12月21日
忽视灵魂
Neglect of Soul
常存敬畏的,便为有福;心存刚硬的,必陷在祸患里。——箴言28:14
“Blessed is the man who reveres God, but the man who doesn’t care is headed for serious trouble.”
—Proverbs 28:14 (TLB)
所有的基督徒都信神,但是很多基督徒却没有时间奉献给神。他们忙于日常事务以至于没有时间读经、祷告以及为自己团契的弟兄姊妹们着想。他们中的许多人已经失去了门徒的火热精神。如果你问他们是不是基督徒,他们多半会回答说,“我想是吧,”或者“我希望是。”他们可能会在复活节和圣诞节或者其他一些特殊的场合去教堂,但是除此以外,他们几乎没有时间与神在一起。他们把神从自己的生活中挤了出去。
圣经告诫我们不要忽视你的灵魂。这很可能会使你的心刚硬,灵魂枯萎,直到最终你 对一切属灵的事物都失去了兴趣。你应该有一种属灵的渴望,就是能够常与神同在。最终我们应该意识到, 在上帝之外, 一切对心灵平安的寻求都是徒劳的。
All Christians believe in God, but many Christians have little time for God. They are too busy with everyday affairs to be taken up with Bible reading, prayer, and being thoughtful to their fellowmen. Many of them have lost the spirit of a zealous discipleship. If you ask them if they are Christians, they would probably answer, “I think so,” or, “I hope so.” They may go to church at Easter and Christmas and on other special occasions, but otherwise they have little time for God. They have crowded God out of their lives.
The Bible warns against neglect of your soul. It is possible to harden your heart and shrivel your soul, until you lose your appetite for the things of God. This hunger, then, that you should have is a desire to be always right with God. It is a consciousness that all searching for peace of heart, except in Him, is in vain.
今日祷告
主啊,今天我怀着饥渴慕义的心想要更深地认识祢!
Prayer for the day
I hunger today to know more of You, Lord.
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