God’s Moves 上帝的作为

[Dexu Xia]

It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes. Exodus 12:27

I love a good game of Scrabble. After one particular game, my friends named a move after me—calling it a “Katara.” I’d been trailing the entire game, but at the end of it—with no tiles left in the bag—I made a seven-letter word. This meant the game was over, and I received fifty bonus points as well as all the points from all of my opponents’ leftover tiles, moving me from last place to first. Now whenever we play and someone is trailing, they remember what happened and hold out hope for a “Katara.”

Remembering what has happened in the past has the power to lift our spirits and give us hope. And that’s exactly what the Israelites did when they celebrated Passover. The Passover commemorates what God did for the Israelites when they were in Egypt, oppressed by Pharaoh and his crew (Exodus 1:6–14). After they cried out to God, He delivered the people in a mighty way. He told them to put blood on their doorposts so the death angel would “pass over” their firstborn people and animals (12:12–13). Then they would be kept safe from death. 

Centuries later, believers in Jesus regularly take communion as we remember His sacrifice on the cross—providing what we needed to be delivered from sin and death (1 Corinthians 11:23–26). Remembering God’s loving acts in the past gives us hope for today.

How can you celebrate what God has done on your behalf? How can you offer hope to others from your past experiences?

I thank You, loving God, for all the marvelous works You’ve done on my behalf. Please give me the strength to focus on Your mighty acts when I need hope to keep going.

这是献给耶和华逾越节的祭。当以色列人在埃及的时候，祂击杀埃及人，越过以色列人的房屋，救了我们各家。—出埃及记12章27节

我喜欢和朋友一起玩英文拼字游戏。游戏的每个玩家各有七个字母牌，轮流在格子棋盘上拼接成英文单字，得分则按所用的字母牌计算。在某次游戏中，我一直落后，但在最后一轮，我拼出一个七个字母的单字，获得额外50分，还有其他玩家手上剩下字母牌的分数。结果我从最后一名跃升到第一名，朋友戏称这是“恺兰绝招”！现在玩拼字游戏时，只要有人落后，他们就会想到这件事，并盼望能使出“恺兰绝招”。

记住过去的事可以振奋人心，带给我们盼望。这正是以色列人庆祝逾越节的意义：记念他们在埃及受法老和官长欺压时，上帝为他们所做的事（出埃及记1章6-14节）。上帝听见以色列人的呼求，以奇妙的作为拯救他们。祂叫他们把血涂在门框上，这样灭命的使者就会“越过”他们，使他们的长子和头生的牲口免于死亡（12章12-13节）。

数千年后的今天，基督徒定期守圣餐，为的是记念耶稣在十字架上所做的牺牲。祂承担了我们的罪债，拯救我们脱离罪恶和死亡（哥林多前书11章23-26节）。记念过去上帝慈爱的作为，能使你我今日满有盼望。

你会如何记念上帝为你成就的事？
你如何用自己过往的经历让别人得盼望？

慈爱的上帝，感谢祢为我成就的一切奇妙工作。当我需要盼望继续前进的时候，求祢赐我力量，不忘记祢大能的作为。