双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月12日 平安之路

10月12日

平安之路

神所赐出人意外的平安，必在基督耶稣里，保守你们的心怀意念。

腓立比书4:7

没有什么烦恼比自寻烦恼更能让人心烦意乱、神经紧张。诗篇作者说：“不要……心怀不平”（诗篇37:1）。意思是：烦恼、抱怨和苦恼往往是自找的，最好的方法是改变自己的态度和思想。正如有人所说：“忧虑就像一个弯着腰的老人，背着一大包羽毛，而他还以为是铅。”

诗篇作者还说：“我必安然躺下睡觉，因为独有祢耶和华使我安然居住”（诗篇4:8）。约伯说：“祂使人安静，谁能扰乱呢？”（约伯记34:29）

我们的许多烦恼都是以自我为中心造成的，人的心灵本不应局限于如此狭隘的范围，而应自由翱翔、梦想、希望和信靠。当我们的眼目向内看而不是向上看时，我们就会患上属灵的近视眼。

杞人忧天会使小事显得巨大，而永远不会出现的麻烦会构成一种想象中的负担，使人精神崩溃。它们是挥之不去的幽灵，像噩梦一样虚无缥缈。我们把本该用在建设性工作和服务上的力量花在了解决根本不存在的问题上。

我们不应该自寻烦恼，而应该听从主的话，他说：“我留下平安给你们，我将我的平安赐给你们，我所赐的，不像世人所赐的；你们心里不要忧愁，也不要胆怯。”（约翰福音14:27）

今日祷告：

父啊，求祢赐给我祢的平安，我知道你会的，因为耶稣应许了；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 12

THE PATH TO PEACE

And the peace of God,which passeth all understanding,shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:7

There are no troubles that distress the mind and wear upon the nerves as do borrowed troubles.The psalmist said,“Fret not thyself…”(Psalm 37:1).The implication is that fretting,complaining,and distress of mind are often self-manufactured and can best be coped with by a change of attitude and transformation of thought.As someone has said,“Worry is an old man with bended head,carrying a load of feathers which he thinks is lead.”

The psalmist also said,“I will both lay me down in peace,and sleep:for thou,Lord,only makest me dwell in safety”(Psalm 4:8).Job asks,“When he giveth quietness,who then can make trouble”(Job 34:29)?

Many of our troubles are caused by self-centeredness.The human mind is not meant to be limited to such a narrow scope.It is to be free to soar,to dream,to hope,and to trust.When our eyes are turned inward instead of upward,we suffer from spiritual nearsightedness.

Anticipation of trouble makes trifles appear unduly large,and the troubles that never come make up an imagined burden that will crush the spirit.They are haunting specters,as insubstantial as a bad dream,and we spend the strength that should be expended in constructive work and services in fighting problems that do not even exist.

Instead of“borrowing trouble”we should listen to the Lord when He says,“Peace I leave with you,my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth,give I unto you.Let not your heart be troubled,neither let it be afraid”(John 14:27)

Pray for the Day:

Father,grant me Your peace,and I know You will,because Jesus promised it;in Jesus’Name,Amen.