Topic 话题：將你的重擔卸給神並在基督裡安息地生活Cast Your Burdens on God and Live in Rest in Christ
Scripture 经文：耶稣说 ：「凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。」And Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” （马太福音 Matthew 11:28）
Sharing 分享: 在我灵修的时间，在考门夫人 Rev. Lettie Cowman 的专栏《荒漠甘泉 Wells of Grace》中，我读到一位牧师的分享，他引用了腓立比书 Philippians 4:6，谈到我们基督徒不应该为任何事情忧虑。但是，相反的许多基督徒都生活在不断的焦虑中，有些人甚至很痛苦。如何在日常的忙碌中找到完全的安息，值得探讨。
这位牧师解释了，我们先看看忧虑有什么用？忧虑从来没有使人坚强，也没有帮助任何人遵行神的旨意，更没有救人脱离困境。忧虑只会破坏有用而美好的生活。焦虑、忧虑和担忧都是主所禁止的。耶稣在马太福音 Matthew 6:25 说 “不要忧虑吃什么，喝什么，穿什么。” 他的意思不是说我们不应该提前思考，没有计划或规则地生活。他的意思是，我们不应该忧虑。 克雷格·格罗舍尔（Craig Groeschel）的《基督教无神论者 Christian Atheist》一文中，曾问我们为什么, “当你相信神却仍然总是担心时 When You Believe in God but Still Worry All the Time”。然后他深思熟虑地解释了这一点，并警告我们要知道，担心表明我们不愿意让神处理某些事情 - 至少不是按照神的方式，当然也不是按照祂的时间。马太福音 Matthew 6:27 提出了一个实际问题： “你们哪一个能用忧虑使寿数多加一刻呢？” 他想知道忧虑使我们的生命减少了多少小时？更严肃地说，忧虑本质上是不相信神的承诺和力量的罪。它选择沉溺于、思考最坏的情况。这是对坏事的信仰，而不是对神的信仰。提摩太后书 2 Timothy 1:7 说： “因为神赐给我们的灵，不是胆怯的灵，乃是刚强、仁爱、谨守。” 在这节经文中，我们也可以很容易地将 “恐惧和胆怯” 翻译为 “焦虑、紧张、和担忧”。恐惧不是来自神。它是魔鬼用来分散我们注意力的工具，让我们偏离我们在这里的真实目的。
因此，“將你的重擔卸給神並在基督裡安息地生活”！因为耶稣在马太福音 Matthew 11:28 安慰我们，正如我们的经文 “今日灵粮 Spiritual FOOD TODAY” 所引用的： “到我这里来吧，凡劳苦担重担的人，我就使你们得安息。” 为了结束我们今天的分享，Rev. Lettie Cowman 的专栏 Wells of Grace 中的这位牧师引用了《民数记 Numbers 14:29-30》来提醒我们神将如何惩罚祂所拣选的子民以色列人，不让他们进入应许之地，因为他们中的许多人对让他们徘徊在旷野并吃吗哪太久而抱怨，所以神惩罚了他们。说道： “凡向我发怨言的，必不得进入我起誓应许赐你们居住的那地 ...” 可见忧虑会剥夺人的一切志向，锁住人的一切能力，使人陷入精神麻痹。然而，当我们把重担卸给祂保护时，我们就会有喜乐，喜乐使工作顺利进行。当我们有喜乐的翅膀时，我们的工作就会迅速完成。忧郁剪断了这些翅膀，使我们像埃及人一样，车轮脱落，难以前进。让我们祈求神怜悯我们，坚固我们的信心，正如诗篇 Psalm 46:1 中的诗人向我们保证的那样，祂是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们患难时随时的帮助。
During my devotional time, in Rev. Lettie Cowman's column "Wells of Grace", I read a pastor's sharing, citing Philippians 4:6, talking about how we Christians should not worry about anything. However, many Christians on the contrary live in constant anxiety, and some are even miserable. How to find complete rest in the daily busyness is worth exploring. The pastor explained, let's first look at what is the use of worry? Worry has never made anyone strong, nor has it helped anyone to follow God's will, nor has it saved anyone from difficulties. Worry only destroys a useful and beautiful life. Anxiety, worry, and worry are all forbidden by the Lord. Jesus said in Matthew 6:25 "Do not worry about what you will eat, what you will drink, or what you will wear." He did not mean that we should not think ahead and live without plans or rules. He meant that we should not worry.
Craig Groeschel, Christian Atheist in his article asks us why, “When You Believe in God but Still Worry All the Time.” He then thoughtfully explains this and warns us to be aware that worrying indicates that we are not willing to let God handle certain things - at least not in God’s way, and certainly not in His timing. Matthew 6:27 poses a practical question: “Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his stature?” He wants to know how many hours does worrying take away from our lives? More seriously, worrying is essentially a sin of not trusting God’s promises and power. It is choosing to dwell on and think about the worst-case scenario. It is a belief in bad things, not a belief in God. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, of a sound mind.” In this verse, we could just as easily translate “fear and fear” as “anxiety, nervousness, and worry.” Fear is not from God. It is a tool of the devil to distract us from our true purpose for being here. Therefore, “Cast Your Burdens on God and Live in Rest in Christ”! For Jesus comforts us in Matthew 11:28, as quoted in our Scripture “今日灵粮 Spiritual FOOD TODAY”: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” To conclude our sharing today, Rev. Lettie Cowman in her column Wells of Grace quoted Numbers 14:29-30 to remind us how God would punish His chosen people, the Israelites, by not letting them enter the Promised Land because many of them complained about being left to wander in the wilderness and eat manna for too long. God punished them, saying: “Whoever murmurs against me shall not enter the land which I swore to give you…” It can be seen that worry deprives a person of all ambition, locks up all his abilities, and causes a person to fall into spiritual paralysis. However, when we cast our burdens on His protection, we will have joy, and joy makes the work go smoothly. When we have the wings of joy, our work will be completed quickly. Depression clips those wings and makes us like the Egyptians whose wheels fell off and made it difficult to move forward. Let us pray that God will have mercy on us and strengthen our faith, as the psalmist in Psalm 46:1 assures us, that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble.
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