4月7日
标 题： 借着默想改变
经 节： 惟喜爱耶和华的律法，昼夜思想，这人便为有福！（诗篇一篇2节）
默想是“不断地深入思考某一件事”。对基督徒而言，默想代表持续地在神面前思索祂向我们启示的真理，直到这真理成为生命中真实的个人经验。这是需要花时间的。在山上，耶稣曾训诫一些自称是信徒的人，他们口中称呼祂：“主啊，主啊”，却不遵循祂的话（路加福音六：46）。他们头脑空有正确的真理，却没有化知识为顺服的行动。当你默想经文，真理会从你的头脑流入你的心里，然后生成了顺服。正如同诗人所说：“我将你的话藏在心里，免得我得罪你。”（诗篇一一九：11）
当你脑中知道神的话，却不把那些话放在你的心里，你只是学会一些关于神的原则、观念与神学教义，你根本尚未亲身认识耶稣。你能够拒绝一条神学教义、漠视一个观念，或是对一个原则有异议，然而，对一个人漠不关心则更困难得多。你可以有满脑子的经文，却仍做出得罪神的事。有些人可以背诵长篇的经文，却仍然过著不圣洁的生活。你无论如何绝对不可能让经文充满你的心，却又继续得罪神。当神的真理触及你灵魂的深处，圣灵会改变你，使你有耶稣基督的形像。不要只是读圣经，要默想神的话，求祂改变你的心。
Changed through Meditation
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates
day and night. (Psalms 1:2)
Meditation means “to think deeply and continuously about something.” For
a Christian, this means remaining in the presence of God and pondering each truth
He reveals about Himself until it becomes real and personal in your life. This
takes time. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus accused certain would-be
followers of calling Him “Lord” and yet never doing what He told them (Luke
6:46). They had the correct truth in their heads, but it had never translated
into obedience. When you meditate on Scriptures, the truth moves from your head
to your heart and results in obedience. As the Psalmist said: “Your word have I
hidden in my heart, / That I might not sin against You” (Ps. 119:11).
When you know God’s Word in your mind but not in your heart, it means
that you have learned the principles and concepts and doctrines of God, but you
have not come to know Jesus personally. You can reject a doctrine, or ignore a
concept, or challenge a principle, but it is much more difficult to ignore a
Person. You can have Scripture in your mind and still sin against God. There
are those who can recite long passages of Scripture and yet live ungodly lives.
However, you cannot have Scripture fill your heart and continue to sin against
God. When God’s truth is allowed to touch the deepest corner of your soul, the
Holy Spirit will transform you into the image of Jesus Christ. Don’t just read
your Bible, meditate on God’s Word and ask Him to change your heart.
