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腓立比书生命读经 · 第62篇

满了谦让宜人却一无罣虑的生活（七）

A LIFE FULL OF FORBEARANCE BUT WITHOUT ANXIETY (7
1读经：腓立比书4:4-7，帖撒罗尼迦前书5:16-18，哥林多后书12:7-9。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 4:4-7; 1 Thes. 5:16-18; 2 Cor. 12:7-9
2我们在前一篇信息里指出，谦让宜人与罣虑代表两种生活；谦让宜人是从神来的，罣虑是从撒但来的；谦让宜人与罣虑不能并存。此外，我们看见，活基督作我们的谦让宜人，就是过一无罣虑的生活。在本篇信息中，我们要来看另外几件与满了谦让宜人却一无罣虑之生活有关的事。
2In the foregoing message we pointed out that forbearance and anxiety represent two kinds of life, that forbearance comes from God and anxiety comes from Satan, and that forbearance and anxiety cannot coexist. Furthermore, we saw that to live Christ as our forbearance is to have a life free from anxiety. Now in this message we shall consider some further matters related to a life full of forbearance but without anxiety
与主是一
ONE WITH THE LORD
34:4我们若活基督，就真实的与主是一。保罗在四章四节说，『你们要在主里常常喜乐，我再说，你们要喜乐。』在主里喜乐，就是与祂是一。我们若与主是一，就能一无罣虑，因为我们不仅在祂主宰的手下，更是在主自己里面。我们若过这种生活，怎么会有罣虑？我们越操练与主是一，就越领悟祂的定命就是我们的定命。祂要我们在地上多留一段时间，就会保守我们活著。但祂的心意若是要我们到祂那里去，祂就会接我们到祂那里。既然万事都在于祂的旨意，而我们又实际的与祂是一，我们就没有甚么理由可以罣虑。
3If we live Christ, we are truly one with the Lord. In Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” To rejoice in the Lord is to be one with Him. When we are one with the Lord, we are not anxious about any thing, for we are not only under the Lord’s sovereign hand, but we are in the Lord Himself. If we live this kind of life, how could we be anxious? The more we practice being one with the Lord, the more we shall realize that His destiny is our destiny. If He wants us to stay on earth for a longer period of time, He will keep us alive. But if it is His desire that we go to Him, He will take us to Himself. Since everything depends on His will and since we are one with Him in a practical way, there is no reason for us to be anxious.
4我们与主分开的时候，事事都叫我们罣虑。人类生活中的每一件事都会引起罣虑。但我们若与主是一，就与天然人的生活及其罣虑分开。我们若要叫众人知道我们的谦让宜人，并且一无罣虑，就必须操练与主是一。所以保罗在劝勉我们当叫人知道我们的谦让宜人之前，就嘱咐我们要在主里喜乐。
4When we are separated from the Lord, we are anxious about everything. Everything in human life gives rise to anxiety. But when we are one with the Lord, we are separated from the natural human life and its anxiety. If we would make our forbearance known to all men and not be anxious in anything, we need to practice being one with the Lord. This is the reason Paul charges us to rejoice in the Lord before he exhorts us to make known our forbearance
5几个月前，当我的健康出了一点问题，我就受搅扰。有一天，主问我是不是与祂是一。当我说我与祂是一时，似乎祂对我说，『你既然与我是一，就不该为你的健康罣虑。』
5When I had a problem with my health a few months ago, I was bothered. One day the Lord checked with me and asked me if I was one with Him. When I said that I was one with Him, it was as if He said, “Since you are one with Me, you should not be anxious about your health
6甚么时候我们不实际的与主是一，我们就会有罣虑。在道理上，我们永远与祂是一。但是在实行上，我们常常没有与祂是一。我们也许释放信息告诉圣徒们说，我们与主是一灵。但是在我们的日常生活中，我们必须受试验，看看我们究竟有没有实际的经历。我们若在实际上且在实行上与主是一，就不会有甚么罣虑。
6We become anxious whenever we are not one with the Lord in a practical way. Doctrinally speaking, we are always one with Him. However, quite often we are not one with Him in practice. We may give messages to the saints, telling them that we are one spirit with the Lord. But in our daily living we need to be tested to see if we have the actual experience. If we are one with the Lord actually and practically, we shall not be anxious.
