双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：3月8日 属灵的敏感度

3月8日

属灵的敏感度

不要爱世界和世界上的事。人若爱世界，爱父的心就不在他里面了。

——约翰一书2：15

日常生活中很多事情本身并无罪性，但若滥用，便很容易致使人犯罪。滥用字面意味着“过度使用”。很多时候，过度使用本身就意味着犯罪。“有追求”是人性格中的一部分。它可以适度地用在合理的事情上。譬如用于思考如何获得生活必需品，照顾家庭，这些都是必要的。然而如果不恰当的使用，它也可能演化为焦虑，并如耶稣提醒我们的那样，变成挤住属灵种子的荆棘。

赚钱是生活的必要活动。但赚钱有可能导致贪财。人被财富所迷惑会使属灵生命受损。基督徒对“此世”的概念多有误解。其实，生活是无法被限定在特定的等级、环境、范围之中的。你无法说一个人是属灵的，另一个不是。“此世”是渗入在人类社会生活的每个角落的，无法被限制在特定的区域里，因此我们需要认真而谨慎地对待。

每日祷告：

上帝啊，请让我能敏锐地体察圣灵的工作，使我不至于沉沦于此世的情欲之中。奉耶稣基督的名，阿们。

March 8

Spiritual Sensitivity

Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you,for when you love these things you show that you do not really love God……
—1 John 2:15(TLB)

There are certain elements of daily life which are not sinful in themselves but which have a tendency to lead to sin if they are abused.Abuse literally means“extreme use”and,in many instances,overuse of things lawful becomes sin.Ambition is an essential part of character,but it must be fixed on lawful objects and exercised in proper proportion.Thought about the necessities of life and taking care of one’s family is absolutely essential;but this can degenerate into anxiety,and then,as Christ reminded us,the cares of this life choke the spiritual seed in the heart.

Making of money is essential for daily living;but money-making is apt to degenerate into money-loving,and then the deceitfulness of riches enters and spoils our spiritual life.Much so-called worldliness in Christian circles is misunderstood.You cannot confine it to a particular rank,walk,or circumstance of life,and say that one person is spiritual and another is unspiritual.Worldliness is actually a spirit,an atmosphere,an influence permeating the whole of life and human society,and it needs to be guarded against constantly and strenuously.

Prayer for the day:

Lord,keep me sensitive to Your Spirit that I may not fall into the spirit of worldliness and its lusts.In Jesus’Name,Amen.