祷告求神指引
我不知道你是怎么样的，可每次当我想靠着自己的想法，不考虑神希望我怎样做时，我的生活就会变得一团糟。当我做决定时若不寻求神的意见，我所做的事总得花上更长的时间才能完成，或者有时问题会永远都解决不了。我需要记住这样一则忠告——“在你一切所行的事上都要认定他，他必指引你的路”(箴言3:6)。我思考着这则忠告，读到了圣经旧约中关于约书亚的记载，他寻求神的旨意，祈求神让日月停一段时间（约书亚记10:13)。神答应了他的祈求。这位公义善良的人改变了自然。今天善良人的祷告也可以引起巨大的变化吗？我觉得神希望我们相信这一点。这一周，我读到了艾尔弗雷德·丁尼生（Alfred Lord Tennyson）写的文章，并被它所吸引，文中写道，“祷告所改变的事情远比人们想象的要多。” 我在圣经中读到一个章节，说的是同样的意思。圣经旧约《历代志下》第7章14节记载了神赐所罗门智慧时所说的话。神说,“这称为我名下的子民，若是自卑、祷告，寻求我的面，转离他们的恶行，我必从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的地。”这是怎样的应许啊！生活中有太多的不确定，我们的生活需要祷告的力量。因此，就在今天，我们做事情时要祷告，想事情时也要祷告，看事情时还要祷告。
作者: Andy Baker
译者: Wang Jing
播音: Edward Short
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 6
PRAY FOR GOD’S GUIDANCE
I don’t know about you, but I always get my life in a mess when I take out on my own without thinking about what God would want me to do. When I don’t seek out God’s advice for the decisions I make, it always takes longer to get things done and sometimes my problems never get solved. I need to remember the good advice to “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make straight your paths” (Proverbs 3:6). Thinking about this advice, I read in the Bible, in the Old Testament part, of a man by the name of Joshua who sought God’s will and prayed that God might make the sun and moon stand still for awhile (Joshua 10:13). And God did. The prayer of this good and righteous man altered nature. Could the prayer of good people make drastic changes today? I think that’s the point God is trying to get us to believe. I read something this week written by Alfred Lord Tennyson that grabbed my attention. The statement read, “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.” Then I read a verse in the Bible that taught the same thing. In the Old Testament part of the Bible, 2 Chronicles 7:14 records a statement that God gave to the wise man Solomon. God said, “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” What a promise! With all the uncertainties of life, you and I need the power of prayer in our lives. So, just for today, work and pray, think and pray, watch and pray.
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Vocal version: Edward Short