6月7日
标 题：慷慨地撒种
经节：“少种的少收，多种的多收”，这话是真的。（哥林多后书九章6节）
你被呼召成为基督徒是有原因的。你一定要定意自己在基督徒生活的每个方面，都经历神的丰盛，并且永远不要安于与全能神维系一种肤浅及闲懒的关系。神会依着你对祂的回应祝福你。倘若神发现你有一颗慷慨的心，愿意不计回报地与人分享，祂会以同样的方式回报你。
当使徒保罗鼓励哥林多的信徒，帮助耶路撒冷的基督徒时，他向他们保证，倘若他们慷慨撒种，神会以丰盛回报他们。
这项真理同样也能改变我们今日的生命。如果我们投资所有一切与神相交，身为神儿女的我们，会在各个方面经历神的丰盛。如果渴望更亲密地认识神，并且花许多时间研读祂的话语，神会加深我们与祂的关系。如果在很难祈祷的时候仍定意祷告，祂会以更深刻与更有能力的祷告生活回报我们。如果在弥补所有破败的关系，以及在敬拜之前，预备我们自己的心，全人全心、虔诚地敬拜主，神应许我们将遇见祂，我们的生命将得着改变。
为什么有些人对基督的信心十分迅速地长进，而其他人却年复一年毫无改变？我们在基督里的成熟，与我们所栽种的东西，是息息相关的。让我们选择慷慨地栽种自己基督徒生命的一切，我们的收获是拥有似基督的生命。
Sow Generously
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. (2 Corinthians 9:6)
You are called to be intentional about your Christianity. You must be determined to experience the fullness of God in every area of your Christian life and never to settle for a shallow, lackadaisical relationship with almighty God. God will bless you according to how you respond to His invitations. If He finds in you a generous heart that willingly and freely gives what it has to others, then God responds toward you in like manner.
When the apostle Paul encouraged the believers in Corinth to help the Christians in Jerusalem, he promised them that if they would sow generously, they would reap a generous return from God.
This truth holds life-changing potential for us. If we invest everything we have in our relationship with God, we will experience the full dimensions of being children of God. If our desire is to know God more intimately, and if we spend ample time studying His word, God will generously enrich our relationship with Him. If we discipline ourselves to remain in prayer even when praying is difficult, He will reward us with a deeper, more powerful prayer life. If we reconcile any broken relationships and prepare our hearts before worship, and if we participate fully and reverently in every part of worship, God promises that we will meet Him and our lives will be changed.
Why is it that some Christians grow rapidly in their Christian faith and others remain unchanged year after year? Our Christian maturity is deeply affected by what we sow. Let us choose to sow generously in everything we do in our Christian lives. The harvest we reap will be Christlikeness.
