2015年12月22日
鼓手男孩 The Drummer Boy
读经: 路加福音21章1-4節
Reading: Luke 21: 1-4
這寡婦是自己不足，把她一切養生的都投上了。-路加福音21章4節
She out of her poverty put in all she had to live on - Luke 21:4
全年读经: 彌迦書6-7章;啟示錄13章
Bible in a Year: Micah 6–7; Revelation 13
膾炙人口的聖誕歌曲《小小鼓手》（The Little Drummer Boy）是1941年寫的，原名為《聖誕鼓歌》（Carol of the Drum)，全曲採用捷克的傳統曲調。當然在馬太福音1至2章和路加福音2章所記載的聖誕故事裡，並沒有提到有一個鼓手男孩，但這首頌歌的內容卻道出了敬拜的核心意義。這首詩歌的內容主要是描述一個小男孩接受了博士的邀請，同去迎接基督的降生。然而，這個小鼓手和博士們不一樣，他並沒有預備禮物。因此，他獻上他擁有的，就是擊打他手中的鼓，並且說：「我願盡心竭力為祂擊鼓。」
其實，這就是耶穌所說的敬拜，當時祂看到一個窮寡婦投了兩個小錢，祂說：「我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦所投的比眾人還多，因為眾人都是自己有餘，拿出來投在捐項裡；但這寡婦是自己不足，把她一切養生的都投上了。」（路加福音21章3-4節）
這小男孩所擁有的僅是一面鼓，而貧窮寡婦也就只有兩個小錢，但他們敬拜的上帝，卻值得讓他們全然獻上。同樣地，這位上帝配得我們獻上所有，因祂已將一切都賜給了我們。
我將所有獻與耶穌，甘心樂意全奉獻；
我要時常愛主靠主，天天活在主面前。
全然獻上，在主眼中雖少猶多。
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"The Little Drummer Boy" is a popular Christmas song written in 1941. It was originally known as "Carol of the Drum" and is based on a traditional Czech carol. Although there isn't any reference to a drummer boy in the Christmas story in Matthew 1–2 and Luke 2, the point of the carol goes straight to the heart of the meaning of worship. The carol describes how a boy is summoned by the Magi to the scene of Christ's birth. Unlike the wise men, however, the drummer has no gift—so he gives what he has. He plays his drum, saying, "I played my best for Him."
This echoes the worship Jesus described when He told of the widow and her two coins: " 'Truly I tell you,' he said, 'this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on' " (Luke 21:3-4).
All the drummer boy had was his drum and all the poor widow had were her two coins, but the God they worshiped was worthy of their all. He is worthy of our all as well, having given His all for us.
All to Jesus, I surrender, all to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live. Judson W. Van De Venter
Your little is a lot when you give your all.