經文: 「如今常存的有信，有望，有愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。」— (聖經·哥林多前書 13章13節)
這章全部都在談愛，前三節講到「愛」是信仰最重要的成份。「我若能說萬人的方言，並天使的話語，卻沒有愛，我就成了鳴的鑼，響的鈸一般。我若有先知講道之能，也明白各樣的奧祕，各樣的知識；而且有全備的信，叫我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不得什麼。我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。」(哥林多前書 十三1-3)
接著又提到何謂「愛」，何謂「沒有愛」(4至8節)-共有十五件事，最後又以「愛是不求自己的益處。」作總結，並再次強調「愛是永不止息。」知識、口才，預言的恩賜都會過去，甚至信心與盼望也會因事情成就而事過境遷，但愛卻和上帝一起存到永遠，愛是世界上最偉大的事。
我們應常常熟讀這章愛的篇章，將它牢記心頭，讓這偉大的信息：「不求自己的益處」深印腦海，經常思想並禱告。「愛是永不止息」，反覆琢磨這精意，並讓「愛」管理我們的生活。
上帝就是「愛」，「住在愛裡面的，就是住在上帝裡面，上帝也住在他裡面。」(約翰壹書 四16) 親愛的弟兄姐妹們，你住在一個自私自利、充滿罪惡仇恨的世界嗎？來，躲在上帝全能愛的蔭蔽下，讓祂永不止息的愛充滿你心，使你腹中湧出活水的泉源，不斷滋潤周圍的人。每天與上帝交談溝通，藉著聖靈將神聖的愛澆灌心中，正是擁有能力愛上帝及愛人的祕訣。
—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 9月21日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
(圖片版權屬「禱告時光」所有，在此僅供分享福音用途。)
『 A Song of Love 』
Scripture: “But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” — (1 Corinthians 13:13)
This chapter is wholly devoted to the praise of love. The first three verses speak of the absolute necessity of love, as the chief thing in our religion. “If I speak with the tongues of angels, if I have the gift of prophecy, if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and if I bestow all my goods on the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love”; then, three times repeated, “I am become sounding brass, I am nothing, it profiteth me nothing.” If I have not love, it all profiteth me nothing.
Then follows the Song of Love (vs. 4-8). There are fifteen things said about love—what it is and what it is not. In this description one sentence sums up the whole nature of love: “It seeketh not its own.” And again: “Love never faileth.” Prophecies, tongues, and knowledge shall vanish away. Even faith and hope shall be changed into sight. But Love abides to all eternity, as long as God endures. Love is the greatest thing in the world.
We should read this chapter oftener than we do, and commit the Song to memory; so that the great words are imprinted on our hearts: “Love seeketh not her own.” Think over it and pray over it. “Love never faileth.” Consider all that means. “The greatest of these is love.” Let this love rule in your life.
God is love. “He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.” O Christian, are you living in a world that is uncharitable and selfish, or full of bitterness and hatred? Take refuge under the wings of this everlasting love. Let your heart be filled with it, so that by God’s almighty power you may be a witness to the transforming power of love. Thus you will be a fountain of blessing to all around you.
Live each day in fellowship with the triune love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and you will learn the secret of how to love.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 21 September 」
