双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月30日 我们最伟大的需要

九月三十日

我们最伟大的需要

“我向你举手；我的心渴想你，如干旱之地盼雨一样。”

—–诗143:6

不久之前，我拜访了一位著名美国大学的院长。我们从他办公室的窗户望出去，看到了数百名学生正走向教室。我问那位院长，“这所大学里最大的问题是什么？”他思考了一会儿回答道，“空虚。” 今天许多人感到无聊，孤独，在寻找某种东西。你可以从他们的脸上看出来。

有一个女孩从大学回到家里告诉他富有的父亲说，“爸爸，我想得到某种东西，但我不知道那是什么。”这就是许多人的真实状况。我们需要某种东西来满足我们生命中最深的需求，但我们没有找到它。大卫说，“我已经找到了，我不再求索。”使徒保罗解释说，“我无论在什么景况都可以知足，这是我已经学会了。”

你不必放弃生活，不必举手抱怨道，“那没有用。”……你可以得到上帝的平安，上帝的喜乐，上帝的幸福，上帝的保障；你的人生可以成为世界上最精彩的人生。

今日祷告

主耶稣，你解了我灵魂的饥渴。赞美你的圣名。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

September 30

Our Greatest Need

I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land…

—Psalm 143:6

Not long ago I visited the dean of a great American university. We looked out the window of his office and watched hundreds of students walking to their classes. I asked the dean, “What is the greatest problem at this university?” He thought a moment and answered, “Emptiness.” So many people today are bored, lonely, searching for something. You can see it in their faces.

One girl home from college told her wealthy father, “Father, I want something but I don’t know what it is.” That’s true of many people; we want something to meet the deepest problems of our lives, but we haven’t found it. David said, “I have found it. I shall not want.” The Apostle Paul expressed it, “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.”

You don’t have to give up on life, to throw up your hands and cry, “It’s no use.” . . . You can have God’s peace, God’s joy, God’s happiness, God’s security; and yours can become the most thrilling life in the world.

Prayer for the day

Lord Jesus, You quench the thirst and longing of my soul. Praise Your blessed name.