【诗119:96】我看万事尽都有限，惟有你的命令极其宽广。【Psa119:96】To all perfection I see a limit, but Your commands are boundless.

诗篇119篇是一篇以神的话为中心的诗篇。诗人在默想神的话、经历人生万事时，看见一个重要的事实：“万事尽都有限”。人的能力、知识、财富、环境和帮助都有界限，甚至我们以为能够掌控的事，也都有尽头。Psalm 119 is a psalm centered on the Word of God. As the psalmist reflects on God’s Word and experiences the realities of life, he sees an important truth: “all things have limits.” Human ability, knowledge, wealth, circumstances, and help all have boundaries, and even the things we think we can control eventually come to an end.

我们却常把有限的事物当作依靠。顺利时倚靠自己的能力，遇到困难又被眼前的问题困住，以为环境就是全部，以为今天的处境就是未来的结局。Yet we so often treat limited things as our source of security. When things are going well, we rely on our own ability; when difficulties come, we become trapped by the problems in front of us, thinking that our circumstances are everything and that today’s situation determines our future. 我们用有限的眼光衡量无限的神，越看环境，心就越小；越看自己，就越焦虑、惧怕，甚至怀疑神为何不照我们的意思行事。We use our limited perspective to measure the infinite God. The more we focus on our circumstances, the smaller our hearts become; the more we focus on ourselves, the more anxious and fearful we become, even wondering why God does not act according to our will.

诗人却说：“惟有你的命令极其宽广。”神的话之所以宽广，是因为祂的真理远远超过我们的处境、经验和所能测度的范围。But the psalmist says: “Your commands are boundless.” God’s Word is boundless because His truth reaches far beyond our circumstances, experiences, and anything we can fully understand. 当我们看见万事有限时，神借着祂的话让我们认识这位无限、信实、智慧、永恒、掌权的神。因此，我们不再让有限的眼见定义祂，而是在祂里面重新认识现实、自己和未来。When we recognize that all things are limited, God uses His Word to reveal to us the One who is infinite, faithful, wise, eternal, and sovereign. So we no longer allow our limited sight to define Him, but in Him we begin to see our circumstances, ourselves, and the future in a new way.

然而，我们常用自己的眼光、经验和判断来定义什么是可能、什么是不可能，甚至要求神照着我们的认知行事。Yet we often use our own perspective, experience, and judgement to decide what is possible and what is impossible, even expecting God to act according to our understanding. 真正的信心，不是要求神照我们的意思改变环境，而是在环境尚未改变时，仍相信祂；不是因为看见出路才顺服，而是因为知道祂可信，即使看不见，也仍然跟随。True faith is not asking God to change our circumstances according to our will, but continuing to trust Him even when our circumstances have not yet changed; it is not obeying only after we can see a way forward, but continuing to follow Him even when we cannot see, because we know that He is trustworthy.

在基督里，我们更看见神的道路远超过人的眼光：人以为十字架是失败，神却借着十字架成就救赎；人以为死亡是终点，神却借着复活打开永生。因此，我们所看见的，并不是神工作的全部；眼前的尽头，也不一定是神工作的尽头。In Christ, we see even more clearly that God’s ways are far beyond human understanding: people thought the cross was failure, but through the cross God accomplished redemption; people thought death was the end, but through the resurrection God opened the way to eternal life. Therefore, what we can see is not the whole of God’s work; what looks like the end in front of us is not necessarily the end of what God is doing.

祷告 | Prayer

天父，求祢赦免我因害怕、忧虑未来，就不断试图掌控结果，以至于忘记祢是无限、信实、不改变的神。Heavenly Father, please forgive me for continually trying to control the outcome because I am afraid and anxious about the future, and for forgetting that You are the infinite, faithful, and unchanging God.

求祢使我在有限的人生中，不再紧抓有限的事物，而是紧紧抓住祢和祢的话。当环境叫我失望时，让我仍相信祢；当看不见出路时，让我仍然顺服祢。Please help me, in this limited life, no longer to hold tightly to limited things, but to hold firmly to You and Your Word. When my circumstances disappoint me, help me still to trust You; when I cannot see a way forward, help me still to obey You.

让我记得：万事都有尽头，惟有祢的话极其宽广。愿祢借着祢的话向我启示祢自己、祢的旨意和祢的作为，坚固我的信心，使我在变化的世界中，仍站立在不改变的真理上。Let me remember: all things come to an end, but Your Word is boundless. May You reveal Yourself, Your will, and Your works to me through Your Word, strengthen my faith, and help me stand firmly on unchanging truth in a changing world.

奉主耶稣基督的名祷告，阿们。In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

（Sister Coral）