7保罗虽是个犯人，被囚在罗马，但他一无罣虑，因为他在实际并实行上，完全与主是一。他甚至能说，死比活著更好。保罗与主是一到一个地步，知道主就是他的定命。不仅保罗的定命是在主的手里，他的定命就是主自己。因著保罗与主是一，他知道撒但虽然差遣了使者，就是肉体上的一根刺来攻击他，也不能对他如何。保罗不担心撒但的作为，因为主就是他的定命。
7Even though Paul was a prisoner in Rome, he was not anxious about anything, because he was one with the Lord actually, practically, and thoroughly. He could even say that to die was better than to live. Paul was so one with the Lord that he knew that the Lord was his destiny. Not only was Paul’s destiny in the hand of the Lord— his destiny was the Lord Himself. Because Paul was one with the Lord, he knew that Satan could not do anything to him, even though he might send a messenger, a thorn in the flesh, to buffet him. Paul was not worried about what Satan might do, for the Lord was his destiny
满足的秘诀
THE SECRET OF SATISFACTION
8我们若在经历中真实的与主是一，消极的事临到我们的时候，我们不用罣虑，也不必受搅扰。我们若不实际的与主是一，事实上每个人、每件事、以及每样东西都会搅扰我们。我们的丈夫、妻子、儿女都会搅扰我们。当我们没有与主是一的时候，没有一件事会令我们满意。例如，你若离了主，没有一个工作会令你满意。满足的秘诀乃是与基督是一。我们与主是一的时候，就会满意于我们的景况，对于每个人、每件事、和每一样东西，我们也能谦让宜人。惟有我们与基督是一的时候，才能有极致的谦让宜人，并且在一切的景况中满足。
8If we are truly one with the Lord in our experience and something negative happens to us, we need not be anxious or troubled. If we are not one with the Lord in a practical way, virtually every person, every matter, and every thing will bother us. We may be disturbed by our husband or wife or by our children. When we are not one with the Lord, nothing will be satisfactory to us. For example, apart from the Lord, no job is satisfying. The secret of satisfaction is to be one with Christ. When we are one with the Lord, we can be satisfied with our circumstances, and we can be forbearing with everyone, every thing, and every matter. Only when we are one with Christ can we be forbearing to the uttermost and be satisfied in all situations
9我们若要一无罣虑，就必须承认，一切的患难、苦难、灾祸、灾害和灾难，都是神所派定的。我们还必须在经历中与主是一。不错，我们可能领悟经历苦难和患难的需要；但是我们要免于罣虑，就不仅需要有这领悟，还必须与主是一。否则，我们的景况或临到我们的事物，至终都会引起罣虑，并且对任何事或任何人，我们都不能满意。人越老，越难满足。多年来，我观察了许多没有基督的老年人。他们越老，越不满足。有些人几乎对每件事和每个人都厌烦透了。我们若不操练与主是一，那我们越老，光景越糟。因著我们感觉不满足，我们就会责怪我们的环境或我们的家人。要满足孩子、年轻人还容易，可是要满足年纪大的人就很困难。这个事实应当激励我们，要实际的与主是一，使我们免于罣虑，而过谦让宜人的生活。
9If we would not have any anxiety, we must recognize that all afflictions, sufferings, calamities, disasters, and catastrophes are assigned by God. We also must be one with the Lord in our experience. Yes, we may realize the necessity of passing through suffering and affliction. But if we would be free from anxiety, we need something more than this realization. We must also be one with the Lord. Otherwise, eventually our circumstances or the things which happen to us will cause anxiety, and we shall not be satisfied with anything or anyone. The older a person becomes, the more difficult it is for him to be satisfied. Throughout the years I have observed a good number of elderly persons who did not have Christ. The older they were, the more dissatisfied they became. Some were disgusted with almost everything and everyone. If we do not practice being one with the Lord, our situation will also become worse as we grow older. Out of a feeling of dissatisfaction, we may blame our circumstances or the members of our family. It is easy to satisfy a child or a young person, but difficult to satisfy someone who is older. This fact should motivate us to be one with the Lord in a practical way that we may be free from anxiety and have a life of forbearance.
