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六月十日                                                

上帝创造了一切,是为了赐予我们乐趣和对我们有好处。

上帝把生命中所有一些最大的需要全都造得非常充满了乐趣,如呼吸、吃东西、睡觉和运动等等。“你创造了万物,并且万物是因你的喜欢被创造而有的。”(启4:11)上帝创造了我们,好让我们去享受所有这些事物。他创造了那些感觉舒服的神经腺,以及那些觉得愉快的感官。他给予我们能力,看好看的东西,品尝美味的食物,聆听悦耳的音乐,感觉到触摸的欢畅感,以及闻到花朵的可爱香味。

欢乐是上帝创造的,它对我们很有好处!但有些人却被教导说,所有的欢乐都是有罪和罪恶的,他们不应该是快乐的,也不应该有乐趣。但是,《圣经》上说:只有当人们把欢乐看得比上帝之道、上主、以及服从他的圣言还重要的时候,那种欢乐才是不对的。

要记住,最大的快乐不是来自你个人追求的欢乐和满足,而是从寻找上帝和把他的生命给予别人、并带给他们快乐而得来的!请你一定要把上帝放在生命的首位,然后你就能拥有这一切,而且还有天堂!(阅诗37:4;太6:33)

 

DAILY 365

June 10

Everything God has created is for our pleasure and our good.

God made all the basic necessities of life pleasurable- eating, sleeping, exercising and so on. The Bible says that He created all things for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11 KJV), but He also created them for ours. God made life to be enjoyable, and he equipped us to enjoy it. He created our senses and the nerves that register pleasure. He gave us the gift of sight so we could look upon things that are pleasing to the eye, taste to be able to enjoy delicious food, hearing so we could listen to the beautiful sounds of nature and beautiful music, touch so we could feel pleasurable sensations, and smell so we could enjoy the lovely fragrance of a flower.

God created pleasure for our good, but some people have been taught that pleasure is sinful, that it’s wrong to enjoy certain things that bring pleasure. According to the Bible, that’s simply not so! Pleasure only becomes ungodly when it’s not as God created it or intended for it to be used—when it’s perverted, overindulged in, or put before Him and what He wants for us.

The rule of thumb is simple: Put God first in everything you do, and then you can enjoy all His goodness in full faith. All this and Heaven too!