2016年4月2日
追風一族 Too Close
读经: 箴言3章1-18節
Reading: Proverbs 3: 1-18
在你一切所行的事上都要認定祂，祂必指引你的路。-箴言3章6節
In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6
全年读经: 士師記16-18章;路加福音7章1-30節
Bible in a Year: Judges 16–18; Luke 7:1-30
我在奧克拉荷馬州長大，那裡從早春到夏末，天氣常常很惡劣。我記得有一天傍晚，天空烏雲翻騰，氣象台發佈龍捲風的警報，隨即就發生大停電。我們全家人很快就順著木梯，進入我們家後面的避風地窖裡，待在那裡直到暴風過去。
今天，「追逐龍捲風」卻已經成了許多人的嗜好，甚至還有人以此營利。這些追風者會盡可能地靠近龍捲風，並確保能全身而退。他們當中很多人都是氣象專家，掌握準確的資訊。至於我，當然不會報名參加任何追風之旅，也不會成為追風一族。
然而，在我生命的道德和屬靈層面，我卻會愚蠢地追求一些危險的事物，雖然愛我的上帝告訴我要躲避這些，但我總是相信自己不會受傷。去閱讀箴言書是個明智的做法，它教導我們如何積極地躲避生活中各樣的網羅。
所羅門寫道：「你要專心仰賴耶和華，不可倚靠自己的聰明，在你一切所行的事上都要認定祂，祂必指引你的路。」（箴言3章5-6節）
上帝掌管我們生命探索的旅程，我們只要遵循祂的智慧，就能得著豐盛的生命。
天父，祢的智慧引導我們走生命之道。
幫助我們今天就跟從祢的指引。
認識上帝是最棒的事！
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I grew up in Oklahoma where severe weather is common from early spring through the end of summer. I recall one evening when the sky boiled with dark clouds, the TV weather forecaster warned of an approaching tornado, and the electricity went out. Very quickly, my parents, my sister, and I climbed down the wooden ladder into the storm cellar behind our house where we stayed until the storm passed by.
Today "storm chasing" has become a hobby for many people and a profitable business for others. The goal is to get as close as possible to a tornado without being harmed. Many storm chasers are skilled forecasters with accurate information, but I won't sign up for a tornado tour anytime soon.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5)
In moral and spiritual areas of my life, however, I can foolishly pursue dangerous things God tells me to avoid because of His love for me, all the time believing I won't be harmed. A wiser approach is to read the book of Proverbs, which contains many positive ways to elude these snares of life.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding," Solomon wrote. "In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" (Prov. 3:5-6).
Our Lord is the master of the adventure of living, and following His wisdom leads us to fullness of life.
Father, Your wisdom leads us along the path of life. Help us to follow Your guidance today.
How can you trust the Lord today?