【诗16:8】我将耶和华常摆在我面前，因他在我右边，我便不至摇动。【Psa 16:8】I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

大卫是一个常经忧患，多受痛苦的人。少年时被扫罗追杀时，躲在旷野、山洞、外邦地，经历内忧外患，随时可能被出卖或杀害。David was someone who lived through constant hardship and deep suffering. When he was young and hunted by Saul, he hid in the wilderness, in caves, and in foreign lands, facing danger from every direction, always at risk of betrayal or death.人生充满了动荡不安，一不小心命就没了。产业是没有的，美好也是看不见的。大卫如同一只丧家犬，在逃避追杀的时候，躲在一个山洞里。 大卫也和我们的性情一样，会哭，会惧怕，会难过，会软弱。His life was unstable—one wrong move and it could all be over. He had no inheritance and no visible signs of blessing. David was like a stray dog, hiding in a cave while running for his life. He was human like us—he cried, he was afraid, he grieved, and he was weak.

但为何他没有被环境、仇敌摇动呢？因他深信神应许他做王，不会改变。Yet he was not shaken by his circumstances or his enemies. Why? Because he was fully convinced that God’s promise to make him king would not fail.他相信生命中一切的际遇，都是神给他的，都是出于神信实良善的美好旨意，都是神在训练他成为王的性情。He believed that every season of his life came from God, that everything flowed from God’s faithful and good purposes, and that God was shaping him with the heart and character of a king.在他宣告：神‘用绳量给我的地界，坐落在佳美之处; 我的产业实在美好’…在这应许还没有成就的时候，大卫就已经深信不疑。When he said, “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is beautiful,” he already believed it deeply, even though the promise had not yet been fulfilled.

这一切的秘诀就是：他在各种患难中学会了一个属灵动作：“常摆”。他不是在心情好时才想起你，也不是在走投无路时才求告你，而是刻意地、持续地将你摆在自己的面前。The key was this: in every hardship, David learned one spiritual discipline—to continually set the Lord before him. He did not think of You only when things were going well, nor did he turn to You only when he had no way out. He made a deliberate, ongoing choice to set You before him.

这对我是一个极大的提醒。在日常生活中，我习惯把什么摆在面前呢？This speaks strongly to me. In everyday life, what do I place before my eyes?我常把“问题”摆在面前，结果越看越忧虑；我常把“别人的评价”摆在面前，结果越想越委屈；I often place my problems in front of me, and the more I look at them, the more anxious I become. I place other people’s opinions in front of me, and the more I dwell on them, the more hurt and wronged I feel.我常把“失败的后果”摆在面前，结果还没行动就先退缩了。当这些东西占据我的视线时，我的心就会随之剧烈摇动。I place the possible consequences of failure in front of me, and before I even act, I pull back. When these things fill my vision, my heart is easily shaken.

但大卫选择把耶和华“常摆”在面前。这意味着，当危机发生时，他先看到的不是仇敌的刀剑，而是你的宝座；他先听到的不是流言蜚语，而是你的应许。David, however, chose to set the Lord continually before him. This meant that when crisis came, he saw not the enemy’s sword first, but Your throne; he listened not to rumours, but to Your promises.当他这样调转目光时，一个奇妙的位移发生了——你就在他的“右边”。在古代，右边是保护者的位置，是力量和支持的象征。When his focus shifted, something powerful happened—you stood at his right hand. In the ancient world, the right hand was the place of protection, strength, and support.

主啊，感谢你。让我学习效法大卫，有意识地训练自己，将你摆在我的每一个念头、每一个决定之前。Lord, thank You. Teach me to follow David’s example and to intentionally train myself to place You before every thought and every decision.让我也经历，当我把你‘摆在’我前面，你就在我的右边，你与我同在，你帮助我，支撑我，你与我一同面对环境、与仇敌争战。Let me experience this reality too: when I set You before me, You stand at my right hand. You are with me, You support me, and You face every challenge and battle alongside me.虽然仇敌猖狂、环境动荡，但我的心却得着了奇妙的定力。因为你在我右边，你不仅是我的力量和盾牌，更是我随时的得胜。Even when circumstances are unstable and enemies are bold, my heart becomes steady. Because You are at my right hand, Youare not only my strength and shield—you are my constant victory.

主啊，求你赦免我常常“越位”，总想跑到你前面去处理一切。求你训练我，让我在每一次焦虑抬头的时候，都能立刻练习这个动作：把你摆在我面前。Lord, forgive me for so often stepping ahead of You, trying to take control and handle everything myself. Train me so that whenever anxiety begins to rise, I immediately practise this one thing: setting You before me.只要你在这里，我就有平安；只要你掌权，我就不至摇动。愿这种“常摆”的操练，成为我生命中永不动摇的根基。When You are here, I have peace; when You reign, I will not be shaken. May this practice of continually setting You before me become an unshakeable foundation in my life.

愿我们每一个这样操练的人，在地，都经历到：地虽改变，山虽摇动到海心，其中的水虽砰訇翻腾，山虽因海涨而战抖，我们也不害怕，依靠耶和华永不摇动。在天：终久得福，与你永不分离。May all of us who learn to live this way experience it on earth: even if the earth gives way, even if the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, even if the waters roar and the mountains tremble, we will not fear. We will trust in the Lord and remain unshaken. And in the end, in heaven, we will receive blessing and be with You forever.

（李姊妹Sister Li）