不要回頭望/Don't Look Back
人的一生不會只有一種際遇，也不會只有一種情緒，
箇中的甜酸苦辣，冷暖自知，然而，這都是一個經過，
都是暫時的，這一切都會成為過去。
若是因為眷戀過去，或是深䧟情緒而裹足不前，那麼我們要儆醒思考，
千萬不要因為體貼肉體的私慾，而冷淡了與神的親密關係。
暫時與永恆相比，願意我們選擇將關注放在何為神純全可喜悦的旨意上，
喜樂迎向人生新際遇，定睛在有永恆意義的事情上，
迎接神所賜我們的豐盛人生。
千萬不要像羅得的妻子那樣，不定睛在神拯救的路上，
反而回頭望那被毀滅的所多瑪而成了鹽柱。
也不要像已經出了埃及的以色列人，眷戀過去在埃及為奴的日子，
在自由的曠野怨聲載道，因而進不了神要賜給他們的流奶與蜜之迦南地。
“不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變化，
叫你們察驗何為神的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。”
羅馬書 12:2
“因為，隨從肉體的人體貼肉體的事；隨從聖靈的人體貼聖靈的事。
體貼肉體的，就是死；體貼聖靈的，乃是生命、平安。
原來體貼肉體的，就是與神為仇；因為不服神的律法，也是不能服，
而且屬肉體的人不能得神的喜歡。
如果神的靈住在你們心裏，你們就不屬肉體，乃屬聖靈了。
人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。”
羅馬書 8:5-9
A person's life journey will not only have one encounter,
nor will there be only one emotion; whether it’s bitter or sweet,
whether it is happy or sorrowful, whether it is hot or cold, only we can tell.
We pass through each encounter, each one is temporary,
and all of them will become a part of the past.
If we are hindered from moving forward because of nostalgia for the past,
or are immersed too deeply in our emotions,
then we must come to recognize it.
We must not let it affect our intimacy with God.
We must not set our mind on the flesh. Our time is short compared with eternity. We need to be willing to choose to set our mind on
God's perfect and pleasing will.
Let us rejoice in welcoming a new chapter in life.
Let us focus on the things with eternal significance,
and let’s welcome the abundant life that God has in store for us.
Let’s not be like Lot’s wife, not focusing on God’s deliverance, but looking back.
She looked back at the destroyed Sodom, and then she became a pillar of salt.
Let us not be like the Israelites who have exited Egypt;
they longed for the days of slavery in Egypt,
complained about the freedom God had given them in the desert,
and therefore they were unable to enter the promised land of milk and honey,
the land of Canaan, which God had in store for them.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern
what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Romans 12:2 ESV
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things
of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on
the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death,
but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God,
for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Romans 8:5-8 ESV
詩歌欣賞🎼：Christ Is Enough/基督是我滿足
English：https://youtu.be/gjCHbYFmKtg
中文版：https://youtu.be/IuiHZYYdrPw
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