敞開天上的窗戶

最新 05-27

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每日箴言

神所要的

不是宗教方程式

乃是我們親近的心

製作：每日箴言誦讀：孫大中片頭：張妙陽

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敞開天上的窗戶

The Floodgates Of Heaven

「你們要將當納的十分之一全然送入倉庫，使我家有糧，以此試試我是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶…。」 —瑪3:10

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this . . . and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven. . . ." — Malachi 3:10

靈修

這段經文是瑪拉基書中一般人比較熟識的經文，它似乎提供了一條得到神的祝福的方程式，你奉獻給神，祂便會把更多賜給你。然而，那些只關心物質上的福氣的人，將會大失所望。

This is one of the more well-known verses in the book of Malachi. It seems to offer a simple formula to receive God s blessings. Give to God, and he will give back even more. But people who care only about material blessings are going to be disappointed.

神其實在說，如果祂的兒女與祂有好的關係，祂便會大大祝福他們；根據我個人的經歷，神給我的祝福不是財富或健康，但當我與神有親密的關係時，我看到兩件事情。

What God is really saying is that if his children are in a good relationship with him, he will bless them abundantly. In my personal experience that has not meant riches or perfect health. But I ve found that when my relationship with God is close, two things happen.

第一，我比較容易察覺到神應許的各種祝福。我留意到我的工作較少差錯並有較高的效率；這是物質上的福氣。第二，我對人生的期望比較合理，結果是雖然擁有不多但卻更滿足。我們感到滿足，往往是因為我們知道，在世界上很多人看來，我是富有的；這是靈性上的福氣。

First, I m quicker to notice the types of blessings God promises. I notice that my efforts are more productive with fewer things going wrong. This is a real material blessing. Second, my expectations in life become more reasonable, resulting in more contentment with less stuff. Often that contentment comes through the humble realization that in most of the world people would call me blessed with riches. This is a spiritual blessing.

我們得到物質上和靈性上的福氣，都是因為我們首先靠近神。神對似乎迫使祂祝福我們的宗教方程式不感興趣，祂要求的，乃是我們與祂建立關係，讓祂成為我們慈愛和豐盛的父親。你與神的關係是這樣的嗎？

Both the material and the spiritual blessings come through first drawing closer to God. God is not interested in religious formulas that appear to coerce him into blessing us. Instead, God wants a relationship in which he can be our loving, generous Father. Do you have that kind of relationship with God?

禱告

父啊，感謝禰把我們與禰的關係放在首位。求禰幫助我們奉獻時有正確的動機，並感謝禰賜給我們的一切福氣。奉耶穌的名求，阿們。 ?

Prayer

Father, thank you for putting our relationship first. Help us to give with the right motives and appreciate you over all the blessings you provide. Amen.