马太福音第六章
【太六2】「他们已经得了他们的赏赐。」
「已经得了」，就是已经得了。这是主耶稣说的话。已经得了就不必再想得。所以，亲爱的旅伴，这是何等的警惕呢？如果我们的施舍、祷告、禁食，以及其它的「善」，是存心要作在人面前，要得人的称赞，是要想在教会的范围里得着好名声，叫人都知道我有爱心，我会祷告，我肯克苦、顺服，请记得，你「已经得了」赏赐。有谁像以巴弗(西一7；四12；门23)弟兄呢？他没有彼得的口才，也没有保罗的著作，他却是一个在狱中替人代祷的人。他只要别人灵性长进，有能力作工；他是一个没有自己的人，他要讨那暗中察看者的喜欢。让我们作一粒在地里头的麦子。背十字架、顺服、奉献等，都要在地里头作；这样，就能得那暗中察看者的报答了。─
愚
I cannot say “our” if I live only for myself.
I cannot say “Father”
if I do not endeavor each day to act like his child.
I cannot say “Who art in heaven”
if I am laying up no treasure there.
I cannot say “Hallowed be thy name”
if I am not striving for holiness.
I cannot say “thy kingdom come”
if I am not doing all in my power to hasten that wonderful event.
I cannot say “thy will be done”
if I am disobedient to his Word.
I cannot say “on earth as it is in heaven”
if I’ll not serve him here and
now.
I cannot say “give us this day our daily bread” if I am dishonest or am seeking things by subterfuge.
I cannot say “forgive us our debts”
if I harbor a grudge against anyone.
I cannot say “lead us not into temptation”
if I deliberately place myself in its path.
I cannot say “deliver us from evil”
if I do not put on the whole armor of God.
I cannot say “thine is the kingdom”
if I do not give the King the loyalty due him from a faithful subject.
I cannot attribute to him “the power”
if I fear what men may do.
I cannot ascribe to him “the glory”
if I’m seeking honor only for
myself, and I cannot say “forever” if the horizon of my life is bounded
completely by time.
There is a story of a wealthy woman who, when she
reached heaven, was conducted to a very plain house. She objected. “Well,”
she was told, “that
is the dwelling-place prepared for you.”
“Whose is that fine mansion
across the way?”
she asked.
Her guide replied, “It belongs to your gardener.”
“How is it that he has a
house so much better than mine?”
“The houses here are
prepared from the materials that are sent up. We do not choose them; you do
that by your faithfulness while on earth.”
This may be a story, but it bears a profound truth
about the “treasures” we accumulate.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, a
One day this man was caught in the middle of a
skirmish between the two armies. He stood up and shouted that he was neutral in
this fight and expected to be allowed to leave the field before the battle
closed in on him. But Union sharpshooters seeing the gray jacket, riddled it with
bullets. And Confederate marksmen, seeing the blur pants, filled them with
lead.
The point is, you cannot serve two master.
Matthew6:25~34
Anxiety
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small
ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is
awake! ―― Victor Hugo
Said the Robin (知更鸟) to the Sparrow:
“There is one thing I would
really like to know,
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so.”
Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
“Friend, I think that it
must be
That they have no heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.”
【第一个『不要忧虑俱乐部』】
【不要为明天忧虑】有位姊妹在一次意外事件中受伤，须接受一次大手术，并且卧疗数月之久。手术刚完，病人问大夫：「医生，我得在医院里躺多久？」医生含笑回答得很妙：「Only one day at a time, my dear！(意即不要为明天忧虑)」病人闻后，心里释然。每当她心里烦闷时，这句话不断加添她的勇气。
【第一个『不要忧虑俱乐部』】