祷告和祈求，带著感谢
PRAYER AND PETITION WITH THANKSGIVING
10保罗在四章六至七节说，『应当一无罣虑，只要凡事藉著祷告、祈求，带著感谢，将你们所要的告诉神；神那超越人所能理解的平安，必在基督耶稣里，保卫你们的心怀意念。』保罗写这几节时，必定经过深思熟虑。他在六节说到祷告、祈求和感谢。祷告是一般的，包括了交通和敬拜的成分；祈求是专一的，与特殊的需要有关。照著基督徒的经历，祷告乃是与主来往交通，并且敬拜祂。我们每天需要分别一段时间来接触主，与祂交通，并敬拜祂。在我们交通的过程中，可以有特殊的祈求。这样，我们不仅有一般的祷告，也向主有特殊的祈求。我们乃是向我们正与祂交通的那位献上祈求。因此，祈求是我们在祷告过程中所作专一的要求。保罗在四章六节不是说祷告、祈求和感谢，乃是说祷告和祈求，带著感谢；他这么说相当有意义。我们祷告、祈求的时候，都该伴随著对主的感谢。最近我又学了一次感谢主的功课。我求主恢复我健康的时候，祂责备我，没有为著目前仍然拥有的健康感谢祂。每当我们生病的时候，必须对主说，『主，我感谢你，我多少还有点健康。主，我病了，可是我还没有病到一个地步，不能把基督服事给众圣徒。但是，主阿，你知道，我不是完全的健康。因此，我求你使我康复，完全健康起来。』我们都必须学习这样向主祈求。
10In 4:6 and 7 Paul says, “In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” Paul certainly composed these verses in a very thoughtful way. In verse 6 he speaks of prayer, petition, and thanksgiving. Prayer is general and includes the essence of worship and fellowship; petition is special and is related to particular needs. According to Christian experience, to pray is to have fellowship, communion, with the Lord and to worship Him. Daily we need to have a time to contact the Lord, to have fellowship with Him, and to worship Him. During the course of our fellowship, we may have particular requests. Thus, we not only pray in a general way, but make petitions to the Lord in a particular way. We offer our petitions to the One with whom we are having fellowship. Petition, therefore, is a special request made during the course of our prayer. It is significant that in 4:6 Paul does not speak of prayer, petition, and thanksgiving, but of prayer and petition with thanksgiving. Both our prayer and petition should be accompanied by thanksgiving to the Lord. Recently I once again learned the lesson of being thankful to the Lord. When I asked the Lord to restore my health, I was rebuked by Him for not thanking Him for the measure of health I still had. Whenever we are ill, we need to say, “Lord, I thank You that I am still healthy to a certain degree. Lord, I am ill, but I am not so ill that I cannot minister Christ to the saints. But, Lord, You know that I am not altogether healthy. Therefore, I ask You to improve my health and make me fully healthy again.” We all need to learn to petition the Lord in this way
11假如一位弟兄祷告，求主改变他的妻子，主会问他，为甚么不为著他的妻子献上感谢。这位弟兄应当这样祷告：『主，我感谢你，给我一位好妻子。』他向主献上感谢以后，就可以往前求主变化他的妻子。
11Suppose a brother prays that the Lord will change his wife. If he prays in this way, the Lord may ask him why he does not offer thanks for his wife. Then the brother should pray, “Lo rd, I thank You forgiving me a good wife.” After offering thanks to the Lord, he then may proceed to ask Him to transform his wife.
