假日节期所面对的孤单或忙乱[2月11日专题信息]

专题信息｜假日节期所面对的孤单或忙乱

2月11日

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经文: 传1:9、5:18；约壹2:17；路22:8-12；约2:1-3、7-11

课题: 靠圣灵而活, 仆人精神, 爱, 善行, 生活医治,

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情人节与农历新年即将来临。通常，在假日节期来临的时候，我们因着外在环境的因素，心里很容易产生很强烈的需要。有些人就是需要忙、有些人需要开心、有些人需要满足自己的孤单感等。每一个人似乎都有他个别的需要。但若我们在忘记主之下来满足我们的需要，那是一个非常没有意义，以及损伤我们灵魂的事。如果我们观察世界的人，会发现人都想在节期当中找寻欢乐或是尽量满足自己的肉体（例如：农历新年要赌博、喝酒、发财、得刺激等）。但是，身为基督徒的我们也难免受到这些影响与诱惑。有时，我们也不由自主的卷入那种吃、喝、探亲、闲聊、寻乐等的节奏，到最后我们只是落入一种疲累与空虚的光景。另外，也有的人因为没有特别节目排满他的假日节期，便在这些时候感到特别无聊寂寞。无论如何，有很多人就在这两者之中一年过一年、一个假日过一个假日却没有反思。我们基督徒不是对属灵的事情盲目的人。当世人都一窝蜂的被一种需求来吸引，我们更是要谨慎的与神同行。特别，我们要晓得当某些的节期来到，有些的风气产生，我们只会成为两种样子。第一就是被那风气潮流牵引，以致我们所想、所感、所行的都与一般人一样（为了满足肉体而活)，不然就是在这样的假日节期中成就了神的旨意，心里满足喜乐，如同得了主的赏赐。往往，在节日节期时，我们急着要做某些事（例如：农历新年要赶来赶去探望亲友、情人节要跟所爱的人去哪里庆祝、圣诞节要看灯饰、父亲母亲节要怎么庆祝、或是休息日要出国玩等），我们心里一定要确认我们做了那件事情之后的果效，是否对我们的身、心、灵、生活、人际有益处呢？那是否带给我们在主里面与蒙恩的关系里有满足的喜乐呢？尤其，当神的话告诉我们要在这弯曲悖谬的世代做神无瑕疵的儿女，另外也嘱咐我们在这世代中将生命的道表明出来《腓2:15-16》。这就告诉我们说信徒是不能被一个世代的风潮牵引着走的。可能，当人忙着过年时，信徒更是要守着聚会。或者当世人都想满足自己的欲望时，信徒是关注如何乘着机会祝福有需要的人。当我们如此行,才不被试探。圣经清楚告诉我们在现今世代的邪恶中要切切的明白主的旨意，被圣灵充满（不要与世人一同醉这世界）《弗5:16-18》。其实，有很多信徒读了这些经文，却没有对世代的风气与文化产生一种警觉心。圣徒的属灵眼睛是要常常打开，与世俗的文化争战。若是在假日节期中人人都很容易陷入孤单与忙乱中，那我们更是要问如何在这些时候成就神的旨意，使神子民得益处，神国度被建立。确实，一个假日节期很快又会过去。这之后，主不会纪念我们忙了多少，感觉多爽快，得到什么特别的经历，反而主会问我们：“祝福了多少人？安慰了多少困苦的人？”或者：“我们享受了主的同在多少？我们确知自己遵行了祂的旨意多少？”这是我们重生之人的良心都不能逃避的问题。

Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year (CNY) are coming. Usually, when these holiday festive seasons come, there are strong desires produced in our hearts due to the external environmental factors. Some people need to be busy, some people need to be happy, some people need to satisfy their sense of loneliness etc. Everyone seems to have his or her respective needs. But if we satisfy our needs in the context of having forgotten the Lord, that is very meaningless, and hurt our souls too. If we are to observe the people of the world, we will discover that people long to find some fun or try to satisfy their flesh (e.g.: gambling, drinking, trying to ear a fortune, looking for excitement etc during Chinese new year) during these holiday festive seasons. However, as Christians, we may be influenced and tempted by these. Sometimes, we are suck uncontrollably into these rhythms of eating, drinking, visitations, chatting, finding fun etc, until we eventually fall into a tired and empty state. Besides, for some people, they feel exceptionally bored because they have not had their schedules filled during this season. No matter what, we seem to toggle between these two poles year after year, holiday after holiday. Yet, we did not introspect much about it. We Christians are not blinded to spiritual matters. When the people of the world are attracted by certain kinds of desires, we need to be cautious and walk with God all the more. In particular, we need to know that, as certain holiday approaches, certain atmosphere will be stirred up, and we may become one of the two types. On one side, we may be driven by the culture and trend, such that our thinking, feelings, and actions are no different from others (for the sake of satisfying our flesh); on the other side, we may accomplish God’s will during this season, hearts filled with joy, as if we have received rewards from the Lord. Often, during festivals and holidays, we seem to rush into doing certain things (e.g.: we rush to visitations during CNY, and we go to celebrate with our loved ones during valentine’s, and we go to see lightings during Christmas, we think of ways to celebrate our parents’ days, or plan for trips during holiday etc), our hearts need to be assured that the effects of doing that is truly beneficial to our body, heart, mind, soul, living, and relationships. Have our activities led to joy of contentment in the Lord and in our blessed relationships? Especially, when the Word of God exhorts us to be pure and blameless in this crooked and warped generation, and instructs us to shine among them like stars in the sky as we hold firmly to the word of life <Php 2:15-16>. This means that we Christians cannot be led by the culture and trends of the generation. Perhaps, while people are busy with CNY celebrations, Christians need to hold onto meetings all the more. When the people of the world only want to satisfy their own desires, the focus of Christians is on taking every opportunity to bless those in need. When we do so, only then can we be freed from temptations. The Bible clearly tells us to know the Lord’s will as the days are evil, and be filled with Holy Spirit (do not be drunk like the world) < Ep 5:16-18>. Actually, after reading these verses, a lot of Christians still do not have a heart of deterrence against the culture and trends of the world. Our spiritual eyes need to be opened up, and wage wars with the carnal culture. If people easily sink into loneliness or busyness during holiday festive seasons, we all the more need to ask how to accomplish God’s will in these moments, so that God’s people can be edified and God’s kingdom be built. Indeed, a holiday festive season may pass very soon. After that, the Lord will not remember how much busyness we were absorbed into, how happy we had been, or what special experiences we have had; rather, the Lord may ask us, “How many have been blessed? How many harassed people have been comforted?” Or “How much have we enjoyed of Lord’s presence? How much have we submitted to God’s will?” We who have born again will never be able to escape from these questions in our conscience.

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