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马太福音6：25-32 不要忧虑
听：马太福音6:25所以我告诉你们：不要为生命忧虑吃什么，喝什么；为身体忧虑穿什么。生命不胜于饮食么？身体不胜于衣裳么？6:26你们看那天上的飞鸟，也不种，也不收，也不积蓄在仓里，你们的天父尚且养活他。你们不比飞鸟贵重得多么？6:27你们哪一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢？〔或作使身量多加一肘呢〕6:28何必为衣裳忧虑呢？你想，野地里的百合花怎么长起来，它也不劳苦，也不纺线。6:29然而我告诉你们：就是所罗门极荣华的时候，他所穿戴的，还不如这花一朵呢。6:30你们这小信的人哪，野地里的草，今天还在，明天就丢在炉里，神还给他这样的妆饰，何况你们呢！6:31所以不要忧虑说：吃什么？喝什么？穿什么？6:32这都是外邦人所求的。你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。
我们生活在一片如此富裕的土地上，然而我们依然忧虑。我们很可能比我们的上一代人忧虑的更多，而他们当时所有的却比我们少得多。上小学的时候，我和我的弟弟睡一间卧室，共用一个只有三个抽屉组成的小衣橱。我用第一个，弟弟用第二个，最下面一个里放了一些杂物。上学的时候，我有两条裤子，两件衬衫和几件内衣以及几双袜子。我所有的家当都放在那个抽屉里。我不记得我为穿什么衣服忧虑过。我母亲也只有周一的时候才会洗衣服，她要洗我们一家六口人的衣服和当时来农场帮忙住我们家的亲戚的衣服。我想说的是，我们可能会拥有很多但依然忧虑。
我在想如果生活在耶稣的那个时代会是什么样的？你可能只有一件袍子和其它几样东西。吃的会是怎样呢？你肯定没有冰箱冰柜的，所以你确实得筹备“日用的饮食”。你每天去市场买当天所需的食物。耶稣说：“不要忧虑。要相信你们在天上的父知道你们的需要。天上的飞鸟他都喂养，田里的野草他都穿戴上华丽的衣服，我们因信是他的儿女，他要赐给我们的岂不是会多的多吗？”
下次当你说“我没有衣服穿了”的时候，请再看一眼你的衣柜。当你想说“家里没有吃的了”的时候，搜一下你的厨房，想一想你储存起来的食物其实可以够你吃好多天了。如果你确实有什么需要，记得把它带到你的天父面前，因为是他赐给我们日用的饮食。
祷告：亲爱的天父啊，在家里走了一圈让我发现我其实过得很富足，没有什么缺乏。但是因我罪的本性，我就是不停地忧虑担心，甚至为一些鸡毛蒜皮的事儿忧虑。求你给我一个满足的心，信靠你惠恩的供给，以感恩之心领受你所赐的日用的饮食，而不是抱怨。我奉耶稣的名求，阿门。
Matthew
Listen: Matthew 6:25-32: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
We live in a land of such abundance, and still we worry. We probably worry more than previous generations who got by on so much less. When I was in grade school, my younger brother and I shared a bedroom and we shared a dresser. The dresser had three drawers. I had the top drawer, he had the second, and the third was for a few spare items. For school, I had two pair of pants, two shirts, and a few pieces of underwear and socks. It all fit into one drawer. I can’t remember worrying about what I would wear. And my mother would wash clothes only on Monday for a family of six plus the relative that lived with us and helped on the farm. The point is that we can have too much and still be worried.
I wonder what it was like in Jesus’ day? You probably had one robe and a few other items. What was it like for food? You didn’t have freezers or refrigerators so that you really did get by on your “daily bread.” You went to the market to buy your food for the day and that was it. And Jesus said, “Don’t worry. Trust that your heavenly Father knows what you need. He feeds the birds and clothes the plants of the field with splendor. How much more will he provide for us, who are his dear children by faith?
The next time you think to yourself, “I have nothing to wear,” take another look at your closet and your dresser. When you think, “There’s nothing in the house to eat,” look at your pantry and think how many days or weeks you could live just on what you have stored away. And if you really do have a need, remember to bring it to your Father in heaven who gives us our daily bread without fail.
Prayer: Father, a walk around my house reminds me that I live in plenty and not in want. Yet in my sinful nature I want to worry about even the little things in my life. Give me a heart that trusts in your gracious providing and to receive with thanksgiving my daily bread without complaining. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
马太福音6:33-34 搞清楚什么是你生活中最重要的
听：马太福音6:33-34
6:33你们要先求他的国和他的义，这些东西都要加给你们了。6:34所以不要为明天忧虑；因为明天自有明天的忧虑；一天的难处一天当就够了。
这节经文给我们的生活提供了一个简单有实用的建议。首先，搞清楚什么是最重要的。其次，管好今天，让明天照管明天。现在的公司企业都特别强调建立自己的“核心价值”，然后以此为依据做出决定。比如，航空公司的核心价值之一一般是“安全第一”。如果这是你的核心价值，那么你就要花钱和时间在这方面以确保你飞的是安全的航线。
作为基督徒，你生活中的“核心价值”应该是什么呢？耶稣为我们定好了处于第一位的核心价值。上帝的国和他的义是第一位的。其它一切都排在这一条的后面。所以，如果这是你的核心价值，它会对你今天要做的决定有什么影响？当你计划一天的安排时，你会计划做什么，把哪些划掉？
你准备只有今天一天这么做吗？写下几个字来描述你的核心价值。然后列出你今天要做的事，这些事最好能反映你的核心价值。明天呢？哈，明天还是让明天照管自己吧。一天的难处一天当就够了。
祷告：主耶稣啊，感谢你指明了我生命中最重要的是什么。如果我听从我周围世界的声音，我一定会迷惘困惑到底什么才是我人生最重要的。实际上，如果我真的听了那些声音，那么我就会成为那最重要的。请你教我如何生活，不是为我自己，而是为了你，因为你已经使我的生命完全。请你叫我的心信靠你，不要忧虑，把明天交给你。我奉你的名祈求。阿门。
Matthew
Listen: Matthew 6:33-34: 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
These words offer us simple and practical advice for our life. First, get your priorities straight. Second, take care of today and let tomorrow take care of itself. In business today, there has been an emphasis for companies to establish their “core values” and then make their decisions based on those values. For example, an airline industry might have “safety first” for one of it core values. If it’s your core value, then time and money are spent in that area to make sure you run a safe airline.
What would you set as your “core values” for your life as a Christian? Jesus really establishes the number one core value for us. God’s kingdom and his righteousness comes first. Everything else comes second. So if that is your core value, then how does that affect the decisions you are going to make today? As you make out your daily schedule, what will you include and what will you keep off that schedule?
Are you game to do that just for today? Write down a few words that would describe your core values for your life. Then make out your schedule for today to reflect those values. And tomorrow? Well, let tomorrow take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for prioritizing my life for me! If I listen to the voices of the world around me, I would be completely confused as to what is really important in life. In fact, if I listened to those voices, it would be all about me. Teach me to live, not for myself, but for the only ONE who makes my life complete. Teach my heart to trust that I can no worry and leave tomorrow in your hands. I ask this in your name. Amen.