12另一位弟兄可能失业了，他向主求一个工作。他不该说，『主，我失业了，我需要你怜悯我。』他应当先感谢主。也许他该这么说，『主，我感谢你，今天以前我没有失去这分工作。主，我感谢你，我仍有养家的凭藉。哦，主阿，还有好多事情要感谢你。』然后，他可以一面感谢，一面求主再给他另一个工作。可是就连他为著新的工作祷告时，仍然应当感谢说，『主，我信你会给我一个新的工作。主，你知道我需要甚么。为著你要给我的工作，我甚至豫先感谢你。』我们都需要学习带著感谢来祷告、祈求。我们若向主感谢，就会远离罣虑。但我们若忧忧愁愁的向主祷告，罣虑就会增加。为著我们的处境祷告，事实上可能叫我们的罣虑增加。可是我们若带著感谢来祷告、祈求，我们的罣虑就会被驱离。
12Another brother may lose his job and pray to the Lord concerning employment. Instead of saying, “Lord, I have lost my job and I need You to have mercy on me,” he should first thank the Lord. Perhaps he should say, “Lord, I thank You that I did not lose this job before now. Lord, I also thank You for the means I still have to support my family. O Lord, I have many things for which to thank You.” Then along with his thanksgiving, he may ask the Lord to give him another job. But even as he prays concerning a new job, he should still be thankful and say, “Lord, I believe that You will give me a new job. Lord, You know what I need. I even thank You ahead of time for the job You will give me.” Let us all learn to pray and petition with thanksgiving. If we are thankful to the Lord, this will keep us from anxiety. But if we pray to the Lord out of worry, our anxiety will increase. Praying about our situation may actually cause our anxiety to grow. But if we pray and petition with thanksgiving, our anxiety will be driven away
13我必须作见证，我学会带著感谢来祷告、祈求，不是从道理来的，乃是从对主的经历来的。最近我生病的时候，主的确责备我没有感谢祂。祂题醒我，我还有足彀的健康，能释放话语尽功用。祂责备我容让一点小病搅扰我，还为著目前的景况抱怨，而没有操练谦让宜人。主责备我感谢祂不彀，藉此帮助我能彀在祂里面满足，一无罣虑。这个训练是因著一段生病的时间以及藉著主的责备而有的，为著这个训练我感谢主。
13I must testify that I have learned to pray and petition with thanksgiving not from doctrine, but from my experience with the Lord. When I was ill recently, the Lord did rebuke me for not thanking Him. He reminded me that I am still healthy enough to function by releasing the Word. He rebuked me for allowing a little illness to disturb me and for complaining about my situation instead of exercising forbearance. By rebuking me for not thanking Him sufficiently, the Lord helped me to be satisfied in Him and not to be anxious. I thank the Lord for this training, which has come through a time of illness and through the Lord’s rebuke
接受主的旨意经历祂彀用的恩典
ACCEPTING THE LORD’S WILL Experiencing His Sufficient Grace
14我们已经看见，要胜过罣虑，就必须祷告，与主交通并敬拜祂。然后，我们还必须带著感谢，将我们所祈求的告诉神。我们这样作时，也许以为主总会答应我们的祷告，将我们所要的赐给我们。但是有时候主并不答应。我们来看保罗肉体上一根刺的经历。在林后十二章八节他说，『为这事，我三次求过主，叫这刺离开我。』可是主没有答应保罗的要求，反而对他说，『我的恩典彀你用的，因为我的能力，是在人的软弱上显得完全。』（9。）因此，保罗能彀宣告说，『所以我极其喜欢夸我的软弱，好叫基督的能力覆庇我。』这里关键的点乃是：保罗接受了神的旨意；他领悟神的旨意是要那根刺仍然留在他身上，叫他能彀经历祂彀用的恩典。因著保罗接受了主的旨意，所以他一无罣虑。
14We have seen that to overcome anxiety we need to pray and have fellowship with the Lord and worship Him. Then with thanksgiving we need to make our petitions known. When we do this, we may think that the Lord will always answer us and give us what we ask. However, sometimes the Lord will say no. Consider Paul’s experience of the thorn in the flesh. In 2 Corinthians 12:8 he says, “For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.” However, the Lord denied Paul’s request, and said to him, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weak ness” (v. 9). Therefore, Paul could declare, “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” The crucial point here is that Paul accepted the will of God. He realized that God’s will was to leave the thorn with him so that he could experience His sufficient grace. Because Paul accepted the Lord’s will, he did not have any anxiety.
