马太福音-Matthew 11章25节
| 11:25 | 那时，耶稣回答说，父啊，天地的主，我颂扬你，因为你将这些事，向智慧通达人藏起来，向婴孩却启示出来。 |
| At that time Jesus answered and said, I extol You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. |
Enlightenment:
The Lord acknowledged the Father’s way in carrying out His economy with praise. Although people, instead of responding to His ministry, slandered Him (vv. 16-19), and the leading cities rejected Him (vv. 20-24), He praised the Father, acknowledging the Father’s will. He did not seek prosperity in His work, but He sought the Father’s will. He would be satisfied and rest, not in man’s understanding and welcome, but in the Father’s knowing (vv. 26-27). Christ believed that the cities’ rejection of Him was of the Father. What about our situation today? When we are rejected, opposed, criticized, attacked, and condemned, could we praise the Father?
亮光
主以颂扬承认父完成祂经纶的路。虽然众人对祂的职事毫无反应，反倒毁谤祂，（太十一16～19，）几个大城也都弃绝祂，（太十一20～24，）但祂颂扬父，承认父的旨意。祂不求工作的亨通，只求父的旨意；祂的满足和安息不在于人对祂的了解和欢迎，只在于父对祂的认识。（太十一26～27。）基督相信诸城弃绝祂是出于父。今天我们的情形如何？我们遭受弃绝、反对、批评、攻击、定罪时，我们能颂扬父么？