Worrier vs. Warrior 憂慮人 vs. 天國人

馬太福音6:25-34 25 「所以我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，喝甚麼；為身體憂慮穿甚麼。生命不勝於飲食嗎？身體不勝於衣裳嗎？ 26 你們看那天上的飛鳥，也不種，也不收，也不積蓄在倉裏，你們的天父尚且養活牠。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多嗎？ 27 你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢（或譯：使身量多加一肘呢）？ 25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

28 何必為衣裳憂慮呢？你想野地裏的百合花怎麼長起來；它也不勞苦，也不紡線。 29 然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的，還不如這花一朵呢！ 30 你們這小信的人哪！野地裏的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐裏，神還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢！ 28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

31 所以，不要憂慮說，吃甚麼？喝甚麼？穿甚麼？ 32 這都是外邦人所求的，你們需用的這一切東西，你們的天父是知道的。33 你們要先求他的國和他的義，這些東西都要加給你們了。34 所以，不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮；一天的難處一天當就夠了。 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

6:25-34這段話是對誰說的？ 馬太Ch.5-7 是一個大段落，通常被稱為『登山寶訓』(Sermon on the Mount) 馬太5:1-2 「耶穌看見這許多的人，就上了山，既已坐下，門徒到他跟前來，他就開口教訓他們，說…」 1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

所以這段話是特別對『門徒』說的，不是對一般人說的。

耶穌說這段話的目的是什麼呢？ 是要調整門徒的價值觀，訓練他們成為天國的精兵(天國人) 當然也是對今天的我們說的

這裡的憂慮是指什麼？ 生活上的基本需要 生活必需品 生活瑣事

1. 憂慮對事情沒有幫助 6:27「你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢（或譯：使身量多加一肘呢）？」 6:27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? (Or single cubit to your height)

題目 如果有一個按鈕，你按下後有一半的機率(50%)會長高10公分，但有一半的機率(50%)會變矮5公分，你會按下去嗎？

『憂慮像一把搖椅，它可以使你有事情做，但卻不能使你進前一步』-Friedrich Schiller席勒 92% 的煩惱沒有必要 不要為明天憂慮，因為很多憂慮不會成為現實。-John Stott斯托德

2. 憂慮使我們忘記神的信實和全能 25所以我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，喝甚麼；為身體憂慮穿甚麼… 26 你們看那天上的飛鳥，也不種，也不收，也不積蓄在倉裏，你們的天父尚且養活牠。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多嗎？ 25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear... 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

28 何必為衣裳憂慮呢？你想野地裏的百合花怎麼長起來；它也不勞苦，也不紡線。 29 然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的，還不如這花一朵呢！ 28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

憂慮 Anxious 焦急 Distracted 被分散注意力

烏鴉 Ravens (Luke 12:24) 不潔淨的鳥類 是被憎惡的 (Leviticus 11:13-19) 討厭的

所羅門王 King Solomon 士巴女王 (The Queen of Sheba) 詫異得神不守舍 (1 Kings 10:4-5) 就驚奇的不知所措 (新譯本) there was no more breath in her (ESV)

3. 掛慮主的事使我們滿足 哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 7:32：為主的事『掛慮』 腓立比書 Philippians 2:20：『掛念』(concerned) 信徒的事

6:33a「你們要先求祂的國和祂的義」 盼望神的國和神的公義能夠在這地上更多的彰顯出來 「基督徒應積極發展他們的恩賜，擴展他們的機會，延展他們的影響力，在他們的工作上努力上進…藉著他們所做的每一件事去榮耀神。 」 - John Stott

v.33「你們要先求祂的國和祂的義，這些東西都要加給你們了」 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。(Proverbs 10:22) The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. 我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過『義人』被棄，也未見過他的後裔討飯。(Psalm 37:25) I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

v.34「所以，不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮；一天的難處一天當就夠了。」 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

耶利米哀歌 Lamentations 3:22-23 耶和華的慈愛永不斷絕，祂的憐憫永不止息。每天早晨都是新的，你的信實多麼廣大。(新譯本) 22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (NRSV)

我知誰掌管明天 I Know Who Holds Tomorrow 我不知明日將如何，每時刻安然渡過 我不求明天的陽光，因明天或轉陰暗 我不為將來而憂慮，因我知主所應許 今天我必與主同行，祂深知前途光景 許多事明天將臨到，許多事難以明瞭 但我知主掌管明天，祂必要領我向前