Everyone Needs Compassion /人人需要怜悯
Dexu Xia
Everyone Needs Compassion
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36
Today's Scripture & Insight: Matthew 9:27–38
When Jeff was a new believer in Jesus and fresh out of college, he worked for a major oil company. In his role as a salesman, he traveled; and in his travels he heard people’s stories—many of them heartbreaking. He realized that what his customers most needed wasn’t oil, but compassion. They needed God. This led Jeff to attend seminary to learn more about the heart of God and eventually to become a pastor.
Jeff’s compassion had its source in Jesus. In Matthew 9:27–33 we get a glimpse of Christ’s compassion in the miraculous healing of two blind men and one demon-possessed man. Throughout His earthly ministry, He went about preaching the gospel and healing “through all the towns and villages” (v. 35). Why? “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (v. 36).
The world today is still full of troubled and hurting people who need the Savior’s gentle care. Like a shepherd who leads, protects, and cares for his sheep, Jesus extends His compassion to all who come to Him (11:28). No matter where we are in life and what we’re experiencing, in Him we find a heart overflowing with tenderness and care. And when we’ve been a beneficiary of God’s loving compassion, we can’t help but want to extend it to others.
人人需要怜悯
祂看见许多的人，就怜悯他们，因为他们困苦流离，如同羊没有牧人一般。-马太福音9章36节
杰明大学毕业时，才刚信耶稣不久。他在一家知名的石油公司担任销售员，经常出差接触客户，这也让他听到许多令人心碎的故事。同时，他也领悟到，客户们最需要的并非石油，而是上帝的怜悯。为要更了解上帝的心意，杰明进入神学院进修，最终成了一位牧师。
杰明对人的怜悯乃源自于耶稣。马太福音9章27-33节提到，耶稣医治了两个瞎子和一个被鬼附的哑巴。从这些医治的神迹中，我们看见基督的怜悯。耶稣在世上传道时，“走遍各城各乡”，宣讲福音和医治各样的疾病（35节）。祂为何要这么做呢？此乃由于“祂看见许多的人，就怜悯他们，因为他们困苦流离，如同羊没有牧人一般”（36节）。
如今，全世界仍有许多心灵受伤、忧愁痛苦的人，需要救主温柔的看顾。如同牧羊人带领、保护和照顾羊群一样，耶稣也怜悯那些凡来到祂面前的人（11章28节）。无论我们的生命正处于何种阶段，或正经历些什么，只要来到耶稣面前，祂都会以温柔慈爱的心来对待我们。当我们领受了上帝的慈爱怜悯之恩，盼望你我也能与人分享这份恩典！
亲爱的天父，感谢祢，因祢怜悯我们！
若没有祢，我们就会迷失。
求祢帮助我们，能以祢源源不绝的怜悯来对待别人。
你何时曾经历过上帝的温柔看顾？
今天你应当以怜悯之心对待谁呢？