追求上帝Pursuing God
[每日靈修] 11/21/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
愛因斯坦曾經被學生問過，「愛因斯坦博士，一英里有多少英尺？」愛因斯坦的回答完全出乎學生意料之外，他說道，「我不知道。」
這位學生確信這位偉大的教授在開玩笑。當然，愛因斯坦會知道每個小學生都必須記住的一個簡單事實。但愛因斯坦並不是在開玩笑。當學生強迫愛因斯坦解釋他的知識中的這個缺口時，他宣稱：「我的規則是，我不會用在五分鐘內、可以在書裏找到的簡單資訊來塞爆我的頭腦。」愛因斯坦對瑣碎的數據不感興趣。他的熱情是探索宇宙的深層事物。他對數學和物理真理的熱情，使他成為現代世界歷史中的關鍵人物。
我們蒙召要有類似的熱情：認識上帝的熱情。對上帝知識的渴望應該驅使我們豪飲聖經的泉源。我們身上充滿了太多邪惡的熱情。我們對一些微不足道事物的胃口，有時可能會讓我們身心交瘁。然而，我們當中很少有人會被對上帝的熱情所吞噬。聖經說，耶穌為祂天父的殿心中焦急，如同火燒。在祂的人性中，耶穌是一個充滿熱情的人。對於祂天父的知識，祂既不會懷著敵意，也不會漠不關心。祂是一個努力追求上帝的人。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
在追求上帝的過程中，你是否有源源不斷的動力？如果沒有，求祂重新點燃你的慾望。
進一步研讀：
詩四二2 我的心渴想神，就是永生神；我幾時得朝見神呢？
詩一四三6 我向你舉手；我的心渴想你，如乾旱之地盼雨一樣。（細拉）
賽五五1 你們一切乾渴的都當就近水來；沒有銀錢的也可以來。你們都來，買了吃；不用銀錢，不用價值，也來買酒和奶。
Pursuing God
Albert
Einstein was once asked by a student, “Dr. Einstein, how many feet are there in
a mile?” To the utter astonishment of the student, Einstein replied, “I don’t
know.”
The
student was sure the great professor was joking. Surely Einstein would know a
simple fact that every schoolchild is required to memorize. But Einstein wasn’t
joking. When the student pressed for an explanation of this gap in Einstein’s
knowledge, he declared, “I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple
information that I can find in a book in five minutes.” Einstein was not
interested in trivial data. His passion was to explore the deep things of the universe.
His passion for mathematical and physical truth made him a pivotal fixture in
modern world history.
We
are called to similar passion, a passion to know God. A thirst for the
knowledge of God should drive us to drink deeply at the fountain of Scripture.
We are equipped with more than enough unholy passions. Our appetite for lesser
things at times threatens to consume us. Yet few of us are in danger of being
consumed by a passion for God. The Scripture says of Jesus that zeal for His
Father’s house consumed Him. In His humanity, Jesus was a man of passion. He
was neither hostile nor indifferent toward the knowledge of His Father. He was
a man driven in His pursuit of God.
Coram
Deo
Are
you driven by an undying passion in your pursuit for God? If not, ask Him to
rekindle your desire.
Passages
for Further Study
Psalm
42:2
Psalm
143:6
Isaiah
55:1