1月26日
标 题： 流泪祷告
经 节： 基督在肉体的时候，既大声哀哭，流泪祷告，恳求那能救祂免死的主，就因祂的虔诚蒙了应允。（希伯来书五章7节）
耶稣的一生是我们祷告生活的榜样。上帝想要塑造我们有祂儿子的形像。如果我们的行事为人像基督，我们的祷告生活也一定会与基督的祷告生活一致。当处于两难的困境时，许多基督徒往往不愿付出像基督曾付出的代价。耶稣的祷告是大声哀哭，并且带着“虔诚的敬畏”。祂的祷告是蒙天父垂听的。
那么，为什么天父拒绝了祂的恳求呢？不是因为耶稣生活中犯了任何罪，也不是因为天父不爱祂的儿子。纵然天父以深不可测的爱来爱祂的儿子，祂对祂的儿子说不。因为天父知道不能因吝惜自己的儿子，而不去拯救这个世界。同样地，我们的神也不能因吝惜你和你的家人，而不去完成救赎你周遭人们的工作。
你是否愿意为了神的缘故，打消你对神的恳求？你是否与神关系亲密，即使在悲泣中仍然能说：“然而，不要成就我的意思，只要成就??的意思”？天父总要你了解祂对失丧世界的大爱。最近祂是否对你的恳求说不？接受祂的答复。你是否因着所受的苦难学了顺从（希伯来书五：8）？倘若你如此行，神可能会选择你成为他人得救的帮助，恰如祂曾做在祂爱子的身上一样。
Praying with Tears
Who, in the days of His
flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries
and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of
His godly fear. (Heb 5:7)
The life of Jesus
provides the model for our prayer lives. God is seeking to mold us into the
image of His Son (Col. 1:27–28). If we are to act like Christ, our prayer lives
must be conformed to His. Many Christians are unwilling to pay the price that
Jesus paid when it comes to interceding with God. Jesus’ prayers came with
vehement cries and tears and, “because of His godly fear,” He was heard by the
Father.
Why then, did the
Father refuse His request? It was not due to any sin in Jesus’ life, nor was it
because the Father did not love His Son. The Father said no, despite the
unfathomable love He had for His Son, because He knew He could not spare His
Son and save a world. Likewise, the Lord cannot always spare you and your
family and complete His redemptive work in those around you.
Are you willing
for God to deny your pleadings? Will you intercede with the Father so deeply
and intimately that even in the midst of your tears you are able to say,
“Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done?” The Father will always relate to
you out of the context of His love for a lost world. Has God said no to one of
your requests recently? Accept His answer. Have you been learning obedience
through what you have been suffering_(Heb. 5:8)? If you have, God may choose to
make you a source of salvation to others even as He did with His Son.
