(012) 今日灵粮 Spiritual FOOD TODAY：

Topic 话题：人得存敬畏神的心，因为凡事都有定期 People Must Fear God, For Everything Has a Time.

Scripture 经文：我知道神一切所做的都必永存；无所增添，无所减少。神这样行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。现今的事早先就有了，将来的事早已也有了，并且神使已过的事重新再来。我又见日光之下，在审判之处有奸恶，在公义之处也有奸恶。我心里说，神必审判义人和恶人；因为在那里，各样事务，一切工作，都有定时。我心里说， 乃为世人的缘故，是神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己不过像兽一样。 因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇，所遭遇的都是一样：这个怎样死，那个也怎样死，气息都是一样。人不能强於兽，都是虚空; I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice — wickedness was there. I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.” I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. (传道书 Ecclesiastes 3：14-19)

Sharing 分享: 很多牧师和神学家认为，今天灵粮分享的，是传道书，特别是第三章。今天主题所引用的经文，是一种人生哲理的宣讲。圣经学者普遍认为，传道书似乎是所罗门王在经历了世间的荣华富贵，渐渐老去后，突然体会到人生的空虚，写下的感悟。在今天的经文中，所罗门王告诉我们，人在日光之下一切的劳碌、享受，都是虚空，都是捕风，因此，我们所拥有的世俗智慧是极其有限的。

有牧师解释，我们既然不能探明生命奥秘的真相，就无法逃脱和愚昧人一样的人生结局，没有神的人生，终究是虚空的虚空，然而生命是神所赐予的礼物和机会。我们一方面要享受这恩赐，顺服保惠师、圣灵的引导顺服神的旨意，持守信心，过着圣洁的生活，活得更有意义；另一方面要好好利用这机会记念神、敬畏神、讨神喜悦，彰显生命的价值。因为凡事都有定时。所以，人在神面前当存敬畏的心。因着世界的软弱，犯罪的容易，我们的生活有时就这么艰难，神要试验我们，叫我们觉得自己就跟畜生一样。因为世人遇见畜生，都遇见一样的：这死怎样，那死也怎样，气息也怎样。人并不比畜生强，都是虚空。

同一章，三章二十至二十一节继续告诉我们，人与兽都是往一处去，都是从尘土而来，都归于尘土。但我们知道，人的灵是属于神的，但离开世界之后，就升天了，灵魂终究要向神交账，接受审判，不像兽的魂，只是下到地上就消失了。所罗门王给我们今天的题目，这首关于生命悖论的诗，展现了神在万事上的定时和主宰，引导我们进入平衡的视角，信靠万物之主。愿神怜悯我们，帮助我们在圣灵的引导下，活出讨神喜悦的生活，让人记得要有一颗敬畏神的心，因为凡事都有定时。

Many pastors and theologians believe that today's spiritual food is Ecclesiastes, especially Chapter 3. The scriptures quoted in today's topic are a kind of preaching of life philosophy. Bible scholars generally believe that Ecclesiastes seems to be King Solomon's feelings written down after he experienced the glory and wealth of the world and gradually grew old, and suddenly realized the emptiness of life. In today's scriptures, King Solomon tells us that all the labor and enjoyment of man under the sun are vanity and chasing the wind. Therefore, the secular wisdom we have is extremely limited.

A pastor explained that since we cannot explore the truth of the mystery of life, we cannot escape the same life ending as the foolish people. Life without God is ultimately vanity, but life is a gift and opportunity given by God. On the one hand, we should enjoy this gift, obey the guidance of the Comforter - the Holy Spirit, obey God's will, maintain faith, live a holy life, and live more meaningfully; on the other hand, we should make good use of this opportunity to remember God, fear God, please God, and demonstrate the value of life. Because everything has a time. Therefore, people should have a fearful heart before God. Because of the weakness of the world and the ease of sin, our lives are sometimes so difficult. God wants to test us and make us feel that we are the same as animals. For when men meet animals, they meet the same thing: as this death, so is that death, and as breath. Man is no better than an animal, for all are vanity.

In the same chapter, chapter 3, verses 20-21 continue to tell us that man and animals go to the same place, that they are all from dust and to dust they return. But we know that the human spirit belongs to God; after leaving the world, it ascends to heaven. The soul will eventually give an account to God and be judged, unlike the souls of animals, which just go down to the earth and disappear. King Solomon gave us the topic for today, this poem about the paradox of life, which shows God's timing and dominance in all things, and guides us into a balanced perspective and trusts the Lord of all things. May God have mercy on us and help us live a life that pleases God under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so that people remember to have a heart that fears God, because everything has a time.

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