“求你叫我转眼不看虚假,又叫我在你的道中生活。”这段经文是让己心顺服神话语的祷告。“Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.” These verses are a beautiful prayer of surrender.诗人深知,我们的心和眼睛总会在不自觉中投向某种事物。如果它们没有时刻转向神,就极易被那些看似能带来满足、实际却被无法赋予生命的事物所吸引。The psalmist knows that our hearts and eyes naturally turn toward something. If they are not continually turned toward God, they can easily be drawn toward things that promise satisfaction but cannot give life.
“求你使我的心趋向你的法度”,这绝不仅是求神帮助我们遵守诫命。更是求神改变我们心中的渴望,“主啊,求你使我以你的心为心。”“Turn my heart toward Your statutes” is more than asking God to help us obey rules. It is asking Him to change our desires—“Lord, make me want what You want.”非义之财不仅仅指金钱。它还包括对得人的认可、成功、舒适人生、掌控、地位的渴望,或是只想按自己的意思行事。Selfish gain is not only about money. It can be wanting recognition, success, comfort, control, position, or simply getting our own way.但神的话语能够引导我们的心,使我们不再为自己而活,而是为祂而活。But God’s Word redirects our hearts from living for ourselves to living for Him.
接着,诗人祷告说:“求你使我转眼不看虚假。”Then the psalmist prays, “Turn my eyes away from worthless things.”我们眼睛所专注注视的,终将夺得我们的心。What our eyes continually look at can eventually capture our hearts.有些事物本身并非是罪,但当它们占据我们的注意力、滋养我们的私欲,或使我们偏离神的旨意时,它们就是无益的。Some things may not even be sinful in themselves, but they become “worthless” when they consume our attention, feed wrong desires, or distract us from God’s purposes.
这就是为什么这两个祷告紧密相连:求神将我的心转向有价值的事物;求神使我的眼转离毫无价值的事物。That is why these two prayers belong together: Turn my heart toward what is valuable; turn my eyes away from what is worthless.随之而来的是那美好的应许:“又叫我在你的道中生活。”And then comes the beautiful promise: “Preserve my life according to Your word.”这个世界提供了许多看似能带来生命丰盛的东西,但真正的生命丰盛唯有在与神同行中才能找到。The world offers many things that appear to give us life, but true life is found in walking with God.当神的话语成了我们的渴望、专注点与选择时,我们的生命就开始与永恒的价值对齐。When His Word shapes our desires, our attention, and our choices, our lives are aligned with what has eternal value.
主啊,求你使我的心转向你和你的话语。揭露每一个与你的旨意相对抗的自私的欲望。Lord, turn my heart toward You and Your Word. Expose every selfish desire that competes with Your will.求你使我的眼睛转离那些分散我注意力、使我偏离你旨意的无益之事。Turn my eyes away from worthless things that distract me from Your purpose.圣灵啊,求你不仅改变我的行为,更改变我的渴望。Holy Spirit, change not only what I do, but what I desire.教导我先求你的国和你的义,将我的一生倾注在具有永恒价值的事物上。Teach me to seek first Your Kingdom and righteousness, and to spend my life on what has eternal value.求你引导我在你的道活着,使我所行的一切都能荣耀你的名。Preserve my life according to Your Word, that everything I do may bring glory to You.阿们。 Amen.
(Pastor Jane)