不從惡人的計謀、不站罪人的道路、
不坐褻慢人的座位、惟喜愛耶和華的律法、
晝夜思想、這人便為有福。
神想要祝福祂的百姓。祂願意他們成為
祝福的領受者和管道。神祝福我們，
為要使我們成為他人的祝福，
但祂已經為我們要領受祝福，
而設下了特定的條件。
首先，我們必須與世界分別。
無論甚麼會讓我們與神隔開，
或使我們不順服祂，那就是世界。
分別並不是隔離，而是接觸卻不被玷污。
罪通常是一個漸進的過程。
請注意那個罪人逐漸的敗落。
他正在隨從、站立，並且接著就坐下。
成為世俗化是逐步的；它正漸漸發生。
我們與世俗為友；我們成為被世界玷污的；
我們貪愛世界，效法這個世界，
而結果是和世人一同定罪。
羅得是某一些成為世俗化之人的實例。
他向所多瑪望去，朝著所多瑪挪移他的帳棚，
在那裡生活，而失去了一切，並在罪中了結。
第二，我們必須被神的話語來浸透。
凡使我們喜悅的事物，也常指揮著我們。
我們藉著默想，來使我們自己浸透於
神的話語之中。默想對於靈而言，
如同消化對於身體。當我們默想神的話語時，
我們就是讓神的靈在我們裡面，
來為我們消化神的話。
所以我們不只是在神的話中喜樂，
它也為我們成了屬靈養分的來源。
神想要祝福我們，但我們必須滿足祂的條件，
來領受祝福。藉著持續與世界分別和浸透於神的話中，
我們可以期待神的祝福。下定決心來默想神的話，
並且順服它。祂將使你成為他人的祝福。
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
God wants to bless His people. He wants them to be
recipients and channels of blessing. God blesses us
to make us a blessing to others, but He has given us
certain conditions for receiving blessings.
First, we must be separated from the world.
The world is anything that separates us from God
or causes us to disobey Him. Separation is not isolation
but contact without contamination. Sin is usually
a gradual process. Notice the gradual decline of
the sinner. He is walking, standing and then sitting.
Becoming worldly is progressive; it happens
by degrees. We make friends with the world;
we become spotted by the world;
we love the world, become conformed to it
and end up condemned with it. Lot is an
example of someone who became worldly.
He looked toward Sodom, pitched his tent
toward Sodom, lived there,
lost everything and ended in sin.
Second, we must be saturated with the Word.
Whatever delights us directs us.
We saturate ourselves with the Word by
meditating on it. Meditation is to the spirit
what digestion is to the body.
When we meditate on the Word,
we allow the Spirit of God within us
to digest the Word of God for us.
So not only do we delight in the Word,
it becomes a source of spiritual nourishment for us.
God desires to bless us, but we must meet
His conditions for receiving blessings.
By staying separate from the world and
keeping saturated in the Word,
we may expect God‵s blessings.
Resolve to meditate on the Word of God
and obey it. He will make you
a blessing to others.
-華倫魏斯比 (Warren W. Wiersbe, 1929-2019)
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