【读圣经学英语】那一夜并没有打着什么

【读圣经学英语】那一夜并没有打着什么

约翰福音-John 21章3~4节

21:3 西门彼得对他们说,我打鱼去。他们说,我们也和你同去。他们就出去,上了船,那一夜并没有打着什么。
Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, We also are coming with you. They went forth and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.
21:4 天将亮的时候,耶稣站在岸上,门徒却不知道是耶稣。
Now as soon as the morning broke, Jesus stood on the shore; however the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

Enlightenment:

The miracle of catching no fish was a lesson to Peter and the other disciples, and it is a lesson for us today. We should not think that we can just go out, find a job, and make a living. If the Lord keeps all the jobs away, we shall never be able to find one. Do not think that you can go to the sea and easily catch some fish. If our fishing is under the Lord’s guidance and according to His will, we shall surely catch some fish. But if it is not according to the Lord’s will and we go out on our own, all the fish might be frightened away, sovereignly being kept away from us. As Christians who have been regenerated and commissioned by the Lord, we must go and do things according to the Lord’s will, even in the matter of making a living. Since we have been regenerated and the Lord has committed to us a divine, heavenly mission, we must walk according to His will. We should not think of making a living naturally. Others can, but we cannot. There might have been quite a number of unbelievers fishing in the sea of Tiberias at the same time the disciples were, and they probably caught many fish. These believing disciples labored the whole night, and only from them were the fish kept away. This was a miracle. Therefore, do not think that we can just go to the sea and catch fish. If we do this on our own, we shall probably end up with nothing.

亮光

打不着鱼的神迹,对彼得和其它的门徒是一个功课,对我们今天也是一个功课。我们不该以为我们只要出去,就找到工作,能过生活了。主若扣住所有的工作,我们绝不能找到任何工作。不要以为你能出海,轻易的打着一些鱼。我们若是在主的引导下,照着祂的旨意去打鱼,那么我们必定会打着一些鱼。但我们若不照着主的旨意,自作主张出去,所有的鱼都会吓跑,在主的主宰下远离我们。我们是重生且受主托付的基督徒,即使在谋生的事上,我们也必须照着主的旨意去行事。我们既蒙了重生,主又将神圣属天的使命托付了我们,我们就必须照着祂的旨意行。我们不该想凭天然的方式谋生。别人能,我们却不能。当门徒在提比哩亚海上打鱼的时候,可能有相当多不信主的人也在打鱼,他们或许打着了许多鱼。这些信主的门徒整夜劳力,鱼就是远离他们。这是神迹。所以,不要以为我们到海上就会打着鱼。我们若靠自己来作,可能至终一无所获。