15不错，我们需要带著感谢来祷告、祈求。但是，主不答应我们祈求的时候，我们的罣虑可能会增加，不会减少。这时，我们领悟主不会改变我们的环境，反而允许『刺』留著。祂知道我们需要那根刺。祂也需要那根刺，使祂可以显明祂彀用的恩典，还能训练我们信靠祂。我们若不接受主的旨意，反而坚持照著我们自己的意思祈求，我们就无法摆脱罣虑。假如你得了一种病，你向主祷告。主也许会答应你的祷告而医治你。祂这么作，特别是为著那些在经历主的事上还幼嫩的人。以后你又病了，再求主医治你。祂也许不立刻医治，而是慢慢的医治你，或根本不医治你。最终，你清楚了，主要这病留著。你若在这件事上接受祂的旨意，你就会有平安，不会有任何罣虑。
15Yes, we need to pray and petition the Lord with thanksgiving. But when the Lord does not grant our petition, our anxiety may increase instead of decrease. At such a time, we realize that the Lord will not change our situation. Instead, He allows the “thorn” to remain. He knows that we need the thorn. He also needs it that He may reveal His sufficient grace and in addition train us to trust in Him. If we do not accept the Lord’s will but insist on making petitions according to our own will, we shall not be able to escape anxiety. Suppose you pray to the Lord when you are suffering from a certain illness. The Lord may answer your prayer and heal you. He does this especially on behalf of those who are rather young in their experience of Him. At a later time, however, you may again become sick and ask the Lord to heal you. Instead of healing you suddenly, He may heal you gradually, or He may not heal you at all. Eventually, it may become clear to you that the Lord intends for the illness to remain. If you accept His will in the matter, you will be at peace. You will not have any anxiety
16倪弟兄年轻的时候，就得了心脏病。他尽职供应话语的时候，常常痛到一个地步，要靠在台子上才支持得住。他虽然三十岁之前就得了心脏病，但他后来又带著这病活了四十年左右。虽然他知道他可能随时会病发而死，但他还是接受了主的旨意，而一无罣虑。他领悟这病是神给他的一根刺，为著完成神的定旨。
16When Brother Nee was a young man, he suffered from heart disease. Often when he ministered the Word he was in such pain that he had to lean on a stand for support. Although he contracted this disease before he was thirty years of age, he lived with that illness for nearly forty years. Although he knew that he could die from that disease at any time, he accepted the Lord’s will and was not anxious. He realized that his illness was a thorn given him for the fulfillment of God’s purpose
信靠主
Trusting the Lord
17我们在特别的事上接受主的旨意，不仅使我们经历祂彀用的恩典，也教导我们过信靠主的生活。倘若那根刺从保罗身上挪去，也许他就不像有刺的时候那样信靠主。正因为神允许那根刺留下，保罗就必须天天过著信靠主的生活。
17Accepting the Lord’s will in particular matters not only enables us to experience His sufficient grace; it also teaches us to have a life of trusting the Lord. If the thorn had been taken away from Paul, Paul probably would not have trusted in the Lord as much as he did with the thorn. Simply because the thorn was allowed to remain, day by day Paul had to live a life of trusting in the Lord
18我们都比较喜欢神把艰难和苦难从我们身上挪去。但有的时候主会说，『不，我不能答应你的要求。苦难还是留著比较好，这样你就可以学习信靠我，学习不罣虑。』我们若接受主的旨意并信靠祂，就不会有甚么罣虑。但我们若不接受祂的旨意，或不藉著信靠祂而活著，我们就会罣虑。
18We all prefer that hardships and sufferings be taken away from us. But sometimes the Lord will say, “No, I cannot answer your request. It is better for this thing to remain so that you may learn to trust Me and not be anxious.” If we accept the Lord’s will and trust Him, we shall not be anxious. However, if we do not accept His will or if we do not live by trusting in Him, we shall be anxious
19照著我天然的生命，我是个喜欢事事完美的人。我若生了甚么病，我就盼望彻底得著医治。甚至衣服有点不整齐，我也要整理好，以求尽善尽美。我要每一件我所管理的事，都井然有序。但是疾病临不临到我，不是我所能控制的。主也许把疾病分派给我，祂知道我需要疾病，叫我可以学习信靠祂而没有罣虑。为此，我必须说，『主，我感谢你，这个病帮助了我。主，我还感谢你，连这件事也是为著完成你的定旨。』我们越这样感谢主，就越没有罣虑，反而有谦让宜人。
