你的信心放在哪裡呢？

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你的信心

放在哪裡呢？

What Does

God Give?

讀經

Reading

「耶和華說：『你們用話頂撞我。』… 你們說：『事奉神是徒然的。』」 —瑪 3:13-14

" You have spoken arrogantly against me, says the LORD. You have said, "It is futile to serve God." " — Malachi 3:13-14

再思

Devotion

事奉神有時似乎是徒然的。這段經文指出，狂傲的人有時得福，行惡的人豐盛，甚至那些挑戰試探神的人也似乎不用面對後果。看起來，彷彿行惡比行善更為上算。

Sometimes it can seem futile to serve God. These verses point out that sometimes arrogant people are blessed, evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge and test God seem to get away with it. It can seem that it s better to be bad than to be good.

今天，很多人也有這個錯誤的想法，他們也會問同樣的問題。事實上他們並沒有看錯；狂傲、邪惡，和無恥的人，往往真的比其他人擁有更多的財富和權力。他們的問題，乃是誤解了什麼是真正的福氣。

Many people today make this same mistake and ask the same questions. It s not that they are mistaken in what they see; oftentimes arrogant, wicked, and brazen people do acquire more wealth and power than others. But the mistake the people are making is in what they consider a blessing.

在主禱文中，神的子民祈求神的榮耀、祂的國度、他們日用的飲食、赦免，和脫離兇惡。成功不是以財富、名氣，和權力來衡量的，如果我們埋怨邪惡的人竟然得福，我們其實暴露了我們的信心是何等膚淺。我們顯示出，我們正在與我們的私慾鬥爭，我們仍然把我們的信心放在物質的福氣上，而不是放在耶穌基督身上。我們禁不住會問，假如我們有機會賺取金錢或權力，我們可以怎樣妥協或不循正軌去做呢？我們垂涎邪惡人的昌盛，或許我們的心也和那些人沒有多大分別。

In the Lord s Prayer, God s people pray for God s glory, his kingdom, their daily bread, forgiveness, and delivery from evil. The measure of success is not wealth, fame, and power. If we complain about the blessings that evil people receive, we are actually exposing the immaturity of our own faith. We show that we are still struggling with the desire to place our trust in material blessings rather than in Jesus Christ. That begs the question of how we might bend or break the rules if we have the opportunity to gain wealth or power. Maybe our hearts are not yet so different from those wicked people whose prosperity we covet.

怎樣做才算是愛慕神的國度和祂的旨意？你把你的信心放在哪裡呢？

What does it look like to covet God s kingdom and his will? Where do you place your trust?

禱告

Prayer

親愛的耶穌，求禰赦免我們的嫉妒和猜忌，除去我們渴慕財富和權力的心，轉而渴慕禰的國度和榮耀。求禰幫助我們，一天比一天更深信靠禰的供應。奉耶穌名禱告，阿們。

Dear Jesus, forgive our envy and jealousy. Wean our hearts from the desire for wealth and power. Replace that with the desire for your kingdom and glory. Help us to grow in our trust of your provision every day. Amen.