2012年9月27日
喜樂人生…
喜樂人生…
「我知道怎樣處卑賤，也知道怎樣處豐富，或飽足、或飢餓、或有餘、或缺乏，隨事隨在，我都得了秘訣。我靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做。」
腓立比書4章12~13節
讓我們來談談喜樂有什麼不同。
喜樂不等於愉快、但喜樂一定是愉快的，但有人說喜樂和愉快同是一樣，就好像一個人拿起一個橙，然後說：「這是否一棵漂亮的果樹？」不是，喜樂是一種副產品，而愉快只是其中的一部份。
我會向你證明，喜樂不是一些感覺。想像一下我可以造一台機器，讓你可舒適地坐著，與它連接後，就能接收世界上一切都美好的感覺
– 就是你是成功的、有名望的及所有的人際關係也會很好。你想連接這台機器嗎？起碼會為了好奇，對嗎？
但在現實中，我們沒有人想連接這台機器。因為我們知道喜樂是更深層，較我們間中所得到快樂的感覺更為真實。我們想要那份歡欣和情操，是來自喜樂的人生，那就是與神同活，結出好果子，和崇高品格的人生。
禱告：親愛的神，我有喜樂人生，因我為祢而活，行事為人都如祢所指示的道。當我犯錯時，求祢饒恕我；讓我愛人如己，如祢愛我一樣。阿們！
反思：你何時感到真正的喜樂？在你喜樂的感覺中，神怎樣發揮祂的作用？
27 September 2012
A happy life...
"I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am." - Philippians 4:12-13, the Message
"I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am." - Philippians 4:12-13, the Message
Let's talk about what happiness is not. Happiness is not pleasure.
Happiness certainly is pleasurable, but a man that says happiness and pleasure
are the same thing, is like a man who holds up an orange and says, "Isn't this a
beautiful fruit tree?"
No. Happiness is a byproduct and pleasure is a part of that.
No. Happiness is a byproduct and pleasure is a part of that.
Happiness is not some feeling that you get, and I'll prove it to you.
Imagine that I can build you a machine in which you can sit comfortably and plug
yourself in to receive the feeling that everything in the world is right - that
you are successful and famous and all of your relationships are going great.
Would you want to plug into that machine? At most, maybe out of curiosity,
right?
However, in reality, none of us would want to plug into that machine
because we sense that happiness is something deeper and more real than just the
feeling of happiness that we get sometimes. We want the euphoria, the sublimity
that comes from a happy life, which is, actually, the fruit of a good,
character-driven life lived with God.
Prayer: Dear Lord, I am happy in my life as I live it for You,
behaving as You have instructed in Your word, asking for Your forgiveness when I
make a mistake, and loving others as You love me.
Amen.
Reflection: When do you feel the most genuinely happy? How does God
play a role in your happy feeling?
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