19According to my natural life, I am the kind of person who likes everything to be perfect. If I become ill in some way, my desire is to be healed thoroughly. Even if there is something wrong with an article of clothing, I want it fixed and made perfect. I want everything under my management to be right in every way. But I cannot control whether or not sickness comes to me. The Lord may assign illness to me, realizing that I need it so that I may learn to trust Him and not worry. For this I need to say, “Lord, I thank You that this sickness is a help to me. I also thank You, Lord, that even this fulfills Your purpose.” The more we thank the Lord in this way, the more we shall have forbearance in place of anxiety
正确的领悟
A PROPER REALIZATION
20我们在困难的处境中能不能有谦让宜人，乃在于我们有何种的领悟和实行。我们若领悟某一个特别的环境是出于主的，而且为著成全我们是必要的，然后为此感谢祂，我们就不至罣虑、惊恐。我们能彀说，『主，为著这事，我感谢你。我不惊恐，因为我知道我与你是一，并且临到我的每一件事，都是你所派定的。主，我也知道你允许这事存在，好帮助你完成你的定旨，并且来成全我。』我们若领悟每一件事都是主所派定的，并且愿意接受祂的旨意，为此感谢祂，我们就能与保罗一同说，『所以我们不丧胆，反而我们外面的人虽然在毁坏，我们里面的人却日日在更新。因为我们这短暂轻微的苦楚，要极尽超越的为我们成就永远重大的荣耀。』（林后四16～17。）这样，我们就一无罣虑。
20Whether or not we can exercise forbearance in difficult situations depends on the kind of realization and practice we have. If we realize that a particular situation is of the Lord, that it is needed to perfect us, and then thank Him for it, we shall not be anxious or threatened. We shall be able to say, “Lord, I thank You for this. I am not threatened by this thing, because I know that I am one with You and that everything which comes to me is Your assignment. Lord, I also know that You allow this thing to remain that it may help You to fulfill Your purpose and to perfect me.” If we realize that everything is the Lord’s assignment and if we accept His will and thank Him for it, we shall be able to say with Paul, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is consumed, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For the momentary lightness of the affliction worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:16-17, lit.). Then we shall not have any anxiety
21基督徒常说，要免于罣虑，只要相信主就可以。按照这种领会，一个人罣虑，就表示他不相信主。但是保罗在腓立比四章六节并不是说，我们相信主就能一无罣虑。在这节的上下文里，他一点没有题到相信这件事。
21Christians often say that the way to be freed from anxiety is simply to believe in the Lord. According to this understanding, the fact that a person is anxious means that he does not believe in the Lord. However, in 4:6 Paul does not say that it is by believing that we do not have anxiety in anything. In this context he does not say a word about believing
要领会并操练的六个点
SIX POINTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE
22我们若要一无罣虑，就必须领会并操练我们在前一篇信息和本篇信息中所交通的六个点。第一，我们要领悟，罣虑如何是人类生活的总和，谦让宜人也照样是基督徒生活的总和。第二，我们必须看见，谦让宜人的源头乃是神，而罣虑的源头是撒但。第三件事就是要领悟，谦让宜人和罣虑是不能并存的，因为谦让宜人实际上是一个人位─基督自己。惟有基督从我们里面活出来时，我们才有谦让宜人。保罗在腓立比一、二、三章中一再说到基督，指明这件事。他强调显大基督，以基督为我们的榜样，以及竭力追求基督作我们的标竿。但是到了四章，他用了谦让宜人一辞，嘱咐我们要叫众人知道我们的谦让宜人，实际上，这里的谦让宜人，就是前几章所启示的基督。因此，叫人知道我们的谦让宜人，就是活基督。
22If we would be free from anxiety, we need to understand and practice the six points we have covered in the foregoing message and in this message. First, we need to realize that just as anxiety is the totality of human life, so forbearance is the totality of the Christian life. Second, we need to see that the source of forbearance is God and that the source of anxiety is Satan. The third matter is to realize that forbearance and anxiety cannot exist together. The reason for this is that forbearance is actually a person, Christ Himself. Only when Christ is lived out of us do we have forbearance. This is indicated by the fact that in Philippians 1, 2, and 3 Paul speaks of Christ again and a gain. He emphasizes magnifying Christ, taking Christ as our pattern, and pursuing Christ as our goal. But in Philippians 4 he uses the term forbearance and charges us to make our forbearance known to all men. Actually, this forbearance is the very Christ revealed in the foregoing chapters. There fore, to let our forbearance be known is to live Christ.
