【西1:18】他也是教会全体之首，他是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。【Col1:18】And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

万有都是籍着基督耶稣所造，也是靠祂而立。教会因基督首先从死里复活，赐下圣灵而被建立。All things were created through Christ Jesus, and all things are held together in Him. The church exists because Christ was the first to rise from the dead and poured out the Holy Spirit.祂被父升为至高，是教会全体之首，是元始，我们是祂的身体，身体听头的，教会理当在凡事上让祂居首位。The Father has exalted Him to the highest place—He is the head of the whole church and the beginning, and we are His body. And because the body listens to the head, the church should let Him have first place in everything.

当我在家中发号施令时，当我凭己意做决定时，当我祈求神成就我的意思时，当我自己作审判官计算人的恶时…谁在作王？When I give orders at home, when I make decisions based on my own will, when I pray asking God to carry out my intentions, when I act as judge and count the faults of others… who is being king?主啊，求你赦免我，口称耶稣为主，在生活中却把自己放在首位，“我”作王！当我拒绝神作王，只想照自己的私欲偏要行时，就陷入受苦、让罪和撒旦做了王，又回到老亚当遭咒诅的光景。Lord, please forgive me—for I call Jesus “Lord,” yet in my daily life I put myself first. I become the king! And when I refuse to let God be King, insisting on following my own desires, I fall into suffering and let sin and Satan take the throne, returning to the cursed state of the old Adam.

耶稣，你是万王之王，万主之主，却谦卑顺服天父的旨意，你说，你凭着自己不能做什么，父做什么，你才做什么。Jesus, You are the King of kings and Lord of lords, yet You humbled Yourself and obeyed the Father’s will. You said You could do nothing on Your own—that whatever the Father did, You did also.你给我们做了尊敬父，凡事让父居首位的榜样。主啊，你何等愿意我们与你一同复活，与你一同作王！因此你呼召我们背起自己的十字架，天天对付自己想做王的悖逆权势。You set us an example of honouring the Father and giving Him first place in everything. Lord, You long for us to rise with You and reign with You! So You call us to take up our cross and daily confront that rebellious power within us that wants to be king.让我学习在家妻子顺服丈夫，在职场顺服老板，在学校顺服老师，在地上顺服法律、尊重在上掌权者。Teach me to submit to my husband at home, to submit to my boss at work, to submit to my teachers at school, to submit to the laws of the land, and to respect those in authority.在教会顺服牧师、领袖。凡事祷告、寻求神、等候神，让神的旨意显出来，不要叫我的意思，乃是叫神的旨意成就，让你顺服至死的神儿子生命在我里面做王。In the church, help me submit to pastors and leaders. In everything, help me pray, seek Your will, and wait for You—so that Your will, not mine, is done. Let the life of the Son of God, who obeyed unto death, reign in me.

愿更多让神做王的顺服权柄的神儿子被你训练出来，使你的教会成为在凡事上让你居首位的，你仇敌惧怕的、有权能践踏蛇蝎的教会。May You raise up more sons of God—people who let God be King and who submit to His authority—so that Your church becomes one that gives You first place in everything, a church that causes Your enemies to fear, a church with the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions.

（付传道Pastor Fu）