7月13日
标 题：依著神的意思忧愁
经 节：因为依著神的意思忧愁，就生出没有后悔的懊悔来，以致得救；但世俗的忧愁是叫人死。（哥林多后书七章10节）
属世的忧愁与属神的忧愁有所不同，虽然两者都涉及内心深处的情感。你可能为自己所做的事很忧愁，也可能因为自己的失败及得罪神与人而忧心如焚。犹大也有同样的忧愁。他为三十块银子，一个奴隶的公定价码，出卖神的儿子。然而，他并没有因为自己的忧愁而悔改，找其他门徒和解。他反而因为心里极端地痛苦，跑出去吊死（马太福音廿七：3～5）。犹大带着他的忧愁进了坟墓。
彼得的忧愁是多么的大不相同！彼得也是在耶稣被处极刑时背弃主。彼得也跑到外面哀哭（路加福音廿二：62）。然而，彼得回到耶稣的身边，向耶稣再次肯定自己的爱（约翰福音廿一：15～17）。彼得不仅是懊悔，他也悔改。彼得的生命改变了。再也没有记录显示彼得又否认主，即使在他被执刑，面对死亡威胁时，也没有背离主。彼得悔改，并且生命改变了，不再犯那样的罪。
不要让自己的懊悔夺取你真诚悔改的机会。你可以自责，为自己所犯的罪行愤怒，但是这不是悔改。允许圣灵光照你罪的严重性，求圣灵清楚让你明白神对你的性格有何看法。当你以神的角度看自己的罪，你会体验到属神的忧愁。
Godly Sorrow
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to
salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. (2
Corinthians 7:10)
There is a difference between worldly sorrow and
godly sorrow, though both are deeply felt. You can feel genuine sorrow over
something you have done. Your mind can become consumed with your failure and
offense against God and others. Judas felt this kind of sorrow. He betrayed the
Son of God for thirty pieces of silver, the standard price of a slave. Yet his
sorrow did not lead him to repent and to seek restoration with his fellow
disciples, but rather to a lonely field where, in his anguish, he took his own
life (Matt. 27:3–5). Judas carried his sorrow to his grave.
How different Peter’s sorrow was! Peter, too,
failed Jesus on the night of His crucifixion. Peter also went out and wept
bitterly (Luke 22:62). Yet Peter returned to Jesus and reaffirmed his love for
Him (John 21:15–17). Peter was not only remorseful, he was also repentant.
Peter’s life changed. There is no record of Peter ever denying his Lord again,
even when he was persecuted and threatened with death. Peter repented, turned
his life around, and never committed that sin again.
Don’t allow mere unhappiness over what you have
done to rob you of genuine repentance. You can blame yourself and be angry with
yourself for the sins you have committed, but that is not repentance. Allow the
Holy Spirit to reveal to you the gravity of your sins. Ask the Spirit to
clearly show you how God views your character. When you see your sin from God’s
perspective, you will experience godly sorrow.