23我们已经看见，神可能会派定某些苦难给我们。苦难虽然是神的派定，却不是从神来的，乃是从撒但来的。约伯和保罗的经历都是例证。神派定给我们的灾祸，实际上是从撒但临到我们的；撒但是使者，把这些事带给我们。神派定给保罗一根刺，祂容许撒但把这根刺带给他。撒但带给我们一些困难或苦难之后，立刻来挑起罣虑。罣虑不是神派定的，也不是从神来的。相反的罣虑总是由撒但引起的，为要拦阻神的定旨。我们若完全领悟这事，就会看见我们需要基督作我们的谦让宜人。我们若有这样的谦让宜人，就不会有罣虑。但我们若有罣虑，就不会有谦让宜人。
23We have seen that God may assign certain sufferings to us. But although the sufferings are God’s assignment, they do not come from God, but from Satan. The experiences of both Job and Paul illustrate this. The calamities assigned to us by God actually come to us from Satan. Satan is the messenger who brings these things to us. God assigned a certain thorn to Paul, and He permitted Satan to bring the thorn to him. Immediately after sending us a certain difficulty or affliction, Satan comes to cause anxiety. This anxiety is not assigned by God and it does not come from Him. On the contrary, it is always caused by Satan to frustrate God’s purpose. If we have a full realization of this, we shall see the need for Christ as our forbearance. If we have this forbearance, we shall not have anxiety. But if we have anxiety, we shall not have forbearance
24我们需要领会并操练的第四件事，就是我们需要实际的与主是一，才能过一种满了谦让宜人却一无罣虑的生活。就经历而言，与主是一就是在祂里面。第五，我们需要祷告。这就是说，我们需要有一段时间与主交通并敬拜祂。祷告的意思不是仅仅向主求讨甚么。祷告包含了与主交谈，在交通中和祂来往，并且敬拜祂。当我们这样花时间与主同在时，就当带著感谢，将我们的祈求告诉神。
24The fourth matter we need to understand and exercise is that to have a life full of forbearance but without anxiety, we need to be one with the Lord in a practical way. To be one with the Lord experientially is to be in Him. Fifth, we need to pray. This means we need to have a time of fellowship with the Lord and to worship Him. Prayer does not mean merely to ask the Lord for things. Prayer involves conversing with the Lord, communicating with Him in fellowship, and worshipping Him. As we spend time with the Lord in this way, we should make known our petitions with thanksgiving.
25第六，我们祷告、与主交通、敬拜祂、并且将我们的祈求告诉祂之后，我们就会知道主的旨意是甚么。例如，我们生病了，就会知道主的心意是要医治我们，还是允许这病留著。我们一旦知道神的旨意，就该接受，经历祂彀用的恩典，信靠祂，并且感谢祂。这样，我们就能有满了谦让宜人却一无罣虑的生活。
25Sixth, after praying, having fellowship with the Lord, wo rshipping Him, and making our petitions known to Him, we shall know what the will of the Lord is. For example, if we are ill, we shall know whether the Lord intends to heal us or allow the sickness to remain. Once we know God’s will, we should accept it, experience His sufficient grace, trust in Him, and thank Him. Then we shall have a life full of forbearance but without anxiety.