【诗19:13】求你拦阻仆人不犯任意妄为的罪，不容这罪辖制我，我便完全，免犯大罪。【Psa19:13】Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

【诗19:13】求你拦阻仆人不犯任意妄为的罪，不容这罪辖制我，我便完全，免犯大罪。【Psalm 19:13】Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

大卫这句经文，道出了人类原罪的根：撒旦的堕落始于“我要高举宝座与神同等”，并将这种“越位取代神”的悖逆、骄傲欲望和意志植入人心。This verse spoken by David exposes the root of humanity’s original sin: Satan’s fall began with “I will exalt my throne and make myself like God,” and he planted this rebellious, pride-driven urge to overstep one’s place and replace God deep within the human heart.

唯有耶稣深知，惟有“不要照我的意思，乃要按父的意思”顺服至死，才败坏了撒旦在我们里面任意妄为的权势。Only Jesus truly understood that it is only through “not my will, but the Father’s will” — obedience even unto death — that Satan’s power of wilful self-assertion within us could be defeated.

面对拿八的挑衅，扫罗在山洞里，如果照他肉体的意愿去行，那将是无可挽回的失败，代价是极其可怕和沉重的。When faced with Nabal’s provocation, and Saul in the cave, had David acted according to his fleshly impulses, the outcome would have been irreversible failure, with consequences both terrifying and devastating. 而大卫知道，这一切都是神在环境中，在千钧一发之际出手拦阻了他。David knew that it was God who intervened through the circumstances, restraining him at the critical moment. 惟有大卫在巴士拔这件事上，照着自己欲望和意志，最终让整个家族蒙受了巨大的灾难和痛苦，给仇敌开了破口，让罪辖制他和他的后代。It was only in the matter of Bathsheba that David followed his own desires and will, and this eventually brought immense disaster and pain upon his entire family, opening the door to the enemy and allowing sin to gain control over him and his descendants. 大卫明白了什么叫任意妄为。他认清了自己的软弱，唯有谦卑回到本位，承认时时需要神的引导和拦阻。David came to understand what wilful wrongdoing truly meant. He recognised his own weakness and learned that only by humbly returning to his proper place, and by continually acknowledging his need for God’s guidance and restraint, could he stand.

大卫尚且如此，主更教导我们要祷告：求神不叫我们进入试探。罪的形成，往往源于顺从了内心未察觉、甚至觉得无关紧要的欲望。If this was true even for David, how much more does the Lord teach us to pray that God would not lead us into temptation. Sin often begins by yielding to desires that go unnoticed or seem insignificant. 一次未经对付的情绪若被放任，就会逐渐夺取我们的意志，最终辖制生命。我曾因顺从罪受了许多苦，这让我不敢轻忽任何微小的妥协。An unchecked emotion can slowly take hold of our will and eventually dominate our lives. I have suffered greatly from yielding to sin, and this has taught me not to treat even the smallest compromise lightly. 神的话是光，我愿常常在心里，守着神的话，让祂警戒我，鉴察我的意念(11节)。我相信，拦阻并保守大卫的神，也必保守我。God’s word is light; I want to keep His word in my heart, allowing it to warn me and search my thoughts (v.11). I believe that the God who restrained and preserved David will also preserve me.

主啊，春节到了。在这个充满世俗喧嚣、诱惑与试探的日子里，求你让我在物质的比拼与攀比的潮流中保持警醒。在亲友相处的摩擦与冒犯中保守我的舌头与情绪，不被那种“凡事照我意思行”的骄傲意志所牵引。Lord, the Spring Festival has arrived. In these days filled with worldly noise, temptation, and testing, please help me remain alert amid material comparison and competition. Guard my tongue and my emotions in the tensions and offences that arise among family and friends, so that I am not driven by the proud will that insists on “doing everything my way.” 求圣灵释放大能，在环境中提醒我，借着人或者环境拦阻我、否定我，不犯任意妄为的罪，使我在难受的时候，寻求你的心意，将自己私欲‘我要’钉上十字架，顺服圣灵的引领。May the Holy Spirit release His power to remind me in every situation, using people or circumstances to restrain and correct me, so that I do not commit wilful sin. When I feel distressed, help me to seek Your will, to nail my selfish “I want” to the cross, and to submit to the Spirit’s leading. 平时多多祷告，思想你的话，住在你里面。愿我在这节日里，能以敬畏你的心为乐，以大卫为榜样，在环境里一步步地学习，如何成为合神心意的人。Teach me to pray often, meditate on Your word, and abide in You. May I, during this festive season, find joy in fearing You, take David as my example, and learn step by step, through real circumstances, how to become a person after Your own heart.

（郭牧师/Pastor Guo）