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希伯来书13:5-6：5你们存心不可贪爱钱财，要以自己所有的为足。因为主曾说：“我总不撇下你，也不丢弃你。”6所以我们可以放胆说：“主是帮助我的，我必不惧怕；人能把我怎么样呢？”
你可曾注意到孩子们似乎不怎么迷恋钱财？如果你给他们5美元，他们也许会花掉，也许会放到存钱罐之后就忘了。他们不大可能数算记账，然后给自己买一个一直想要的大物件。为什么会这样？很简单。妈妈爸爸给买衣服，为他们提供食物，给他们零花钱去买零食或者看电影。换句话说，他们相信妈妈爸爸会照顾他们的。
这不就是《希伯来书》的作者在这两句经文里想要表达的观点吗？他引用了《申命记》的一句经文，摩西藉此鼓励以色列民，当他们来到应许之地的时候不要担心，因为上帝与他们同在。第2句引用的经文来自诗篇第118篇，作者在这里说我们必不害怕，因为耶和华是我们的帮助者。上帝供应他的子民，虽然不一定是我们想要的一切，因为我们想要的往往太多，甚至会对我们不利。他就像一个尽职尽责的家长，不会给我们太多的钱买糖果，那样的话我们会生病。
当我们相信上帝的供应时，我们就可以把钱花在最重要的事情上。我们可以分享给有需要的朋友。我们可以为建造神的国度而慷慨地奉献。我们可以存钱，但不必因为害怕钱花光而囤积钱财，因为上帝会根据他丰盛的恩典和慈爱供应我们。或许我们有时会把钱花光，但我们永远也不会花光上帝（的恩典）。
祷告：天父，你说过，你总不撇下我，也不丢弃我。因此我可以满怀信心的说：“耶和华是我的帮助者，我必不害怕。”请教导我不要迷恋钱财，而是紧紧跟随你，因为你供应一切。我这样祈求是奉耶稣的名，靠着他我们能拥有一切。阿们。
Hebrews 13: 5 Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God has said: I will never leave you, and I will never forsake you. 6 So then we say with confidence: The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What will man do to me? (EHV)
Did you ever notice that children don’t seem to be obsessed with money? If you give them five dollars, they will probably spend it, or put it in their piggy bank, and then forget it. They don’t count it up and keep a tally so that they can buy the one big thing they’ve always wanted. Why is that? It’s simple. Mom and Dad buy their clothes. They put food on the table. They give them money for snacks or going to the movies. In other words, they trust that Mom and Dad will take care of them.
Isn’t that the point the writer to the Hebrews makes in these verses? He quotes a verse from Deuteronomy, where Moses encourages his people not to worry when they come to the promised land, because God was with them. The second verse is from Psalm 118, where the psalmist says we do not have to be afraid, because the Lord is our helper. God provides for his people. He may not give us everything we want, because too often we want too much or things that aren’t even good for us. He’s like a good parent who doesn’t give us too much money to spend on candy because then we would make ourselves sick.
And when we trust in God to provide, then we can use our money for the things that count the most. We can share with a friend in need. We can give generously for the building of God’s kingdom. We don’t have to hoard it in fear that we will run out, because God will provide for us according to his abundant grace and goodness. I suppose we could run out of money, but we will never run out of God. Prayer: Father, you said that you will never leave us nor forsake us. Therefore I can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper and I will not be afraid.” Teach me to be obsessed with you, the One who gives all, and not with my money. I ask this in Jesus’ name, through whom we have all things. Amen.