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马太福音5:5温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。
司布真提到这句经文时候说：“不是那些意志高昂、脾气暴躁的人，这些人不能受任何侮辱；也不是那些虚张声势、眼目高傲的人，这些人随时准备憎恨任何真实的或想象中的对他们不尊重的人。这里没有任何祝福给前面说的这样的人；而是上帝祝福那些温柔的人，那些准备好不被别人在乎的人。他们心地谦卑，甘心交出自己在地上的福分，地就必归给他们。他们既不自夸，也不争竞，也不向别人夸耀，然而他们是神在地上所造一切美善的继承人。在他们的温柔中他们就像他们的王一样，而且他们必与王一同掌权。”
你在耶稣身上看到了这种柔和与温顺。他出生时并没有选择在宫殿，而是选择了马槽。他不是骑着马，而是骑着驴驹进入耶路撒冷。他从不费心去购买房产或拥有住房。他在街上不喊也不闹来引起别人注意。他是上帝，腓立比书2章6-7节，“他本有 神的形像，不以自己与 神同等为强夺的，反倒虚己，取了奴仆的形像，成为人的样式。”
世界所宣扬的“福音”是多么与此不同！坚强点！要有主见！要求你的权利！要用强权去领导！不要为任何人退缩！这种态度只会滋生冲突、麻烦和绝望。圣经所宣扬的福音与这完全不同，“温柔的人有福了，因为他们必承受地土”。
祷告：主耶稣，这些话与世界和我的罪性背道而驰。求你教导我，温柔不是软弱的表现，乃是你大能恩典的表现。让我在服侍别人中找到快乐，就像你在谦卑自己甚至在十字架上找到喜乐一样。阿门。
Matthew
Listen: Matthew 5:5: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Charles Spurgeon says this about verse 4. “Not your high-spirited, quick-tempered men, who will put up with no insult, your hectoring, lofty ones, who are ever ready to resent any real or imagined disrespect, there is no blessing here for them; but blessed are the gentle, those who are ready to be thought nothing of. They are lowly-minded, and are ready to give up their portion in the earth; therefore it shall come back to them. They neither boast, nor contend, nor exult over others, yet are they heirs of all the good which God has created on the face of the earth. In their meekness they are like their King, and they shall reign with him.”
You see this gentleness and meekness in Jesus. He didn’t choose a palace when he was born, but a stable. He didn’t ride into Jerusalem on a steed, but on a donkey. He never bothered to purchase real estate or own a home. He did not shout or cry out in the street to call attention to himself. The one who was God and did not consider equality with God something to be grasped made himself nothing and chose to become a servant.
How counterintuitive to the “gospel” the world preaches! Be strong! Be assertive! Demand your rights! Lead with authority! Don’t back down for anyone! That attitude breeds nothing but conflict and trouble and despair. “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, these words run so contrary to the world and to my sinful nature. Teach me that gentleness and meekness are not signs of weakness, but an exercise of your powerful grace. Let me find joy in serving others, as you found joy in humbling yourself even to the cross. Amen.
马太福音5:6 饥渴慕义的人有福了！因为他们必得饱足。
这个世界渴望的是什么？是渴望成功和财富，是渴望别人在朋友圈点赞，是渴望在学校里受欢迎，是渴望身体健康。当我们任由罪恶的本性来控制我们时，这个世界上的人，会非常饥渴的想要得到那些永远也不能满足我们的东西，即使我们得到了我们想要的，我们也不会满足，只会想要更多。实际上我们基督徒里面的老我也是一样。
但我们内心的新我，这是我们真正的身份，正是我们基督徒品格所形成的地方，我们的新我饥渴慕义。我们渴望耶稣的义，因为只有在那完全的义中，我们的心才会满足，不再想要更多。它比这个世界上任何东西都更能满足我们。正如诗篇23篇曾经说过的：“你用油膏了我的头，使我的福杯满溢。”
我们内心的新人在我们的生活中也饥渴慕义。我们想为耶稣而活。我们想爱人如己。我们想发光如星，如同这个世界上的盐。我们渴望这些公义的行为，因为无论我们多么努力，我们这辈子永远无法完全的实现它。
虽然我们在这地上无法完全，但是第6节后半句说，“他们必得饱足。”总有一天，我们要在天上与耶稣同在，启示录上说，在那里我们要昼夜在他的殿里事奉他。在那我们就完美无缺了，就像耶稣完美无缺一样！我们每天都要成为义的泉源，涌流到别人身上，他们也涌流到我们身上。我们是多么期待那一天的来临！
祷告：主耶稣，求你用你的义遮盖我们，使我们在神面前成为圣洁。求你用你的义充满我们，使我们更像你。你再来的时候，要带我们到那完全的地方，在那里，义，也唯独义必永远掌权。阿门。
Matthew
Listen: Matthew 5:6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
What does the world hunger and thirst for? For success and riches. For being noticed on Facebook. For being popular in school, or starting on the basketball team. The people of this world, and we too, when we allow our sinful natures to control us, hunger and thirst after those things what will never satisfy us. Even when we get what we want, we will only want more.
But the new person inside of us, where our Christian character is made, hungers and thirs for righteousness. We hunger and thirst for the righteousness of Jesus, because only in that perfect righteousness will our hearts be filled and want no more. It satisfies us more than anything else in this world ever could. As the psalmist once said, “My cup overflows.”
The new person inside of us also hungers and thirsts after righteousness in our own lives. We want to live for Jesus. We want to love our neighbor as ourselves. We want to shine like lights and be the salt of the earth. We long for this because no matter how hard we try, we can never achieve it in this life.
“For they will be filled.” Someday we will be with Jesus in heaven, where the book of Revelation says that we will serve him day and night in his temple. Then we will be perfect as Jesus is perfect! Every day we will be fountains of righteousness overflowing to others, and they to us. Don’t you long for that day to come?
Prayer: Lord Jesus, cover us with your righteousness so that we are holy in the sight of God. Fill us with your righteousness, so that we can ever become more like you. And when you come again, bring us to that perfect place, where righteousness and only righteousness will forever rule. Amen.