有乐意动手收割的人手

九月下旬总有一种触动人心的特质。这是一个感恩的季节，理应如此。然而，每当看着眼前的累累硕果，我的思绪往往不再停留于农作物本身，而是转向了那些辛勤采摘的双手。

耶稣曾放眼望向人群，心中充满怜悯，因为他们困苦流离，如同没有牧人的羊群。于是，祂对门徒说：“要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们当求庄稼的主，打发工人出去收祂的庄稼”（马太福音 9:37-38）。令我印象深刻的是，耶稣指出的问题从来不在于庄稼的多少——田野里早已硕果累累，真正缺乏的是乐意奉献的双手。

我常思考，为何祂要求门徒祷告，而不是直接给他们指派任务。也许是因为庄稼属于神，而非我们；生长并非由我们促成。保罗在致哥林多教会的信中曾提醒道：“我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，惟有神叫它生长”（哥林多前书 3:6）。这让我们卸下了沉重的负担：我们无需为改变人心负责，只需挺身而出、随时待命，并在神托付给我们的那份微小职责上保持忠心。

这里有一个奇妙的转折：在马太福音中，耶稣刚吩咐门徒为工人祷告，紧接着就差遣了他们。那些为工人祷告的人，最终竟成了自己祷告的答案。我想，这对我们而言往往也是如此。当我们祈求有人去关怀邻舍、在食物银行帮忙、陪伴孤独者，或在困境中传递希望的话语时，很可能就会发现，主正轻轻拍着我们的肩膀。

乐意奉献的双手，未必需要具备高超的技艺。回想那些塑造我信仰的人，其中极少有人是口若悬河的演说家或受过专业训练的神学家。他们是普普通通的人：会在恰当的时候泡一杯茶，会留意到我的沉默，会邀请我共进周日午餐，也会在我毫不知情时虔诚地为我祷告。他们乐意伸出援手，而神也使用了他们。

先知以赛亚听见主问道：“我差遣谁呢？谁肯为我们去呢？”他的回答既简单又全心全意：“我在这里，请差遣我！”（以赛亚书 6:8）。以赛亚当时刚意识到自己的不配，但神触碰了他的嘴唇，洁净了他，并呼召他去服事。这就是神国度的法则。神并不要求我们完美才使用我们；祂与我们相遇，赦免我们，然后说：“来，与我一同做工吧。”
当然，收割庄稼并非易事。任何采摘过水果的人都知道，那往往伴随着腰酸背痛、手臂被划伤以及漫长的劳作。耶稣从未掩饰这一点。祂谈到了背起十字架、计算代价，以及在非自己亲手播种的田地里劳作。但保罗也鼓励我们：“我们行善，不可丧志；若不灰心，到了时候就要收成”（加拉太书 6:9）。这份努力之中蕴含着应许：我们凭信心所播种的，绝不会徒劳。

在拉尼米德基督徒团契（Runnymede Christian Fellowship），我看到周围到处都是待收的庄稼。有年轻家庭搬进埃格姆（Egham）和恩格尔菲尔德格林（Englefield Green），有初次离家来到皇家霍洛威学院（Royal Holloway）求学的学生，还有独自居住、深居简出的年长邻居。田里的庄稼确实已经熟了。问题不在于是否有工可做，而在于我们是否愿意参与其中。

那么，在这个秋天，怎样才算是“乐意伸出援手”呢？也许是开车接送那些难以去教会的人；也许是加入祷告小组、帮忙照看孩子，或者仅仅是去认识一下住在隔了三户人家之外的邻居。这可能意味着鼓起勇气，分享一点关于耶稣在你生命中作为的见证。这些事看似微不足道，但在神手中，它们却能成为具有永恒意义的种子。
耶稣曾说：“举目向田观看，庄稼已经熟了，可以收割了”（约翰福音 4:35）。我衷心希望我们作为一个群体，能信守祂的话语。让我们为工人祷告，同时也预备好自己去回应这份祷告。让我们献上自己乐意服事的手——无论它们看起来多么平凡——并将其交托给主使用。

在这个丰收的季节，当我们为餐桌上的食物和神在创造中的美善献上感恩时，愿我们也为祂依然邀请我们参与祂的工而感恩。庄稼是祂的，生长也是祂的；祂满有恩典地让我们与祂一同分享收割的喜乐。

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