Happiness is doing the right thing.

遵行主言，喜乐涌流。

Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days . . . . Turn from evil and do good. Psalm 34:12,14

有何人喜好存活，爱慕长寿，……要离恶行善。-诗篇34篇12、14节

Often we hear that happiness comes from doing things our own way. That, however, is not true. That philosophy leads only to emptiness, anxiety, and heartache.

我们常听人说，快乐就是随心所欲。然而，事实却并非如此，这样的人生观只会带来空虚愁烦和心碎。

Poet W. H. Auden observed people as they attempted to find an escape in pleasures. He wrote of such people: “Lost in a haunted wood, / Children afraid of the night / Who have never been happy or good.”

诗人奥登（W. H. Auden）观察那些试图以寻欢作乐逃避现实的人，他描述这些人“迷失在阴森的树林，如惧怕黑夜的孩子，从未得到快乐也无良善”。

The psalmist David sings of the remedy for our fears and unhappiness. “I sought the , and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4). Happiness is doing things God’s way, a fact that can be verified every day. “Those who look to him are radiant,” writes David (v. 5). Just try it and you’ll see. That’s what he means when he says, “Taste and see that the  is good” (v. 8).

诗人大卫却唱出了医治恐惧和不快乐的良方：“我曾寻求耶和华，祂就应允我，救我脱离了一切的恐惧”（诗篇34篇4节）。真正的喜乐是照着上帝的心意而行，这是我们每天都可以验证的真理。大卫写道：“凡仰望祂的，便有光荣”（5节）。只要你愿意亲身体验，自然就会明白，就像大卫说：“你们要尝尝主恩的滋味，便知道祂是美善。”（8节）

We say, “Seeing is believing.” That’s how we know things in this world. Show me proof and I’ll believe it. God puts it the other way around. Believing is seeing. “Taste and then you will see.”

人们常说：“眼见为凭。”这是我们理解世事的法则，只要能证明给我看，我就相信。但上帝却反其道而行，祂告诉我们先相信才能看见，要先“尝尝……便知道”。

Take the Lord at His word. Do the very next thing He is asking you to do and you will see. He will give you grace to do the right thing and more: He will give you Himself—the only source of goodness—and with it, enduring happiness.

我们要相信上帝的话。听见祂的吩咐就立刻遵行，你将体验祂的话是何等真实。祂将赐你恩典去做合祂心意的事，不仅如此，祂更将祂自己白白地赐给我们，有了祂这美善的源头，我们就有恒久的喜乐。

Lord, sometimes we must simply pray: “I believe. Help my unbelief.” Help us trust You by doing what You have given us to do today.

主啊，有时我们需要祷告说：“我信，但我信不足，求主帮助！”求祢帮助我们，藉由去做祢所吩咐的事，更加信靠祢。

Psalm 34:1-14    NIV

34  I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. 2 I will glory in the Lord;let the afflicted hear and rejoice. 3 Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;he delivered me from all my fears. 5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. 6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,and he delivers them. 8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 9 Fear the Lord, you his holy people,for those who fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 11 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. 14 Turn from evil and do good;seek peace and pursue it.

诗篇 34:1-14

34 我要时时称颂耶和华，赞美他的话必常在我口中。 2 我的心必因耶和华夸耀，谦卑人听见，就要喜乐。 3 你们和我当称耶和华为大，一同高举他的名。 4 我曾寻求耶和华，他就应允我，救我脱离了一切的恐惧。 5 凡仰望他的便有光荣，他们的脸必不蒙羞。 6 我这困苦人呼求，耶和华便垂听，救我脱离一切患难。 7 耶和华的使者在敬畏他的人四围安营，搭救他们。 8 你们要尝尝主恩的滋味，便知道他是美善。投靠他的人有福了！ 9 耶和华的圣民哪，你们当敬畏他，因敬畏他的一无所缺。 10 少壮狮子还缺食忍饿，但寻求耶和华的，什么好处都不缺。 11 众弟子啊，你们当来听我的话，我要将敬畏耶和华的道教训你们。 12 有何人喜好存活，爱慕长寿，得享美福， 13 就要禁止舌头不出恶言，嘴唇不说诡诈的话。 14 要离恶行善，寻求和睦，一心追赶。

INSIGHT

灵粮透视

In Psalm 34:14, David calls us to “turn from evil and do good.” What is good? Micah 6:8 says God has shown us what is good: “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Yet in another psalm, David says, “There is no one who does good” (14:1–3)! So how is good possible? David provides a clue in still another psalm, “Trust in the  and do good” (37:3). Doing good is tied to trust in God. In the New Testament we see over and over again that doing good is dependent on a relationship with God through Jesus. Jesus equips us to do good and then produces good in us through the Spirit (Hebrews 13:20–21; Galatians 5:16–25).

在诗篇34篇14节，大卫呼吁我们要“离恶行善”。什么是善呢？弥迦书6章8节说，上帝已经向我们显明何为善，那就是“行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心，与你的上帝同行”。但在另一首诗篇中，大卫说：“没有一个人行善。……连一个也没有！”（14篇1-3节）那么，人怎么可能行善呢？大卫在另一首诗篇中提供了一条线索：“你当倚靠耶和华而行善”（37篇3节）。行善与信靠上帝密切相关，我们在新约中一次又一次看到，行善的能力是在于倚靠藉着耶稣与上帝所建立的关系。耶稣装备我们去行善，并藉着圣灵在我们里面生出美善（希伯来书13章20-21节；加拉太书5章16-25节）。

What good is God calling you to do in His strength?

上帝正呼召你倚靠祂的能力，行什么样的善事呢？

整理：于姊妹