“凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。” – 太 11:28
你有没有试过感到筋疲力尽？健康专家或许会提供一些恢复元气的建议，例如饮食健康、定时运动、和足够的休息。若要真的得到完全的休息，我们当中很多人每晚都需要7至8个小时的睡眠，有些人甚至可能需要更多。这些都是好的建议，然而睡眠不是我们唯一需要的休息，耶稣才能为我们提供真正的安息。
耶稣应许的灵命安息，是世界上的身体健康专家不晓得的。身为世界和全人类的创造者，耶稣认识我们。衪知道我们的软弱、我们的破碎、和我们的挣扎。衪知道什么事情令我们焦虑和使我们身心感到疲劳，祂也知道我们需要什么休息。任何带给我们足够深层睡眠、睡眠做梦阶段、和浅层睡眠的睡眠习惯，都不能为我们提供我们心灵需要的安息的；唯有耶稣才能赐给我们达到我们心灵深处的安息。
耶稣邀请凡感到筋疲力尽的 – 被挂虑、责任、压力、和生命中的困难重重压住的 – 到衪那里去，衪邀请我们只要单单依靠衪和天天跟随衪。纵使耶稣没有应许给我们一条平坦的道路，然而衪却向我们保证，衪“心里柔和谦卑” － 唯有在衪里面和藉着祂，我们的心灵才能找到真正的安息。
祷告
耶稣我们的救主和主，唯有在你里面我们的心灵才能找到安息。求你在你里面赐我们心灵所需的安息给我们。阿们。
马太福音 11:28-30
28凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。
29我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式，这样你们心里就必得享安息。
30因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。”
True Rest
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28
Do you ever feel completely worn out? Health experts may advise remedies such as eating right, exercising regularly, and getting enough rest. To feel truly rested, many of us need seven to eight hours of sleep each night, and some of us may need even more. This is good advice, but sleep isn’t the only rest we need. Jesus offers us true rest.
Jesus promises a kind of spiritual rest unrecognized by the world’s physical health experts. As the Creator of the world and of all humanity, Jesus knows us. He knows our weaknesses, our brokenness, and our struggles. He knows what weighs us down and wearies our bodies and souls. He also knows exactly what kind of rest we need. No healthy sleep routine with adequate deep sleep, dream sleep, and light sleep will provide the spiritual rest we need. Only Jesus can provide the rest that reaches to the depths of our souls.
Jesus invites all who are exhausted—weighed down by the cares, obligations, stresses, and problems of life—to come to him. He invites us simply to ground ourselves in him and to follow him every day. Though Jesus doesn’t promise us an easy path, he assures us he is “gentle and humble in heart”—and only in and through him will we find true rest for our souls.
Prayer
Jesus, our Savior and Lord, only in you can we find rest for our souls. Please provide the spiritual rest we need in you. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
