2016年1月26日
無解之謎 When Questions Remain
读经: 約伯記23章1-12節
Reading: Job 23:1-12
祂知道我所行的路。-約伯記23章10節
He knows the way that I take.- Job 23:10
全年读经: 出埃及記14-15章;馬太福音17章
Bible in a Year: Exodus 14–15; Matthew 17
在2014年10月31日，一架太空船在進行飛行測試時突然解體，墜毀於美國加州莫哈維沙漠中。太空船上的副駕駛不幸身亡，但機長竟然生還。調查人員很快就釐清了事故發生的過程，但卻無法判斷事故發生的原因。一則報導太空船失事的新聞標題寫著：「無解之謎」。
在我們一生當中，可能會經歷到許多無法解釋的悲痛。有些是來自影響眾人的災難，而有些則是改變我們生活及家庭的個人不幸。我們都想知道背後真正的原因，卻總是衍生出更多的疑問。然而，當我們在困惑中掙扎時，上帝仍以祂不變的愛來愛我們。
約伯在一天之內，失去了孩子以及財富 （約伯記1章13-19節） 。當他陷入憤怒、絕望之中，拒絕採納朋友們提出的種種揣測。但他仍持守希望，盼望有一天上帝會親自給他一個答案。因此，儘管在黑暗中，約伯依然說：「祂知道我所行的路，祂試煉我之後，我必如精金。」 （23章10節）
聖經教師章伯斯曾說：「將來有一天，我們每一個人都會和上帝面對面。那時，所有的眼淚及困惑、逼迫及危難、折磨和痛苦，以及一切的不公不義，都會有完整、充足並令人折服的解釋。」
今天，當我們面對生命中無解的困境時，我們可以在主的愛及祂的應許裡，找到幫助及希望。
面對無解的困境時，在主愛中能得著幫助和盼望。
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On October 31, 2014, an experimental spacecraft broke apart during a test flight and crashed into the Mojave Desert. The copilot died while the pilot miraculously survived. Investigators soon determined what had happened, but not why. The title of a newspaper article about the crash began with the words "Questions remain."
Throughout life we may experience sorrows for which there are no adequate explanations. Some are catastrophic events with far-reaching effects while others are personal, private tragedies that alter our individual lives and families. We want to know why, but we seem to find more questions than answers. Yet even as we struggle with "Why?" God extends His unfailing love to us.
When Job lost his children and his wealth in a single day (Job 1:13-19), he sank into an angry depression and resisted any attempted explanations by his friends. Yet he held out hope that someday there would be an answer from God. Even in the darkness Job could say, "[God] knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold" (23:10).
Oswald Chambers said, "There will come one day a personal and direct touch from God when every tear and perplexity, every oppression and distress, every suffering and pain, and wrong and injustice will have a complete and ample and overwhelming explanation."
Today, as we face life's unanswered questions, we can find help and hope in God's love and promises.
When we face unanswered questions, we find help and hope in God's love.