双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：1月28日 休息

1月28日

休息

“凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。”

马太福音11:28

你一定要暂停一下。生活一直都在忙个不息，甚至喘不过气来，你需要喘口气。过去的几个星期日程太满了，生活中的起起落落，纷繁复杂：悲剧、成功，吃吃喝喝，朋友等等令人抓狂的事。你不会抱怨无聊，但是你有时可能会变得麻木，思维懒散。你在想：我再坚持玩一个回合？或者二十个回合？

你要明白：思维懒散会导致思维迟钝，进而导致灵命失落。有时你的努力让你变成一台自动化机器，既让人兴奋又让人精疲力尽。在忙碌和疲倦之间，你变得喘不过气来，失去活力，失去清晰的思维和志向。你真正所需要的是休息，不仅仅是睡眠。你需要一个安息。一个更新、宁静、停顿、静止。你需要一段时间，一段闭目思考的时刻，思考一下会怎样，该怎样。

今日祷告：

主耶稣，让我得到休息，真正的休息。让我寻求你，信靠你，让我深深地呼吸一下。阿们。

January 28–Pause

Then Jesus said,“Come to me,all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,and I will give you rest.”

MAT T H EW 1 1:2 8

You must pause.Life has been running.Your breath has been flying and you need to catch it.The last few weeks have been incredibly rich—full of all the dramatic ups and downs that life has to offer—tragedies,victories,eateries,friendlies,and frenzies.You cannot complain about being bored,but at times you have been tempted to drift toward mind-numbing laziness.

You have thought to yourself,I’ll just play one more round of this game…or maybe twenty more rounds.You know that a numbing of the mind leads to a dumbing of the mind,which then leads to a frustration of the soul.The effort you sometimes take to become an automaton is both urprising and exhausting.Between the busyness and the weariness,you are left to gasp on fumes,losing vitality,clarity,and aspiration.What you truly need is a rest.Not just sleep.You need a Sabbath.A restoration.A peace.A pause.A still.A capturing of time.A moment to shut your eyes and dream of what could be,what should be.A reflection of God’s image at work and at rest within you.You must pause.

Pray for the Day:

Lord Jesus,let me rest—truly rest.Let me seek you,trust you,and take a…deep…breath.Amen.