【诗118:22】“匠人所弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。”【Psa 118:22】“The stone the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone;”

“匠人所弃的石头”成为诗篇118篇一个极深的转折。人所认为无用、所弃绝的，神却看为宝贵，并立为根基。这最终指向基督。“The stone the builders rejected” becomes a profound turning point in Psalm 118. What people consider useless and reject, God sees as precious and establishes as the foundation. This ultimately points to Christ.耶稣被人拒绝、羞辱、定罪，甚至钉在十字架上；在人看来是失败和终结，在神手中却成为救恩的道路。神叫祂从死里复活，使这位被弃绝的基督成为房角的头块石头。Jesus was rejected, humiliated, condemned, and even crucified; what looked like failure and an ending in human eyes became, in God’s hands, the way of salvation. God raised Him from the dead and made this rejected Christ the chief cornerstone.

诗人说：“耶和华是我的力量，是我的诗歌，他也成了我的拯救。”（14节）又说：“我必不至死，仍要存活，并要传扬耶和华的作为。”（17节）The psalmist says: “The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.” (verse 14) He also says: “I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.” (verse 17) 神的拯救不只是把我们从环境中救出来，更是把一个走向死亡的人带进生命，把一个被压伤、被弃绝的人重新建造。而基督正是这生命的完全彰显。God’s salvation is not only about rescuing us from our circumstances, but also about bringing someone who is heading towards death into life and rebuilding someone who has been crushed and rejected. Christ Himself is the complete expression of this life.

主耶稣一生没有凭自己的意思活，乃是完全顺服父的旨意。在客西马尼园最痛苦的时候，祂仍祷告：“不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。”The Lord Jesus did not live according to His own will, but fully obeyed the Father’s will throughout His life. At the most painful moment in the Garden of Gethsemane, He still prayed: “Not My will, but Yours be done.”祂被羞辱却不还口，被弃绝却仍然把爱活在伤口，在十字架上为钉祂的人祈求赦免。祂不是只在荣耀中作王，也是在十字架上顺服到底。He was humiliated yet did not retaliate; He was rejected yet still showed love through His wounds, praying on the cross for forgiveness for those who crucified Him. He did not reign only in glory; He also obeyed to the very end on the cross.

“房角石”不仅告诉我们基督是谁，也告诉我们我们的生命应该以谁为标准。The “cornerstone” not only tells us who Christ is, but also tells us who should be the standard for our lives.此刻我们安静问自己：到底是谁在决定我的人生？是神，还是我的感觉？是神的真理，还是人的眼光？是基督的旨意，还是我的意思？ At this moment, let us quietly ask ourselves: Who is really determining my life? Is it God, or my feelings? Is it God’s truth, or what other people think? Is it Christ’s will, or my own will?

祷告 | Prayer

主啊，愿我不只是称祢为主，更愿意走祢走过的路。不要只求祢改变环境，更求祢借着环境改变我；不要只求祢除去难处，更求祢借着难处除去我的老我；Lord, may I not only call You Lord, but also be willing to walk the path You walked. May I not only ask You to change my circumstances, but ask You to change me through them; may I not only ask You to remove difficulties, but ask You to use those difficulties to remove my old self.真正跟随基督，不只是相信祢为我死，也是在祢的死与复活里学习怎样活。保罗说：“我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。”（加2:20）Truly following Christ is not only believing that You died for me, but also learning how to live in Your death and resurrection. Paul said: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” (Galatians 2:20)

愿基督成为我生命真正的房角石，使我的思想、选择、关系和一生都向祢对齐。May Christ become the true cornerstone of my life, so that my thoughts, choices, relationships, and whole life may be aligned with You.愿我的生命不再以“我”为中心，不再被人的肯定决定，不再被自己的得失辖制，而是让基督成为我唯一的标准。May my life no longer be centred on “me”, no longer be shaped by people’s approval, and no longer be controlled by my own gains and losses, but let Christ become my one true standard.因为匠人所弃的石头，已经成为房角的头块石头；愿这位曾被弃绝、却从死里复活的基督，也真正成为我生命的根基和方向。For the stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone; may this Christ, who was rejected yet rose from the dead, also truly become the foundation and direction of my life.奉主耶稣的名祷告，阿们！ In the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen!

（Pastor Guo）