【箴言 1:23】你们当因我的责备回转，我要将我的灵浇灌你们，将我的话指示你们。【Proverbs 1:23 NIV】If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.

神看重的不是我们听了多少道、受了多少提醒，而是听见真理之后，是否愿意悔改回转。What God values is not how many sermons we have heard or how many reminders we have received, but whether, after hearing the truth, we are willing to repent and turn back.箴言17:10指出，聪明人听见一句责备，就能深入内心，省察自己；愚昧人即使受到一百下责打，仍然不肯受教。关键不在于听见多少，而在于里面是否有一颗敬畏神、谦卑受教的心。Proverbs 17:10 points out that a discerning person takes a rebuke to heart and examines himself, while a fool may be struck a hundred times and still refuse to learn. The key is not how much we have heard, but whether there is within us a heart that fears God and is humble and willing to be taught.

我们常以为自己明白真理，也知道对错，但真正的考验，是当神的话触碰到我们不愿放下的地方时，如何回应。当神借着人责备我们，我们的第一反应往往是委屈、愤怒、辩解，甚至把问题归咎于别人。We often think that we understand the truth and know what is right and wrong, but the real test is how we respond when God’s Word touches the areas we are unwilling to surrender. When God rebukes us through another person, our first reaction is often to feel wronged, become angry, defend ourselves, or even blame others.这与亚当夏娃犯罪后，被神追问时彼此推诿，又有什么区别？我们不缺少听道的机会，缺少的是一颗愿意被神对付的心。真正的悔改，不是要求神先改变别人，而是让神先改变自己。How is this any different from Adam and Eve passing the blame to one another when God questioned them after they sinned? We do not lack opportunities to hear sermons; what we lack is a heart that is willing to let God deal with us. True repentance is not asking God to change others first, but allowing God to change us first.

我们最大的属灵危机，不是没有人指出错误，而是错误被指出后，仍不肯谦卑来到神面前，求圣灵光照，反而顺从自己的情绪，寻找理由抗拒真理。Our greatest spiritual crisis is not that no one points out our faults, but that even after our faults are pointed out, we still refuse to come humbly before God and ask the Holy Spirit to shine His light on us. Instead, we follow our emotions and look for reasons to resist the truth.神的责备是光，能显明我们里面隐藏的黑暗。若不凭信心领受光照，就会继续被自义、自我保护和感受辖制，在罪中打转，生命无法成长。God’s rebuke is light; it exposes the darkness hidden within us. If we do not receive His light by faith, we will continue to be controlled by self-righteousness, self-protection, and our feelings, going round and round in sin, unable to grow in life.

主耶稣为我们钉十字架，复活后赐下圣灵住在我们里面。圣灵天天光照、责备我们，为要使我们离开罪，活出合神心意的生命。当被责备时，正是我们回应圣灵、回转归向神的时刻。The Lord Jesus was crucified for us, and after His resurrection He gave us the Holy Spirit to dwell within us. Every day the Holy Spirit shines His light on us and rebukes us so that we may turn away from sin and live lives that are pleasing to God. When we are rebuked, that is the very moment for us to respond to the Holy Spirit and turn back to God.不管头脑是否完全明白，感受有多难受，只要愿意放下面子、自尊和自我辩解，先向神降服，祂就赐下恩典，浇灌我们，使我们重新得着平安，并开启祂的话，指示我们当行的路。No matter whether our minds fully understand or how painful our feelings may be, as long as we are willing to lay down our pride, self-respect, and self-defence, and first submit to God, He will give us grace, pour out His Spirit upon us, restore our peace, open up His Word to us, and show us the way we should walk.

祷告丨Prayer

主啊，求祢赐我一颗柔软受教的心，不让我成为听了许多道，却始终不肯改变的人。求圣灵光照我里面隐藏的骄傲、自义、固执和自我保护，使我不再为自己辩解，而是谦卑下来，领受祢的责备。Lord, please give me a soft and teachable heart. Do not let me become someone who has heard many sermons but still refuses to change. Holy Spirit, please shine Your light on the hidden pride, self-righteousness, stubbornness, and self-protection within me, so that I will no longer defend myself, but humble myself and receive Your rebuke.

主啊，当祢的话触碰我时，求祢帮助我不逃避、不抗拒，立刻回转归向祢。Lord, when Your Word touches me, please help me not to avoid it or resist it, but to turn back to You immediately.使我不只是听见，更愿意顺服；不只是明白，更真实地活出来。愿祢在我生命中作王，使我天天活在悔改、更新和顺服之中，让圣灵不断浇灌我，开启祢的话语，使我的生命不断成熟长大。Help me not only to hear, but also to obey; not only to understand, but truly to live it out. May You reign in my life, so that I may live each day in repentance, renewal, and obedience. May the Holy Spirit continually pour Himself upon me, open Your Word to me, and cause my life to keep growing towards maturity.

奉主耶稣基督的圣名祷告，阿们。In the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

（Pastor Guo and the Daily Devotional Team）