親愛的啊,不要為自己伸冤裹粤,寧可等候主的忿怒终蒂,因?yàn)榻?jīng)上記著,主說:“伸冤在我遥诉,我必報(bào)應(yīng)拇泣。”? (羅馬書 12:19 新譯本)
要互相友愛矮锈,存溫柔的心霉翔,彼此饒恕,就像 神在基督里饒恕了你們一樣苞笨。 (以弗所書 4:32 新譯本)
Forgiveness Surgery
READY
“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don't forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.” - Matthew 6:14-15
SET
Any athlete who competes long enough will experience an injury. Some injuries sideline them for a day or two, some a week, some a year, and some are career-ending. But every one of them is difficult to deal with and must be treated. Some even go so far as requiring surgery.
Just as physical injuries require treatment, so do emotional injuries. Crutches, bandages and ice packs won't heal these emotional injuries. Sometimes, the only solution to these is the surgery of forgiveness. Forgiveness is not approving or excusing what someone did, and it's not necessarily reconciling with the person who caused the injury. It's not pretending you aren't hurt and it is not forgetting what happened.
For example, if you have surgery on your physical body, you have a scar to remind you of what took place. Emotional scars exist as well, even after the surgery of forgiveness. Over time, the scar's prominence fades, but if the scar is bumped, the pain returns. For that reason, we can also understand that forgiveness is not a one-time thing. You may have to forgive a person over and over again until you feel relief.
In life, we should forgive because God forgives us and commands us to forgive one another in Ephesians 4:32 and Matthew 6:14-15. Why does God ask us to forgive? Because He knows that forgiveness is the only way to break the power of anger, bitterness and pain. The difference between "bitter" and "better" is the letter "i." I get to choose which I become.
In Romans 12:19, God says that vengeance is His, not ours. That means we can let God deal with the other person because they are not our responsibility. Our responsibility is simply to forgive. Refusing to forgive only hurts us and allows the injury to fester until its poison seeps in, spreads and shuts down my effectiveness for Christ.
Today, don't allow unforgiveness to sideline you. Submit to the surgery of forgiveness and let the healing begin.
GO
Whom do you need to forgive?
What is keeping you from releasing this person to God?
When will you undergo the surgery of forgiveness?
WORKOUT
Romans 3:23
Romans 12:19
Ephesians 4:32