《传道书》30天灵修Sample

3. 频添虚愁
「我为自己动大工程,建造房屋,栽种葡萄园....挖造水池.....买了仆婢....又有许多牛群羊群......我又为自己积蓄金银......并许多的妃嫔.....凡我眼所求的,我没有留下不给它的......谁知都是虚空,都是捕风。」(传2:4-11)
人心常有欲望,乃自然之事。若欲望过激,人性则易趋扭曲。道家所倡之「无欲」,代表着不得志的知识分子因为欲满足于不安的现状,而以「无欲以静,天下将自定」为人生指标。「天下」亦可指人的内太空;若把内宇宙治愈,就可断绝罪恶根源。道家对人的欲望采取决绝的态度,乃希望能「有所为」。
每一个人都代表着一个破碎的世界,不断在寻找现代科技资讯文化所遗漏的东西:生命的运程、逆境恶势的奥秘、死亡之谜等。探求生命的意义,可从很多不同的角度来了解。传道书的作者借着没有上帝的人生的角度,从「肉体的享受与欢乐」的层面着手。
首先是努力赚钱,以能扩大生活与居住的空间,在舒适的环境中,品尝生命的滋味;然后聘用仆婢以增加生活的享受,慕求跻身上流社会,增添肉体的快感。当一切齐备,最不可缺的是「性」的谈论和追求得满足——「许多的妃嫔」(8节)。这种现象清楚在「港男」选美的伪文化活动中表露无遗。在「性」与「金」的主题下,尽情享乐,以求获取人生的整体意义。谁知追求肉体的享受,需拼出生命的全部。这样,欲求享乐便沦落为劳碌;况且金钱靠不住,它具折磨人的能力。
上主啊!帮助我先认识你,并且认识更深,以至我能了解自己,知道所倚靠的不在于人和金钱,乃是你——永不使人失望的全能者。奉主基督名求,阿们!
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本读经计划由圣言讲道研经学院的副院长兼教务长何崇谦牧师提供。30段精选的传道书经文,30天的读经计划帮助读者从传道者的慧眼,观察现今华人社会的诸多万象。每篇都有何牧师独到的人生感悟分享和祷告回应!
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