
我眷顧他,為要叫他吩咐他的眾子,和他的眷屬,遵守我的道,秉公行義,使我所應許亞伯拉罕的話都成就了。(創18:19)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." (Gen.18:19)
人是一種有很有才能的受造物,弄出了三千兩百六十萬條律法,卻至今尚未在遵行十誡上有進展。
Man is an able creature, but he has made 32,600,000 laws and hasn’t yet improved on the Ten Commandments.
最優秀的戰馬必須表現英勇,即使受到驚嚇,也絕不退卻。其實馬的天性膽子很小,很容易被突然的聲音嚇到,鞭炮就能使馬受到驚嚇;馬也懼怕飄忽不定的東西,汽球、旗幟就能嚇到牠。
我們不也是經常如此嗎?為一點事就驚慌懼怕、憂愁掛慮。但經過訓練之後,連剛出生的小馬也不怕人,不怕突然的聲響,久了之後,會改變馬的性情,這些原來是調教而來的特質,卻已經變成遺傳,變成馬的特性。
我們也可以這樣來操練自己,我們可以跟大衛王學習,他在聖經的詩篇裡說:「我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。…我倚靠神必不懼怕,血氣之輩能把我怎麼樣呢?」