3月9日 真实的你
基督因你们的信住在你们心里。
——以弗所书3:17
学者们说我们的社会“病”了。他们开出廉租房、福利津贴、全人教育，以及心理咨询的“药方”来医治人性的软弱。但我们知道这是治标不治本的。因为如果没有每一个个体的改变，整个社会的改变是无法实现的。
人的改变基于坦率地面对内心，也就是承认人性的弱点，即本性中违背上帝的那种任性。我并不是在说教，只是尝试提出影响人生存状态的问题。更进一步，我希望告诉你，只有在个人与上帝的亲密关系中，我们才能找到解决问题的答案。
每日祷告
救主耶稣，人在你面前隐藏本我是徒劳的。今天，请让我向你倾诉内心最深处的意念。
March 9: The Real You
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith . . .
—Ephesians 3:17
Experts have told us that society is sick. Their solutions have treated human frailty with infusions of low-income housing, welfare payments, integrated education, and psychological conditioning. But we are learning that this is not the total answer. The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed. And we never will change until we look into the mirror of our own soul and face with candor what we are inside. Then freely acknowledge that there is a defect in human nature, a built-in waywardness that comes from man’s natural rebellion against God. I am not preaching now, just trying to give you an understanding of what makes you tick. But I also expect to show you that, in the end, you can find your answers only in a personal relationship with God.
Prayer for the day:
It is useless to hide the real me from You. I pour out this day all my innermost thoughts and feelings, Lord Jesus.
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