【双语灵修】良药解毒THE RIGHT ANTIDOTE

出埃及记 20:17；腓立比书4:11-13

“不可贪恋人的房屋，也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴并他一切所有的。”我并不是因缺乏说这话，我无论在什么景况都可以知足，这是我已经学会了。我知道怎样处卑贱，也知道怎样处丰富，或饱足或饥饿，或有余或缺乏，随事随在，我都得了秘诀。我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。

8月27日

良药解毒

“我无论在什么景况都可以知足，这是我已经学会了。” - 腓立比书 4:11

被响尾蛇咬伤后，正确的解毒剂能迅速中和在体内蔓延的毒液，使伤者免于死亡，重获健康。从属灵层面来看，贪婪之罪就是这种源头毒素，一旦侵入，便会无休止地诱发我们生命中其余的罪恶。

第十诫禁止我们贪恋邻舍的一切。当我们贪图属于他人的东西时，内心会对那些事物产生极深的渴望，而他人就成了阻碍我们满足欲望的绊脚石。贪婪与嫉妒交织在一起，这些罪使我们的灵魂躁动不安，让心中充满苦毒与怨恨的毒素，从而使我们的生命枯萎。

然而，《圣经》提供了一剂强效的属灵解药。保罗在监狱中写信给腓立比教会，当时他被剥夺了一切，包括自由。他给出了一个简单直接的处方：学会对神已经恩慈赐予的一切心存知足。在最基本的层面上，“知足”意味着信靠神，相信祂深知什么对我们最好，并且必定供应我们所需要的。深层的知足还会引导我们，为神恩慈赐予他人的一切而欢喜。

知足，绝非一剂立竿见影的特效药。它是一场漫长、有时甚至伴随着撕裂之痛的生命蜕变。在这场旷日持久的医治里，我们不断向着那个贪婪的老我死去，并在那为我们钉死的基督里，被重新塑造为知足的新人。

祷告

主啊，求你赦免我们的贪婪。求你帮助我们仰望你，以寻求一切美善之事，并为你在他人身上所施予的一切而欢欣。阿们。

Exodus 20:17; Philippians 4:11-13

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27

THE RIGHT ANTIDOTE

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. —Philippians 4:11

If you are bitten by a rattlesnake, the right antidote can neutralize or block the venom that begins spreading into your body. The antidote can prevent death or even sickness.

Spiritually speaking, the sin of coveting can also introduce a poison that can lead to committing other sins in our lives.

The tenth commandment forbids us from coveting anything that belongs to our neighbor. When we covet what belongs to others, we develop a deep longing for what they have, and these other persons become little more than an obstacle to the fulfillment of our desires. Coveting becomes intertwined with envy, and these sins diminish us too, by making our spirits restless and filling our hearts with the toxins of bitterness and resentment.

But the Bible offers a powerful spiritual antidote. Paul wrote to the Philippians from prison, where everything had been taken from him, including his freedom. And he offers his own straightforward prescription: learn to live in contentment with what God has already graciously provided. At the most basic level, contentment means trusting that God knows what’s best for us and will always provide what we need. Deep contentment also leads us to rejoice in what God has graciously given to others.

Contentment is not a quickacting antidote. It comes gradually through the long, sometimes painful process of dying to ourselves and being made new in Christ, who died for us.

Lord, forgive our coveting. Help us to look to you for all good things and to rejoice in all you have given others. Amen.