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1-10節--願神得著當得的榮耀

約翰福音 第17章

我們今天所讀的經文，是一段有關禱告的重要經文，我們在當中看到耶穌怎樣向神祈禱。在這段簡短的經文中，有一個字詞至少出現了五次，你可以把它找出來嗎？──它就是「榮耀」。

在學習禱告的過程中，我們今天要學的，也許是當中最難的一項功課；因為它教導我們：我們祈求神去成就某事的目的，乃是為了讓神得著當得的榮耀。這項祈求聽起來容易，但讓我們先停下來想一想：我們通常是為到甚麼事情向神祈求的？是否只為滿足我們本身的心願和期望？抑或，我們之所以為到那些事情向神祈求，完全是為了讓神得著榮耀？也就是說，當神成就我們的祈求，神就會得著榮耀。

舉例說，一位信主的姊妹，為甚麼要求神幫助她的丈夫戒除酒癮呢？是為免他飲醉之後大吵大鬧，使她的生活不得安寧？是為了使她不再在人前丟臉？抑或，她為他禱告，是希望神賜他救恩，使他成為一個新人，以致他能榮耀神？這兩種心態之間只有微妙的分別：一是為了解決自己的困擾，一是為了神的榮耀。神當然會為我們解決困擾，然而，我們卻有否記掛著神的榮耀？

然而，我們從經文之中，卻看到基督全心全意地祈求神得著榮耀。祂向神禱告說：「願你榮耀你的兒子」，祂為甚麼這樣祈求呢？祂這樣祈求是為了甚麼目的？難道是為了自己？不，讓我們看看緊接的下一句：「使兒子也榮耀你。」

因此，我們應該經常檢視自己的禱告。我們所祈求的，全是為了滿足自己嗎？只懂得祈求神賜予自己各樣好處嗎？抑或，我們能夠真誠地向神說：「父啊，我祈求你成就這事，為的是讓人看見你是一位垂聽和應允禱告的神。我會將頌讚和榮耀全歸於你！」最後，就讓我們同心向神祈求，求神幫助我們好好學習今天的功課。

經訓：

「凡求告耶和華的，就是誠心求告他的，耶和華便與他們相近。」

詩篇一四五篇18節


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PRAYER, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
BIBLE READING: John 17: 1 – 10

We are reading again today part of John 17 because there is a very important aspect of prayer in these first few verses. One word appears at least five times in these verses. It is the word ‘glorify’.

Here is perhaps the hardest lesson of all to learn in the school of prayer. Our prayers must be for the glory of God. That sounds simple or easy, but stop and think about it for a moment. Why do we ask God for certain things? Just because we want them? Or can we honestly say that we are asking for them so that God can be glorified in answering our prayer?

Why does a Christian wife want her drunken husband to be saved? So that he will be easier to live with? So that she won’t have to go to church on her own any more? It is easy for us who are not in her position to say she should only ask for his salvation so that God might be glorified. What if we were in her position? Would we find it easy to pray for the husband’s salvation so that God might be glorified and not because he would be easier to live with?

But this is how Christ prayed. What did he ask God for? ‘Father, glorify your son.’ Why did he want this? Why did he ask for it? Read the rest of the verse. ‘So that your son might glorify you.’

It would be good for us to look at the requests we send up to God. Are they selfish prayers? Are we asking only for our own good? Or can we honestly say ‘Father I am asking for this so that others may see you are a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God and I will give all the praise and all the glory to you!’ That’s today’s lesson in the school of prayer for us all. Let’s ask God together to help us learn it well.

A BERSE FOR TODAY:

The Lord is near to all who call upon him … in truth and sincerity.

Psalm 145: 18

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