11月27日
生活的现实
Realities of Life
将各样的计谋,各样拦阻人认识 神的那些自高之事一概攻破了,又将人所有的心意夺回,使他都顺服基督。—— 哥林多后书 10:5
Casting down imaginations . . . and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
—2 Corinthians 10:5
无数的人曾尝试逃离现实的生活。近几年来有一个新词开始流行,这个词是“逃避现实”。词典给出的定义是“退出现实,进入到幻想的世界。”幻想的逃避。所罗门曾说不知悔改的心是因为有太多的幻想。撒旦使人进入幻想世界,又总以幻灭告终。无数人生活在虚幻的世界中,逃避对家庭和对上帝的责任。圣经教导我们,有基督在你心里,你就能面对现实生活的一切。即便生活艰难,上帝的恩典所给你的喜乐和平安会远远超过幻想世界所带给你的。
Thousands of people have made plans to escape from the realities of life. A new word has come into common usage the last few years. That word is “escapism.” The dictionary defines it as “a retreat from reality into an imaginary world.” The escape of imagination. Solomon spoke of the unregenerate heart as one which is inclined to excessive fantasy. The dream world Satan promotes always ends with disillusionment. Thousands of people live in an unreal dream world, while shirking their responsibilities toward their families and toward God. The Bible teaches that with Christ in your heart, you can face the realities of life. Even though they are hard, the grace of God will give you greater joy and pleasure than any dream world to which you try to escape.
今日祷告
主啊,我的心常常远离你成为一片荒原。今天,请祢掌管我全部的心思意念。
Prayer for the day
Lord, so often my thoughts make a wasteland of what You are wanting to plant there. This day let every one of them be captive to Your leading.
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