神要你快樂 God Wants You to Be Happy
神在耶利米書29章11節告訴我們: 祂是真心愛我們的, 祂的計畫是要愛我們, 照顧我們, 帶領我們進入美好的未來.
In Jeremiah 29:11, God told us that He loves us truly and that His plan is to love us, take care of us, and bring us into the wonderful future.
當我們只憑眼見, 就會落入懷疑神的愛, 就像以色列人看見神在埃及行許多神蹟, 卻反而使埃及王更虐待他們, 於是就懷疑神, 抱怨神. 這是因為神的意念高過我們的意念, 人常常不解:神到底在做什麼? 但正因如此, 神才是唯一有能力照顧我們, 帶領我們進入迦南美地的. 以色列人花了很久的時間才明白, 神並非要害他們更被虐待, 神乃是聽了以色列人被虐待時發出的呼救, 要拯救他們, 帶領他們離開埃及進入應許美地, 一切都是為了愛他們. 我們也是常常這樣, 等不及神的美好計畫完成, 遇到困難不如意時, 就先對神誤解很深!
When we see only by sight, it's easy to fall into the doubt trap: "Does God really love me? We often find ourselves in the situation just
like the Israelites. God did many miracles in Egypt. But that made the Egyptian abuse the Israelites more. So thy doubt God's love and complained. Because God's thoughts are higher than ours, we couldn't understand His strategy. But it's His higher way that God is able to save us, take care of us, and bring us into the promise land. The Israelites took a long time to learn to trust God. God didn't want them to be abused more. God heard their cry in Egypt. God wanted to save them and bring them into the promise land because God loved them. We are often in the same shoes. We lack of patience to wait till God's good plan completes but we misunderstand God a lot when things are not going our way and getting difficult. We misunderstand God a lot!
神的計畫是要我們快樂, 教我們享受真正快樂的生活, 工作有時休息有時, 我們卻常誤會神要我們一直工作, 不能享受. 就如同有位老師常教學生要用功讀書, 其中一位學生去看電影時遇見老師, 緊張的說: 我有帶課本來讀 只是陪家人來的… 這學生對老師誤會很深, 其實這位老師並沒有要他成為工作狂. 同樣的, 以色列人因為過去在埃及的經驗, 就是那些有權柄管轄他們的人, 只在乎逼迫他們做工, , 不關心他們的快樂幸福; 所以後來以色列人也以為神就像那樣, 只有要求, 沒有關心, 因為常常誤會神, 所以容易沮喪抱怨, 他們對神誤解很深! 我們要提醒自己, 神不是像人那樣對待我們, 神關心我們勝過關心工作, 神要照顧我們, 神要我們進入應許的快樂!
God wants us to be happy. God's plan is to teach us how to enjoy a truly happy life. There
is a time for every purpose and for every work. There
is a time for work and a time for rest. Yet we often misunderstand that God wants us to work all the time and not to enjoy life. For example, a teacher taught his students to study hard. One of his students went to a movie and ran into the teacher. The student nervously said to the teacher: "I brought my book to study. I just came as a company for my family." In fact, the teacher didn't want his students to be workaholic. This student misunderstood his teacher a lot! The Israelites lived in the shadow of the past experience in Egypt. They were abused by the Egyptian, who cared only their work, not their happiness. So they thought God was like the Egyptian, only demanding, but no care. They misunderstood God a lot! That's why they often got upset and complained. We need
to keep in mind that God treats us not in man's way and God cares about us more than our work and performance. God wants to take care of us and bring us into the promised happiness.
讓我們一起禱告求神幫助我們更了解祂的愛:
Let's ask God to help us understand His love more by saying the following prayer together:
親愛的天父, 我相信你在耶利米書29章11節說, 你對我有美好的計畫, 你要照顧我, 你不拋棄我, 你要我的未來美夢成真, 你要我快樂! 請賜我智慧的靈和啟示的靈, 不再誤會你, 謝謝你. 奉耶穌聖名, 阿們!
Dear heavenly father, I believe what you said in Jeremiah 29:11 that you have good plans for me, you want to take care of me, you will not abandon me, you want to give me a dreaming future, and you want me to be happy! Please give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation that I will not keep misunderstanding you. Thank you.
In the name of Jesus, Amen!