梦游圣经66本书

📅 2026.05.17

📖 今日经文

【约壹4:18-21】

“爱里没有惧怕；爱既完全，就把惧怕除去……我们爱，因为　神先爱我们……爱　神的，也当爱弟兄。”

✨ 灵修默想

很多人以为属灵成熟，就是懂很多、做很多、坚持很多。

但约翰给了一个很直接的衡量标准：

你有没有真正活在爱里？

真正经历神的爱，会先带来一件事——

惧怕减少。

我们常害怕自己不够好，

害怕失败后被拒绝，

害怕软弱后神不再喜悦自己。

但圣经提醒我们：

我们爱，因为神先爱我们。

不是我们先变好，神才爱；

而是神先爱，我们才有能力回应。

而真正经历这份爱的人，

不只是更敢亲近神，

也会更有能力去爱人。

所以约翰说，若口里说爱神，却恨弟兄，就是说谎。

因为爱神，不只是嘴里的告白，

更是生命里的流露。

我们怎么对待身边的人，

很多时候也反映了我们是否真的明白神怎样爱我们。

被爱改变的人，

不会只停留在“我爱神”的感动里，

而会把爱活出来。

❤️ 祷告

天父，

谢谢你先爱我。

除去我里面的惧怕与防备，

让我安稳活在你的爱里，

也帮助我把这份爱活出来。

奉主耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

A Life Transformed by Love

📅 2026.05.17

📖 Today’s Scripture
1 John 4:18–21
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear… We love because He first loved us… Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

✨ Devotional Reflection

Many people think spiritual maturity means knowing more, doing more, or enduring more.

But John gives a very clear measure:

Are you truly living in love?

When we genuinely experience God’s love, one thing begins to happen:
fear starts to lose its grip.

We often fear that we are not good enough,
fear that failure will make God reject us,
fear that our weakness will make Him less pleased with us.

But Scripture reminds us:

We love because He first loved us.

It is not that we become good first, and then God loves us.
It is that God loved us first, and because of that, we are able to respond.

And when someone truly experiences that love,
they do not only become bolder in drawing near to God,
they also become more able to love others.

That is why John says if someone claims to love God yet hates their brother, they are not speaking the truth.

Because loving God is not merely words spoken with the mouth,
it is love expressed through life.

How we treat the people around us often reflects how deeply we understand God’s love for us.

A person transformed by love
does not remain only in the emotion of saying, “I love God,”
but begins to live that love out.

❤️ Prayer

Father,
thank You for loving me first.

Remove fear and defensiveness from my heart.
Help me rest securely in Your love
and live that love out toward others.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.