唯有上帝爱的怀抱与完美的旨意，能让我们得享安歇。

Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

你们要休息，要知道我是上帝！-诗篇46篇10节

My friend and I sat in the sand, near the ever-rhythmic ocean. As the sun sank in the distance, wave after wave curled, paused and then rippled toward our extended toes, stopping just short each time. “I love the ocean,” she smiled. “It moves so I don’t have to.”

我和朋友坐在沙滩上，享受岸边的海水轻抚双脚。远方夕阳西下，一波波的浪花淹过我们舒张开的脚趾头，停留片刻又随即退去。朋友微笑地说：“我爱大海，它会动，所以我不用动。”

What a thought! So many of us struggle to stop. We do, do, do and go, go, go, somehow afraid that if we cease our efforts we will cease to be. Or that by stopping we will expose ourselves to the ever-present realities we work to keep at bay.

多棒的想法！我们许多人都很难停下来，每日汲汲营营、不断冲刺，终日劳碌奔波，深恐一旦停止努力，我们就会失去生命的意义，或是害怕一旦停下来，就会落入自己努力避开的困境中。

In Psalm 46:8–9, God flexes His omnipotent muscles, putting His power on display. “Come and see what the  has done . . . . He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.” God is a busy God, who works to create calm within the chaos of our days.

诗篇46篇8-9节描述上帝施展了祂的大能：“你们来看耶和华的作为，……祂止息刀兵，直到地极；祂折弓、断枪，把战车焚烧在火中。”我们的上帝正忙着在我们生活的混乱中，为我们创造平静。

And then in verse 10 we read, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

接着，我们在第10节读到：“你们要休息，要知道我是上帝！”

Of course it’s possible to know God while running here and there. But the psalmist’s invitation to cease striving beckons us into a different kind of knowing. A knowing that we can stop—and still be—because God never stops. A knowing that it is God’s power that gives us ultimate value, protection, and peace.

当然，我们在东奔西跑、忙忙碌碌的生活中仍然可以认识上帝，但诗人邀请我们停止忙乱，从而对上帝有更深一层的认识。认识到即使我们停歇和休息，生命仍然有意义，因为上帝从未停止祂的工作。认识到上帝的大能可以赐给我们正确的价值观，得着保守和平安。

亲爱的上帝，求祢帮助我们在祢里面得享完全的安歇。

Psalm 46  NIV

46 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. 7 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. 8 Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. 10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 11 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

诗篇 46 

46 神是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们在患难中随时的帮助。2 所以地虽改变，山虽摇动到海心，3 其中的水虽砰訇翻腾，山虽因海涨而战抖，我们也不害怕。4 有一道河，这河的分汊使神的城欢喜，这城就是至高者居住的圣所。5 神在其中，城必不动摇，到天一亮，神必帮助这城。6 外邦喧嚷，列国动摇，神发声，地便熔化。7 万军之耶和华与我们同在，雅各的神是我们的避难所。8 你们来看耶和华的作为，看他使地怎样荒凉。9 他止息刀兵，直到地极；他折弓断枪，把战车焚烧在火中。10 你们要休息，要知道我是神！我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。11 万军之耶和华与我们同在，雅各的神是我们的避难所。

INSIGHT

灵粮透视

Psalm 46 has been a source of encouragement to many over the years—including reformer Martin Luther. In fact, he based the classic hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” on this psalm. During times of struggle “when terribly discouraged, he would turn to his co-worker, Philipp Melanchthon, and say, ‘Come, Philipp, let us sing the forty-sixth Psalm’” (Ligonier Ministries, Luther and the Psalms: His Solace and Strength).

多年来，诗篇46篇让许多人得着鼓励，其中包括宗教改革者马丁路德，而且他还根据这篇诗谱写了《坚固保障》这首诗歌。在激烈斗争时期，马丁路德在灰心气馁之际，就会对同工菲利普．梅兰希顿（Philipp Melanchthon）说：“来吧，菲利普，我们一起来唱诗篇46篇！”

This mighty fortress describes the God of strength who is our refuge. And He is also the God who calls us to find our rest in Him. In the New Testament, Jesus personalized that rest when He said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). In the midst of the cares and despairs of life, we can stop, be still, and find refuge in God.

《坚固保障》乃是描述大有能力的上帝，祂是我们的避难所，也是呼召我们在祂里面得享安息的上帝。在新约中，耶稣将安息具体到祂个人身上，祂说：“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息”（马太福音11章28节）。在生活的忧虑和失望中，我们可以停下脚步，静下心来，在上帝里面找到避难所。

整理：于姊妹