What We Can Become
Jesus is pure; we are greedy. He is peaceful; we are hassled. He is spiritual; we are earthbound. The distance between our hearts and his seems so immense. How could we ever hope to have the heart of Jesus?
Ready for a surprise? You already do. If you have given your life to Jesus, Jesus has given himself to you. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:16 (TLB), “Strange as it seems, we Christians actually do have within us a portion of the very thoughts and mind of Christ.”
God has ambitious plans for us. The same one who saved your soul longs to remake your heart. Let’s imagine what it means to be just like Jesus. Let’s look long into the heart of Christ. Perhaps in seeing him, we will see what we can become.
染疾之宅得洁净
/in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2026 /by meiling利未记 14: 34 -36 你们到了我赐给你们为业的迦南地，我若使你们所得为业之地的房屋中有大痲疯的灾病，房主就要去告诉祭司说：『据我看，房屋中似乎有灾病。』祭司还没有进去察看灾病以前，就要吩咐人把房子腾空，免得房子里所有的都成了不洁净；然后祭司要进去察看房子。
这一段经文是神给以色列人的预备，让他们知道进了迦南地之后，若是碰到屋子有问题时，应该如何处理。因为以色列人在旷野住帐蓬，到迦南地居住的情况就会不一样。因为在旷野里经常有太阳在晒，帐蓬里十分干燥，而且经常移动，比较不会有发霉的问题；但是屋子不一样，屋子住久了就会有问题，因为屋子是不移动的，例如浴室或卫生间若是一直很潮湿，墙壁和天花板缝隙便会逐渐产生霉菌，影响到居住者的健康。有人说，霉菌和潮湿的墙壁是孪生兄弟，因此神把处理房子的一些问题事先教导他们，免得他们的健康受影响。
但是神既然带领以色列人进迦南，又应允他们所得为业之地房屋，为何会领他们到发霉的屋子里去住呢？在〈申命记〉六章10-11节，摩西说：「耶和华你的神领你进祂向你列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许给你的地，那里有城邑，又大又美，非你所建造的；有房屋，装满各样美物，非你所装满的；有凿成的水井，非你所凿成的；还有葡萄园、橄榄园，非你所栽种的，你吃了，而且饱足。」就像以色列人出埃及时，神让埃及人因为惧怕，而把所有的美物都给了以色列人；神也应许，不仅把迦南地赐给以色列人，就连迦南人的房屋和美物也都要赐给以色列人。