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每日箴言
东西
“‘不要怕,从今以后,你要得人了。’” – 路 5:10
灵修
和家人外出渡假时,我们喜欢游览国家公园和有历史性的景点;从公园、海滨、纪念碑、再加上其他地点,我们已游览过美国国家公园系统中差不多五十个景点了。对孩子来说,旅途中哪一方面最为精彩呢?大自然景色、风景秀丽的远足、或具历史性的展览都算不上,礼品店通常才是最精彩的啊。孩子们找到毛绒动物玩具、拚图、磁石贴、或其他纪念品,而我则以“捐助”国家公园为名,购买了这些纪念品。
在生命中的其它方面,我们岂不也常常被花俏招数或小玩意或其他事物分散了注意力吗?我们其实有很多精彩的事情或人物或差事围绕着我们,但我们总是顾着“留意那些礼品店。”那些无关重要的事令我们分了心,以致我们忽略了当前重要的事物。
彼得和与其他的人继续打鱼,是合情合理的,因为打鱼是他们的生计,他们大概以为,他们每天都会以打鱼渡余生的,他们这种想法,也是无可厚非的。然而,神对他们却有不同的计划。试想想,假若他们婉拒了耶稣的邀请,继续留在船上,他们的损失将会是何等重大!
切勿因生命中无关重要的事分心,以致错过了神可能正在呼召你去作的工。礼品店不是一切,神为我们每一个人预备的,是远远超过这些东西的。
祷告
父啊,求祢开我们的眼睛,叫我们看见祢吩咐我们当作什么和当往哪里去,又帮助我们的目光从琐碎事务转向重要之事。奉耶稣名祈求,阿们。
普世佳音每日箴言
Stuff
“Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” — Luke 5:10
Devotion
When our family goes on vacations, we love to visit national parks and historic sites. Between parks, seashores, memorials, and other venues, we have visited nearly fifty sites in the United States National Park system. The highlights of our trips for the kids? Not so much the natural beauty, scenic hikes, or history exhibits. No, the highlights are usually the gift shops. The kids find stuffed animals, puzzles, magnets, or other souvenirs, and I try to justify buying them as a “donation” to the park system.
In other parts of life, don’t we also get sidetracked by gimmicks or gadgets or something else? We are often surrounded by magnificent events or people or tasks, and all we do is “take in the gift shops.” We miss what is really there because we are distracted by the trivial.
Peter and the others had good reason to be fishing. It was their livelihood. They probably thought they would be fishing every day for the rest of their lives. And there wouldn’t have been anything wrong with that. But God had something else in mind for them. Imagine what they would have missed out on if they had declined Jesus’ invitation and remained in their boats!
Don’t get distracted by the trivial things in life and miss what God might be calling you to do. The gift shop isn’t all there is. He has so much more in store for us all.
Prayer
Father, open our eyes to what you would have us do and where you would have us go. Help us to see beyond the trivial to the extraordinary. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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