【诗25:8】耶和华是良善正直的，所以他必指示罪人走正路。【Psa 25:8】The LORD is good and upright; therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

新约里，有人称耶稣，‘良善的夫子…’耶稣对那人说，只有神是良善的。就指示那人去变卖家产，分给穷人…在世人的认知里，给我，不断的给我好处才是良善的。让我给出去，让我奉献，跟良善似乎拉不上关系…可那人不知道，耶稣让他变卖家产、分给穷人才是良善。In the New Testament, a man called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus responded that only God is truly good. He then told the man to sell his possessions and give to the poor. In the world’s thinking, goodness means receiving—having more given to me. Being asked to give, to surrender, hardly seems like goodness. Yet the man did not understand that Jesus’ instruction was itself an act of goodness.耶稣的良善、恩慈不是剥夺，而是领他悔改，走上一条被神祝福的路；是为了让他脱离财物的捆绑，医治他，除去他的贪念、偶像和倚靠金钱的心，使他成为信靠神、信心富足的完全人，能以丰盛的生命进入永生，在天上有永不衰残的产业。 Christ’s goodness was not taking something away, but calling him to repentance and leading him into a blessed path. It was to release him from the grip of wealth, to heal his heart, to remove greed and false idols, and to free him from trusting in money, so that he might trust God, become rich in faith, and enter eternal life with an unfading inheritance in heaven.

这里大卫说神的良善正直，是指示罪人走正路。当大卫跟拔士巴通奸之后，神的良善和正直不是帮大卫遮掩罪过，而是曝光、管教…David declares that God’s goodness and uprightness lead sinners into the right path. After David’s sin with Bathsheba, God’s goodness did not mean covering it up; instead, He exposed it and brought discipline.

大卫深知神的良善，神没有定罪他、计算或记念他的罪（7节），而是当大卫一开口承认罪，就借着先知拿单对他说“耶和华已经免去你的罪…”同时神是公义的，让大卫和整个家族饱尝罪的后果，知道犯罪的代价…是为了指示罪人可以走正路。David knew the goodness of God. God did not ultimately condemn him or hold his sin against him (verse 7). When David confessed, the prophet Nathan declared, “The LORD has taken away your sin.” Yet God’s justice remained—David and his household still experienced the consequences of that sin, learning its cost. This too was part of God’s instruction in the right way. 大卫从跌倒里吸取了教训，从此一生谨慎，警醒，晚年的时候即使人把年轻貌美的童女亚比煞，放进他的被窝，大卫都没有与她亲近。这种晚年的圣洁，正是在神一生用良善正直“指示”下，操练结出的生命果子。From his failure David gained wisdom and lived with greater vigilance. In his old age, when the young and beautiful Abishag lay beside him, he did not act immorally. That late-life purity was the fruit of years under God’s good and upright guidance.

人到老年是何等容易犯罪，很多年轻时被神大大使用的仆人，到了老年都把在年少时的各种情欲、骄傲、贪婪放纵、放大…晚节不保…失去在神那里的奖赏，何等可惜！How easy it is to stumble in old age. Many who were mightily used by God in their younger years later gave way to unchecked desires, pride, or greed, failing to finish well and forfeiting reward before God. How tragic.

主啊，感谢你让我认识你良善正直，你知道我们里面的罪性，你说，我们都如羊常常走迷、偏行己路…你每一天、用我们身边发生的一切，以各种智慧聪明，用环境、用人、用苦难、用管教、恩典…都是为了让我们走正路。Lord, thank You for revealing Your goodness and uprightness. You understand our sinful nature; as Scripture says, we all like sheep have gone astray, each turning to his own way. Day by day, through the events around us, You work in wisdom—using circumstances, people, hardship, discipline, and grace—to lead us in the right path. 你不惜道成肉身，亲自成为我们人的样式，将你的道，十字架的道路，否定自己的道路，这惟一的正路活出来，指示给我们；每一天用你的真理、引导教训我们。You even became flesh, taking on human form, and lived out before us the way of the cross—the path of self-denial—the only true way, showing us how to walk. Through Your truth You continue to guide and teach us.

神啊，因为你的良善正直，这些年我们那么多跌倒今天还能在成圣的路上继续追求；谢谢你的爱和良善，无条件地接纳、恒久忍耐等待我们改变的到来。God, because of Your goodness and uprightness, despite many failures we are still able to keep walking the path of sanctification. Thank You for Your love and goodness—for unconditional acceptance and patient endurance as You wait for change in us. 谢谢你今天让我认识你是怎样的一位神，因此我愿从心里放下对别人的期望，和想要别人改变的这个固执的想法，从今以后按他们旧人的本相去接纳他们、如同你接纳我一样。Thank You for revealing who You are. In response, I choose to release my expectations of others and my insistence that they must change. I will learn to accept them as they are, just as You have accepted me.

主啊，我渴望以悔改谦卑的心，在你无条件的接纳里把你的良善正直活出来，用我的生命为你的正路作见证，好让我能指示跟我一样的罪人走正路。不再只停留在言语上，而是像大卫，用生活和见证表明出来。Lord, with a humble and repentant heart, I desire to live out Your goodness and uprightness, resting in Your unconditional acceptance. May my life bear witness to Your righteous way and help lead sinners like myself into that path. Not merely in speech, but as David did—through a life that testifies in action.

(贾弟兄 Brother Jia)