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希伯来书：11：24-27：24摩西因着信，长大了就不肯称为法老女儿之子。25他宁可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不愿暂时享受罪中之乐。26他看为基督受的凌辱比埃及的财物更宝贵，因他想望所要得的赏赐。27他因着信，就离开埃及，不怕王怒；因为他恒心忍耐，如同看见那不能看见的主。
无论我们走到哪里，那些富人和名人的照片和事迹如潮水般淹没我们。在奥斯卡颁奖礼开始前，那些电影界的精英列队从我们眼前走过。报刊杂志也会用更多的篇幅来报道那些富人和名人，而不是那些过着平凡生活的不平凡的人。这个世界试图让我们相信彩虹的尽头是幸福。但事实上，彩虹的尽头是尘土，和我们这些普通人的结局没有两样。
摩西曾经拥有一切。当时的埃及是整个地中海地区最繁华的国家。权力、财富和享乐对摩西来说触手可得。但他却把所有这些放在一边，选择与埃及的奴隶站在一起。为什么？因为他知道真正的财宝不能在今生获得，只能在天堂获得。他更愿意服事上帝和上帝的子民，而不是拥有埃及的财富。
我认为基督徒是非凡的普通人。没人会提名我们进入富豪和名人榜。我们这一生也不会得到太多的奖项。为什么我们又是非凡的呢？因为我们凭着信心而活。谦卑地服事上帝和我们的邻舍比自我满足更重要。我们唯一所求的赏赐，就是在末后的那一天（上帝）藉着恩典给所有信徒的奖赏。
祷告：主耶稣，请让我成为你那样的仆人。你为我们舍己，使我们得以成为上帝的孩子和圣徒。请教导我这个世界的享乐是短暂且不重要的。你才是我最珍贵的宝贝。在你身上我找到了我期盼和想成为的一切。阿们。
Hebrews 11: 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
Everywhere we turn, we are inundated with pictures and stories of the rich and the famous. Before the Oscars the elite of the film industry parade before our eyes. News magazines give more coverage to the rich and the famous than to extraordinary people who are just ordinary in their lives. The world wants to convince us that there is happiness at the end of that rainbow. In reality that rainbow only ends in a pile of dirt, just like the rest of us someday.
Moses had it all. Egypt was at that time the most glorious kingdom in the Mediterranean world. Power and riches and pleasure were there for Moses to have. But he set those things aside and chose instead to be identified with the slaves of Egypt. Why? Because he knew that real treasure cannot be had in this lifetime, but only in heaven. He would rather serve God and his people than have the riches of Egypt.
I think that Christians are extraordinary ordinary people. No one will nominate us for the who’s who list. We won’t win many awards in this lifetime. Why? Because we live by faith. Humble service to God and to our neighbor is more important than self-gratification. The only reward we really desire is the reward that is given by grace on the last day to all who believe.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, make me a servant like you, for you became nothing so that I might be God’s child and a saint. Teach me that the pleasures of this world are fleeting and unimportant. You are my dearest Treasure. All I ever hope for and want to be, I have found in you. Amen.