梦游圣经66本书

2026年7月13日 灵修分享

经文：

“我保罗亲笔问你们安。凡我的信都以此为记，我的笔迹就是这样。”
——帖撒罗尼迦后书 3:17

《帖撒罗尼迦后书》写作时，有人冒用保罗的名义，宣称主的日子已经到了，使一些信徒受到影响，甚至停止工作，过着闲散的生活。

因此，保罗在书信最后亲笔写下问安，作为辨认真伪的记号，让教会知道这封信确实出自他，也纠正那些错误的教导。

这就像一家公司宣布将来有一天会结束营业。有些员工心想：“反正公司都快结束了，还那么认真做什么？“于是开始敷衍工作，虚度光阴。但忠心的员工却知道，只要公司一天没有正式关闭，自己就应尽一天的责任，把每一件事做好。

同样，主应许祂必再来，但这并不是让我们放下地上的责任，而是提醒我们更加忠心地生活。圣经从未教导我们因盼望主再来而逃避工作，反而劝勉我们安静做工、殷勤行善、持守真理，直到主来的那一天。

真正的盼望，不会使人懒惰；真正的信心，也不会使人逃避责任。

愿我们不是因为主快再来而停下脚步，而是因着爱主，更加珍惜神所赐的每一天，在家庭、工作、教会和福音的托付上，都忠心到底。

今日默想：

今天，我是否因盼望主再来，而更加忠心完成神托付给我的责任？

Faithful Until the End

Devotional – July 13, 2026

Scripture

“I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.”
— 2 Thessalonians 3:17

When Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians, some people had falsely claimed to speak in his name, saying that the Day of the Lord had already come. As a result, some believers were misled, stopped working, and began living idle lives.

For this reason, Paul personally wrote the final greeting with his own hand as a mark of authenticity, assuring the church that the letter truly came from him and correcting the false teaching that had spread among them.

Imagine a company announcing that one day it will eventually close. Some employees might think, “Since the company is going to shut down anyway, why work so hard?” They become careless and waste their time. But faithful employees understand that as long as the company remains open, they are responsible for doing their work diligently and fulfilling their duties each day.

In the same way, Christ has promised that He will return. Yet this promise is never meant to make us neglect our responsibilities on earth. Instead, it calls us to live even more faithfully. Scripture never teaches that the hope of Christ’s return is an excuse to stop working. Rather, it encourages us to work quietly, do good diligently, and hold firmly to the truth until the day He comes.

True hope never leads to laziness, and genuine faith never causes us to abandon our responsibilities.

May we not slow down because Christ is coming soon. Instead, because we love Him, may we treasure each day God has given us and remain faithful in our families, our work, our service in the church, and the gospel entrusted to us—until the very end.

Reflection

Am I allowing the hope of Christ’s return to make me more faithful in fulfilling the responsibilities God has entrusted to me today?