【诗94:11】耶和华知道人的意念是虚妄的。【Psa 94:11】The Lord knows all human plans;he knows that they are futile.

虚妄，就是虚假，虚空，不是真的。想想，每一天，我们的心思意念里面，多少从自己来的判断，想法，计划，自以为是好的，对的，绝妙的…Futility means falsehood, emptiness, and something that is not real. Think about it: every day, how many of the judgements, ideas, plans, and thoughts within us come from ourselves, which we assume are good, right, and brilliant?到后来发现都是论断，猜测，想象，凭感觉、瞎子摸象、井底之蛙，实在愚昧…Yet later, we realise that they were simply judgements, guesses, imaginations, feelings, and blind speculation—like blind men trying to describe an elephant or a frog at the bottom of a well. How foolish we truly are!都因着自己受的伤害，私欲、骄傲和偏见，没有神的公平公义，怜悯和良善…All of this comes from our wounds, selfish desires, pride, and prejudice, without God’s justice and righteousness, mercy and goodness.

主啊，我旧人是卖给罪的，是撒旦的俘虏，虽然说信了主，但常常不知不觉地又凭自己的眼见、耳闻，信了自己的感受和判断，就常常被仇敌欺骗，成了愚昧人。Lord, my old self was sold under sin and was a captive of Satan. Although I profess to believe in the Lord, I often unknowingly rely again on what I see and hear, trusting my own feelings and judgements. As a result, I am often deceived by the enemy and become foolish.生意投资失败、工作、家庭人际关系破裂，活在黑暗中，人生一团糟。Business and investment failures, broken relationships at work, within the family, and with others—all these leave me living in darkness, with my life in a complete mess.

主啊，祢知道，我们曾活在虚妄中，但祢并没有定我们的罪，抛弃我们，反来拯救我们，把祢自己，真理赐给我们，还赐真理的圣灵住在我们里面，Lord, You know that we once lived in futility, yet You did not condemn us or abandon us. Instead, You came to save us, gave Yourself and the truth to us, and gave us the Spirit of truth to live within us.让我们凡事不再信自己，而是否定自己，求告祢，听祢的判断，让祢带领。You enable us no longer to trust ourselves in everything, but to deny ourselves, call upon You, listen to Your judgement, and allow You to lead us.

主，感谢祢的十字架，让我这虚妄的的旧人，与祢同钉十字架。从此可以脱离虚妄，随从真理。Lord, thank You for the cross, through which my futile old self was crucified with You. From now on, I can be set free from futility and follow the truth.脱离旧人的愚昧和咒诅，进入祢的智慧和祝福。I can be delivered from the foolishness and curse of the old self and enter into Your wisdom and blessing.

（陈弟兄 Raymond Chan）