Day 15 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary
第十五天：10月17日(一)
早上读到一位朋友所写的FB状态，跟我之前所写的很类似：
“那么多要做，那么多要学，却那么少时间。。。唉。。。”
真的，我也有太多东西想要做，很多很多书想要读，很多地方想要去等等。。。
特别是身为一位牧师，看到别的讲员讲道讲到天花乱坠、口沫横飞；那么有知识、有学问、有经验。。。有时候也会感觉很自卑、很压力、很无奈、很无力；有时候也会问上帝说怎么办啊？为什么时间那么少？
感谢神，他的恩典够我们用！其实，神的心意很简单，他最想的就是我们单单纯纯信靠他，心中渴望更亲近与爱他就对了。
你可以做了轰动全世界的事情，你可以读完几个学位，你可以参加千个特会，读完万卷属灵书卷，看完圣经数百遍，对原文了如指掌等等等等。。。但那不表示你真正认识神、爱神，或与他很亲近。。。
所以，总结来说，那么多事情要做，又那么少时间的时候，神要我们懂的就是优先顺序；在这短暂的人生里，我们第一件要看重的就是：认识神、亲近神。
“。。。著书多，没有穷尽；读书多，身体疲倦。这些事都已听见了，总意就是敬畏神，谨守他的诫命，这是人所当尽的本分（注：或作“这是众人的本分”）。因为人所做的事，连一切隐藏的事，无论是善是恶，神都必审问。”
～ 传道书12:12-14 ～
Day 15 : Oct 17th (Mon)
Read a friend’s FB status this morning, it was something very similar to what I wrote once:
“So much to do, so much to learn and yet so little time…….sigh…..”
It is true, I really do have so many things I want to do, so many books I want to read, so many places I want to go too etc…
Especially as a pastor, when I see other preachers speak with such eloquence and fluency, so knowledgeable, well-versed, experienced… sometimes I can feel very inferior, pressured, frustrated, helpless; and sometimes I will ask God what am I going to do? Why is my time so limited?
Thank God, His grace is sufficient for me! In fact, God’ desire is very simple, what He wants the most is for us to trust in Him with a child-like faith, and to long to be closer and to love Him more.
You can do something that stirs the whole world, you can complete so many degrees, you can attend thousands of seminars, read uncountable number of books, read the Bible hundreds of times, and understand the original text inside out etc etc… but that does not mean you truly know God, love Him or are very intimate with Him…
Therefore, in conclusion, with so many things to do and so little time, God wants us to set our priorities right; in this short life of ours, the utmost important is: to know God and to draw close to Him.
“… Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.”
~ Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 ~