Unseen Wonder 看不见的奇迹
Dexu Xia
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him. 1 Peter 1:8
In the twilight of her years, Mrs. Goodrich’s thoughts came in and out of focus along with memories of a challenging and grace-filled life. Sitting by a window overlooking the waters of Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay, she reached for her notepad. In words she soon wouldn’t recognize as her own she wrote: “Here I am in my favorite chair, with my feet on the sill, and my heart in the air. The sun-struck waves on the water below, in constant motion—to where I don’t know. But thank You—dear Father above—for Your innumerable gifts and Your undying love! It always amazes me—How can it be? That I’m so in love with One I can’t see.”
The apostle Peter acknowledged such wonder. He had seen Jesus with his own eyes, but those who would read his letter had not. “Though you have not seen him . . . you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy” (1 Peter 1:8). We love Jesus not because we’re commanded to, but because with the help of the Spirit (v. 11) we begin to see how much He loves us.
It’s more than hearing that He cares for people like us. It’s experiencing for ourselves the promise of Christ to make the wonder of His unseen presence and Spirit real to us at every stage of life.
Read 1 Peter 1:3–9 again. In what ways do these words show you how our God makes the inexpressible real to us? How open are you to the Spirit of Jesus, who lives in and among us?
Our Father in heaven, please help me to see the miracle of Your love and presence in Your Son and to believe in Your Spirit.
你们虽然没有见过祂，却爱祂；现在虽然不能看见祂，却信祂。—彼得前书1章8节，新译本
古太太在晚年的时候，慢慢记不清过往充满挑战和恩典的年日，思路也时好时坏。她坐在窗边，俯视密歇根州的海湾，伸手拿起了她的记事本。虽然她待会儿就不记得那是自己写的，但她仍写下：“我坐在最喜爱的椅子上，双脚靠着窗台，我的心绪漂浮，喜乐满满。阳光洒落层层波浪，海水闪烁流淌，不知流向何方。亲爱的天父，感谢祢的恩典无尽、爱不止息！这总是令我赞叹惊奇，怎么可能？我竟如此爱那我无法看见的上帝。”
使徒彼得也认同这样的奇迹。他曾亲眼见过耶稣，但那些读他的信的人却不曾见过，因此他说：“你们虽然没有见过祂，……却因信祂就有说不出来、满有荣光的大喜乐”（彼得前书1章8节）。我们爱耶稣并非因为有人命令我们这么做，而是因为有圣灵的帮助（11节），我们才能看见祂有多爱我们。
我们不只要知道祂在乎像我们这样的人，更是自己亲身经历基督的应许，就是要使那眼不能见的奇迹，即祂的同在与圣灵，在我们生命中的每个阶段都成为真实。
彼得前书1章3-9节如何让你明白，
上帝在我们的生命中，创造了无法用言语形容的奇迹？
你如何意识到住在你里面的圣灵给你的启发？
我们在天上的父，求祢帮助我看见祢奇妙的爱，
看见祢藉着耶稣与我同在，也帮助我能信靠祢的圣灵。