1月27日
标 题： 你是否受造完全？
经 节： 祂虽然为儿子，还是因所受的苦难学了顺从。祂既得以完全，就为凡顺从祂的人成了永远得救的根源。（希伯来书五章8～9节）
受苦有积极的一面。我们每个人在某些程度上都在忍受着痛苦。然而，大好消息是：经由痛苦，我们将更像耶稣基督。你是否愿意付出任何代价，好更像基督？在你生命中的一些事，神唯有借着痛苦才能够创建你。即使神无罪的儿子耶稣，也是在忍受天父为祂预备的痛苦之后，才能得以完全。祂一旦忍受了苦痛，便成为完全、成熟和完美的救赎主。借着祂，全世界的人类能够查找救恩。
如果你在困境中生成许多苦毒，那么你已经向神关闭了自己生命的一部分。一旦如此，你将永远无法完全。你灵魂的某些地方唯有借着苦难的功课才能触及。神的灵有重要的功课要教导你，而唯有身处试炼中，你才能学到这些功课。扫罗被封王时，他从未经历任何苦难，不但如此，他从未培养成熟的品格，好能实行神所指派的工作。大卫则是经年累月地遭受苦难与悲痛，当他登上王位时，他是合神心意的人。
不要怨恨神允许你的生活承受伤痛，不要想尽办法避免苦难。神并没有让祂的爱子免受苦难，我们怎能期待祂使我们免受苦难呢？即使处于苦痛中，仍要学习顺从。
Are
You Being Made Perfect?
Though
He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And
having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who
obey Him. (Heb 5:8-9)
There is a positive aspect to suffering.
We all endure suffering to some degree, but the good news is that through it we
can become like Jesus. Are you willing to pay whatever price is necessary in
order to become like Christ? There are some things that God can build into your
life only through suffering. Even Jesus, the sinless Son of God, was complete
only after He had endured the suffering His Father had set before Him. Once He
had suffered, He was the complete, mature, and perfect Savior through whom an
entire world could find salvation.
If you become bitter over your hardships,
you close some parts of your life from God. If you do this, you will never be
complete. Some places in your soul can be reached only by suffering. The Spirit
of God has important things to teach you, but you can only learn these lessons
in the midst of your trials. King Saul was made king without ever enduring
hardship, but he never developed the character or maturity to handle God’s
assignment. David spent years in suffering and heartache. When he finally
ascended the throne, he was a man after God’s own heart.
Don’t resent the suffering God allows in your
life. Don’t make all your decisions and invest everything you have into
avoiding hardship. God did not spare His own Son. How can we expect Him to
spare us? Learn obedience even when it hurts!
