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22  Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

REFUSE TO BE DISTRACTED

拒绝分心

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…(Hebrews 12:1-2).

我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云围着我们，就应当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，跑那摆在我们前头的赛程，仰望我们信心的创始者和成就者耶稣……（希伯来书12:1-2）

Being born again, you were born into an environment called “Christ.” Christ is a person, and Christ is also a place. So you’re in Christ; that’s your domicile; that’s where you operate from as a child of God. However, now that you’re in Christ, the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding you, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be temptations on your path; lots of distractions, to try to sway you off God’s course for your life; but you must keep your focus, and refuse to be distracted. 

重生的你是出生在被称为“基督”的环境中。基督是一个人，也是一个场所。因此，你是在基督里，这是你的永久居住地，是你作为神的孩子所存留的地方。然而，现在你在基督里，圣灵在带领引导着你，但这并不意味着你的路上不会出现试探。许多令人分心的事，试图把你从神在你生命中所定的道路中挪开，但你必须保持专注，不要分心。

In the journey of life, many things will fight for your attention. It may be financial concerns, the growing trend of infectious and medically incurable diseases, concern about the welfare of your family, concerns about your job or business, security concerns, etc. But you must make up your mind to give attention only to the Word of God. Put your trust in the Lord and His unfailing Word. 

在生命的旅途中，很多事物会争夺你的注意力。它们可能是经济上的忧虑，可能是传染疾病的增长趋势、医学上不可治愈的疾病，可能你家庭的幸福，在你工作、生意、安全等方面的担忧等。但你必须下定决心单单关注神的道。信靠主并祂永不改变的话语。

Philippians 4:6 says, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Practise this in your life. God's Word is the final arbiter in every situation of life. Hebrew 12:2 admonishes that you take your eyes away from anything that could distract you, and fix your gaze on Jesus—the incarnate Word. 

腓立比书4:6说道：“应当一无挂虑，只要凡事存感谢的心祷告、祈求，将你们所要的告诉神。”要在你的生命中操练这节经文。神的话语是生命中所有环境的最终裁决人。希伯来书12:2劝诫你要将你的眼睛从任何使你分心的事物上挪开，专注于耶稣——就是那成了肉身的道身上。

Set yourself on course to fulfil God’s destiny for your life by making a clear distinction between the world and Christ, and refusing the distractions in the world. Christ is a place. The world is also a place. Where do you want to live? Do you want to live in this world like a man of this world? Jesus said in John 15:19, “…ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world….” 

要清晰地分别世界和基督，拒绝世界上的干扰，以此成就神对你人生的命定。基督是一个场所，道是一个场所。你想住在哪里？你是否想跟其他人一样住在这个世界里？耶稣在约翰福音15:19说：“……你们不属世界，而是我从世界中拣选了你们出来……”。

You’re to live in this world the same way Abraham did; the Bible says, “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise” (Hebrews 11:9). He lived as a stranger; he didn’t live as a citizen of this world; he didn’t make the world and its systems a part of his life. 

你是如同亚伯拉罕一样住在这个世上。圣经说：“他因着信心，就在所应许的地上寄居，如在异乡，与以撒、雅各一起居住帐篷，他们是与他蒙同样应许作后嗣的。”（希伯来书11:9）他像一个异乡人一样活着，他活着不像这个世界的公民，他没有让这世界并其中的体系成为他生命中的一部分。

Refuse to be subject to the principles of this world's system. Your citizenship is of heaven, not this world. Philippians 3:20 (MSG) tells us, "But there's far more to life for us. We're citizens of high heaven…." Hallelujah! 

不要顺从这个世界体系的法则。你的国籍是天国，而非这个世界。腓立比书3:20（消息译本圣经）告诉我们说：“但我们有更长远的生命。我们是高天的国民……”（直译），哈利路亚！

Prayer

祷告

Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the life I have in Christ, a life of splendour, success and victory. Your Word and your will being established in the earth are my priority; therefore, I refuse to be caught up in the world with its system that binds and hurts, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. 

亲爱的天父，我为我在基督里的生命感谢你，这是一个光辉、成功、得胜的生命。在地上立定你的道和旨意是我的首要任务；因此我拒绝被这个世界和它束缚人、伤害人的系统所困。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

Isaiah 50:7 NLT

以赛亚书50:7 新生活译本

John 17:14-16

约翰福音17:14-16

1 Corinthians 10:13

哥林多前书10:13