每日靈修：基督的心
基督的心
THE MIND OF CHRIST
我獻上自己（主，我願）
小羊詩歌: 活祭
林婉容
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「你們當以基督耶穌的心為心：」腓立比書2:5
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:5 NRSV
聖經告訴我們，我們的心志應該為基督完全掌管。保羅勸勉我們，要以基督的心為心。要接受，不是阻攔。這裡是一個必須的選擇，或左或右。好像一首歌唱的，要麼擁有一切，要麼一無所有。Oliver Barclay指出，盡心儘力愛神，就是要他在我們的生命中啟示他的真理，要我們的思想、態度、崇拜、行為都有一致性。這些都是神的聖潔和恩典的彰顯。聖經在談到心志時，不是要說一種哲學，而是要神的真理掌管我們的生命。
我們的心志不能是真空的，要麼被良善填滿，要麼被邪惡填滿。要麼是肉體，要麼是基督。我們可以控制進入心志的東西。嚴格地說，心志要拒絕一切邪惡。我們要選擇哪些電視節目可以看，哪些書可以讀，哪些事可以想，甚至哪些事可以進入我們的夢鄉。另一方面，也要考慮哪些東西可以進入我們的心志。僅僅把壞的思緒排斥在外是不夠的。還要引進聖潔的東西，讀經、禱告、團契、聚會，都是不可缺少的。一位智者說，把你的心志交給基督，叫他的智慧引導你。詩人M. W. Biggs寫道：
主啊，你掌管一切
掌管我的一言一行
在我可腐朽的身體上
彰顯你不朽的祝福
主啊，求你充滿我
用你的愛充滿我
用上面的事吸引我
叫我服事、跟隨你
The Bible plainly indicates that our mental powers are to be brought under the control of Christ. 「Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,」 says Paul in Philippians 2:5 「Let [don』t hinder, allow] this mind be in you」 suggests that we can have the mind of Christ, or we can rejet it. A popular song describes this attitude with the words 「all or nothing at all.」Oliver Barclay observed, 「Fundamentally, to love God with all our mind is to let God』s revealed truth work through our lives so that our thinking, our attitudes, our worship, and our deeds are consistent. They should all be the result of God』s holiness and love and grace toward us… The Bible, when it talks of the mind, is not asking us to develop a philosophy … but to allow revealed truth to control us.」
The human mind cannot be a vacuum. It will be filled either with good or evil. It will be either carnal or Christlike. We can control the kind of thoughts that enter our minds. Negatively, the mind must be turned away from all evil. We must choose the kind of television programs we see. We must be careful of the kind of things we read; the things we think about; the things that occupy our daydreams. Positively the mind must be set on things that are above. It is not enough to put bad thoughts out of our minds. Godly thoughts must be put in by Bible reading, prayer, and communion with Christ, fellowship with other Christians, Christian fellowship in the church.Some unknown wise man has suggested, 「Give your mind to Christ that you may be guided by His wisdom.」The poet, M. W. Biggs, put it well:
Be Thou my Object, Lord, this day,
Controlling all I do or say;
That thro』 this mortal frame of mine,
Thy blessed traits may ever shine!
Oh! Fill me, Lord, with Thy deep love,
Attract my mind to things above;
And truly serve and follow Thee!
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