放下你的负担

读者: 2118    发布时间: 2007

原文: casting your cares

Casting Your Cares


"As you've no doubt discovered, becoming a Christian does not make your problems go away. But it does give you an Advocate to whom you can take every concern. The Christians Peter addressed were facing persecution. They did not know whom they could trust; a friend, a neighbor, or even a family member could betray them, resulting in suffering and even death. But Peter had walked with the risen Christ, and he had personally experienced the love that Jesus had for His followers. He knew that Christ was in control, capable of handling every trial and that He wanted to do so as an expression of His love.

Casting our cares is a choice. It means consciously handing over our anxiety to Christ and allowing Him to carry the weight of our problems. At times this is the most difficult part of trusting God! We don't like turning over the responsibility for our problems. We have been taught that self-reliance is good and praiseworthy. We may even enjoy worrying. Yet if we are to be freed from the burden of our concerns, we must choose to cast them into the strong hands of our Father.

Peter does not distinguish between little cares and big cares. God does not differentiate between problems we should handle on our own and God-sized needs. He asks us to turn them all over to Him. One of our greatest errors is to assume we can deal with something ourselves, only to discover that we really can't.

God sees you as His frail child, burdened with a load that surpasses your strength. He stands prepared to take your load and to carry it for you. Will you let Him?"

 

译文: 放下你的负担

你肯定已经认识到,作基督徒并不能消灭问题。但是做了基督徒,我们可以把所有的问题都交给一位代理。彼得在这里记述的基督徒面对迫害。他们不知道相信谁,朋友,邻居,或家里人都可能被判他们,落个受伤,甚至死亡。但彼得与复活的基督同行,彼得已经亲身体验了耶稣给门徒的爱。彼得知道基督掌管一切,可以应对每个考验,耶稣这么做,就是爱的表达。

交托我们的忧虑是自己的选择。这意味着从心里愿意把忧愁转给基督,让他承担我们的问题重担。有时候这才是最难信靠上帝的地方!我们不喜欢我问题解决的权利交出去。我们得到的教导是,靠自己才对,才值得赞扬。我们可能乐于忧虑。要想从忧虑中解脱出来,我们必须把它们交托到上帝强大的手中。

彼得对大小问题不作区分。对我们自己要解决的问题和只要上帝才能解决的问题上帝这里也不作区分。他让我们全部交托。我们最大误区之一是相信其中有些问题我们自己有能力解决,结果发现,我们根本不能。

上帝把我们看成弱小的孩童,我们背负着无法承担的重担。他在一旁,准备接过我们的重担,给我们背着。你愿意吗?