The Right Focus 正确的焦点
Dexu Xia
Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Luke 10:20
We’d known Kha for more than a year. He was part of our small group from church that met weekly to discuss what we’d been learning about God. One evening during our regular meeting, he made a reference to having competed at the Olympics. The mention was so casual that it almost escaped my notice. Almost. Lo and behold, I learned I knew an Olympian who had competed in the bronze medal match! I couldn’t fathom that he’d not mentioned it before, but for Kha, while his athletic achievement was a special part of his story, more important things were central to his identity: his family, his community, and his faith.
The story in Luke 10:1–23 describes what should be central to our identity. When the seventy-two people Jesus sent out to tell others about the kingdom of God returned from their journeys, they reported to Him that “even the demons submit to us in your name” (v. 17). While Jesus acknowledged that He’d equipped them with tremendous power and protection, He said they were focused on the wrong thing. He insisted that their cause for rejoicing should be because their “names are written in heaven” (v. 20).
Whatever achievements or abilities God has granted us, our greatest cause for rejoicing is that if we’ve entrusted ourselves to Jesus, our names are written in heaven, and we enjoy His daily presence in our lives.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
What are you focused on? How can you shift your focus to more of an eternal perspective?
Heavenly Father, thank You for writing my name in heaven. I rejoice in knowing You.
要因你们的名记录在天上欢喜。—路加福音10章20节
我认识凯华一年多了。他是我们教会小组的成员，在每周的小组聚会中，大家会彼此分享对上帝的认识、对圣经真理的体会。在某一次的聚会中，凯华不经意地提起自己曾参加奥林匹克运动会。在那天晚上，他说得如此随意，以至于我差点就忽略了。差点。看哪！我发现自己竟然认识了一位进入铜牌战的奥运选手！我不明白为什么他之前对此绝口不提，但对凯华来说，虽然他在体育运动方面的成就是他生命中很特殊的经历，但他生命的中心却是更重要的事，那就是他的家庭、他的族群，以及他的信仰。
路加福音10章1-23节的记载，描述了什么才是我们生命的中心。耶稣差遣七十二人去传讲上帝的国度，他们回来之后便欢喜地对耶稣说：“主啊，因祢的名，就是鬼也服了我们”（17节）。虽然耶稣确认祂赐予了他们强大的能力，并且保护他们，但他们却将焦点放在错误的事情上。耶稣强调，不要因鬼服了他们就欢喜，而是要因他们的“名被记录在天上欢喜”（20节）。
无论上帝让我们有什么样的成就或才干，最值得高兴的应该是我们把生命的主权交给了耶稣，我们的名字被纪录在天上，并且每天能享受耶稣的同在。
作者： 洪可婷
你人生的焦点是什么？你要如何将焦点转向更有永恒价值的事情？人生中最值得高兴的事就是有耶稣在我们的生命里。因着接受耶稣为救主，我们的人生有了新的方向、新的盼望！
亲爱的天父，感谢祢将我的名字记录在天上，我因认识祢而欢喜快乐。