Every Story / 每个故事
Dexu Xia
Every Story
Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:27
I opened the whimsically illustrated children’s Bible and began to read to my grandson. Immediately we were enthralled as the story of God’s love and provision unfurled in prose. Marking our place, I turned the book over and read the title once again: The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name.
Every story whispers His name.
To be honest, sometimes the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is hard to understand. Why do those who don’t know God seem to triumph over God’s own? How can God permit such cruelty when we know that His character is pure and that His purposes are for our good?
After His resurrection, Jesus met two followers on the road to Emmaus who didn’t recognize Him and were struggling with disappointment over the death of their hoped-for Messiah (Luke 24:19–24). They had “hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel” (v. 21). Luke then records how Jesus reassured them: “Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, [Jesus] explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (v. 27).
Every story whispers His name, even the hard stories, because they reveal the comprehensive brokenness of our world and our need for a Rescuer. Every act, every event, every intervention points to the redemption God designed for His wayward loved ones: to bring us back to Himself.
每个故事
于是[耶稣]从摩西和众先知起，凡经上所指着自己的话都给他们讲解明白了。-路加福音24章27节
我打开那本充满创意插图的儿童圣经，开始读给我的孙子听。那些述说上帝的爱与供应的故事，立刻让我们沉醉其中。当我标记了读到哪里之后，就把书阖上，再次看到书名：《耶稣的故事：每个故事都轻声诉说祂的名》。确实，圣经中的每个故事都指向耶稣！
老实说，有时候圣经很难理解，特别是旧约的部分。为何那些不认识上帝的人可以胜过上帝的百姓？我们知道上帝是纯全无瑕的，祂的旨意是要让人得益处，那祂为何允许那些残酷的事情发生呢？
耶稣复活之后，在往以马忤斯的路上遇见两个门徒，可是他们没有认出耶稣。他们因长久盼望的弥赛亚死了而灰心失望（路加福音24章19-24节），他们“素来所盼望、要赎以色列民的就是祂！”（21节）但作者路加描述耶稣如何使他们恢复信心：“于是[耶稣]从摩西和众先知起，凡经上所指着自己的话都给他们讲解明白了。”（27节）
每个故事都指向耶稣，即使是让人无法理解的故事，因这些故事显明我们的世界何等破碎，我们都需要一位救主。每个行动、每个事件、每一次上帝的介入，都是为了让上帝所爱的儿女能得到救赎，回转归向祂。
亲爱的上帝，求祢帮助我们，
仔细聆听祢藉着圣经中的每个故事，让我们更认识祢。
上帝如何在你的生命中施行拯救？
你能看出那些令你费解的事有上帝的美意吗？