【诗32:8】我要教导你，指示你当行的路；我要定睛在你身上劝戒你。【Psa32:8】I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

大卫曾因隐藏罪孽，亲历过神的手昼夜重压，以致灵里枯干。直到他不再遮掩，选择坦承软弱并愿意回转时，沉重的枷锁才脱落。David once kept silent about his sin, and he experienced the heavy hand of God upon him day and night, so that his spirit was dried up within him. But when he no longer covered his sin, when he chose to confess his weakness and turn back, the heavy burden was lifted. 他才明白，神的教导不是等他顺服后才临到，而是在他跌倒时，用管教的手指出他迷失的错路，用“定睛”的慈爱持续看顾、引导。这节经文让我们看见，一位被挽回的“王子”，是如何在父神的亲自带领下重新上路的。Then he came to understand that the Lord’s instruction does not come only after obedience, but even in his falling, the Lord’s hand of discipline pointed out his wandering path, and with a loving gaze fixed upon him, continued to watch over and guide him. In this we see how a restored “prince” is led again by the Father Himself to walk in the right way.

主啊，感谢你！你对我们的爱不仅止于赦免。你没有在赦免我之后就挥挥手让我们自己去闯荡，而是说：“我要教导你，指示你当行的路。” 在“王子训练营”里，最难的功课不是承认错误，而是重新学会走路。O Lord, we give you thanks! Your love for us does not end with forgiveness. You do not pardon us and then leave us to go our own way, but you say, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.” In this “training of a prince,” the hardest lesson is not merely to admit our faults, but to learn again how to walk. 因为旧造的习惯还在，旧有的思维还想冒头。这时，你知道我们需要一位导师。感谢你应许做我们的“私人教练”，不仅给我们通用的真理（教导），更针对我们当下的处境，给出精准的导航（指示）。For the old nature still lingers, and old ways of thinking seek to rise again. In such times, you know that we need a guide. We thank you that you have promised to be our personal counsellor—not only giving us your general truth, but also providing clear direction according to our present situation.

主啊，赦免我，在我旧人里，我不喜欢被教导指示，更不喜欢有人用眼睛盯着我、追着我。我承认我的旧人是畜类人，常如“骡马”般顽梗，容易在安逸中走神，在忙乱中迷失……Lord, forgive me, for in my old self I do not like to be instructed or guided, nor do I welcome being watched closely. I confess that in my old nature I am like the beasts, often stubborn like the mule or the horse, easily distracted in comfort and lost in busyness. 感谢你！让我明白，你的“定睛”在原文中不仅是看着，更有一种“用眼睛引领”的亲密。你的教导、指示、定睛里面蕴含了何等长阔高深的爱。Yet I thank you, for you have shown me that your “eye upon me” is not merely to see, but to lead with nearness and tenderness. In your instruction, your guidance, and your watchful gaze, there is such a depth of love—so wide and long and high and deep.

以前大卫躲避神，觉得神在监视他的罪；现在大卫爱神，发现神在“定睛”守护他的路。就像父亲盯着学步的孩子。只要孩子稍有偏离，父亲一个眼神、一个细微的表情，孩子就能领悟。Once David fled from you, thinking you were watching his sin; now he loves you and sees that you are watching over his path. Like a father watching a child learning to walk—when the child strays even a little, a glance, a small expression is enough for the child to understand. 这是一种极高的属灵亲密——不需要雷鸣般的责备，只需要主的一个眼神，在爱里的孩子立刻就能心领神会。This is a great intimacy of the Spirit: no need for thunderous rebuke, only a look from the Lord, and the child in love understands at once.

 “劝戒”不同于人的劝告，它是以神的信实、主权和应许为基础。主，回望生命路程时何等感恩！多少次我紧握自己的计划而伤你的心，抗拒你温柔的劝诫，你不催逼，不嫌弃我的迟钝，依然细细教导、塑造。Your counsel is not like human advice; it is founded upon your faithfulness, your sovereignty, and your promises. Lord, as I look back upon the path of my life, I am filled with gratitude. So many times I held tightly to my own plans and grieved your heart, resisting your gentle counsel. Yet you did not urge harshly nor despise my slowness, but patiently instructed and shaped me.  你不仅赦免，而且训练，直到做成善工。一个充满罪性的老亚当，被你训练、更新、模成神儿子基督的样式，这是宇宙中最伟大的善工。You not only forgive, but also train, until you complete the good work. That an old Adam, full of sin, should be renewed, trained, and conformed to the likeness of your Son—this is the greatest work in all creation.

主啊，求你让我对你的眼神敏锐。无论是重大的人生决定，还是日常处理冲突，求你让我学会通过那份“爱的联结”，主动体察你的心意，而不是非得用嚼环勒住才肯顺服。You not only forgive, but also train, until you complete the good work. That an old Adam, full of sin, should be renewed, trained, and conformed to the likeness of your Son—this is the greatest work in all creation.

我愿意放下自己、跟你配合。我信你比我更有智慧和远见，求你教导我、指示我，让我看得更远，行得更稳，始终走在你指示的永生之路上不偏离。I am willing to lay myself down and cooperate with you. I trust that you have greater wisdom and vision than I do. Teach me and guide me, that I may see more clearly, walk more steadily, and remain on the path of life you have set before me without turning aside. 求你定睛在我身上，做成你的工，直到基督神儿子成形在我里面，荣耀你的名。Fix your eyes upon me and accomplish your work in me, until Christ, your Son, is formed in me, to the glory of your name.

（刘姊妹Sister Liu）