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This Spiritual Waimai is a part of a series entitled Mission Accomplished: the mission of Jesus Christ as told by Matthew and now lived out by you and me.
这篇属灵外卖是“完成的使命”系列文章之一，这个由马太福音所述耶稣基督的使命，现在要由你我活出来。
“If you just show me a sign, then I’ll believe.”
“If you just show me a sign, then I’ll know what to do.”
“只要你向我显现一个神迹，我就信。”
“只要你向我显现一个神迹，我就知道该怎么办。”
I’ve asked for signs before. And I’ve believed that God has sent me signs. Sometimes I interpreted the signs correctly. At other times I interpreted them incorrectly. Signs can be a tricky thing and I’ve learned to not put my faith only in signs. A sign can help point me in the right direction and encourage me, but when it comes to making big decisions or believing in God, merely a sign is not something strong enough to stand on.
我曾向神求过神迹，而且我相信神确实给了我神迹。有时候我正确地解读了神迹，有时候我也错误地解读了它们。神迹有时挺让人迷惑的，我已经学会不把信心仅仅建立在神迹上。神迹可以给我指明正确的方向并鼓励我，但是当面临重大决定，或者是关于信靠神的时候，仅仅依靠一个神迹并不足够。
What is stronger and more dependable than a sign?
什么比神迹更加强大和可靠呢？
When seeking God’s will for our lives, we have five great resources in our hand:
我们可以运用以下五种宝贵的资源来帮助我们寻求神的旨意：
1. Prayer 祷告
2. Scriptures 经文
3. Godly Counsel 属灵顾问
4. Circumstances 环境的指引
5. God’s Peace 神的平安
Prayer
祷告
Ask God directly for His answers to your life questions. When seeking God’s will, your first stop is prayer. If you don’t ask Him for guidance, how can you expect to find His will?
直接向神寻求关乎你生命的答案。寻求神的旨意时，第一步要做的就是祷告。如果你都不向他寻求指引，你怎么能够期待明白他的旨意呢？
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who give generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5 NIV你们中间若有缺少智慧的，该求那厚赐与众人又不斥责人的上帝，上帝必赐给他。
雅各书 1:5
Scriptures
经文
God’s Word gives you incredible guidance for every aspect of your live. The Bible is an amazing book with direction on all of life’s hottest topics such as how to handle conflict, how to face stress, how to serve God and even how to choose a life partner. Have you read your Bible today?
神的话语对于你生活的方方面面，都有不可思议的指引。圣经是很奇妙的一本书，你能在里面找到关于生活中各种热门话题的指引，比如说如何处理冲突，如何面对压力，如何服侍神，甚至如何选择人生伴侣。你今天读了圣经吗？
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105 NIV你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。
诗篇 119:105
Godly Counsel
属灵顾问
Receiving advice from trusted mentors will help you discern God’s will for your life. We all need older, wiser, more mature Christians in our lives to help us find our way. I am so grateful for my Christian parents and Christian mentors. Who are mentors in your life that offer you godly counsel?
接受来自可信赖的导师的忠告会帮助你辨别神在你生命中的旨意。我们都需要年长的，更有智慧的，更加成熟的基督徒来帮助我们找到方向。我很感恩我的基督徒父母和导师。你生命中为你提供属灵顾问的导师是谁呢？
Victory is won through many advisers.
Proverbs 24:6b NIV谋士众多，就必得胜。
箴言 24:6 下
Circumstances
环境的印证
As you seek to follow God’s path for your life, He will open and close doors to guide you. Sometimes finding God’s will isn’t as tricky as it seems – look around, what opportunities are in front of you? What road blocks are you facing?
当你寻求神为你预备的道路时，他会通过开启一些门或者是关上一些门来引导你。有的时候寻求神的旨意也并不像看上去那么迷惑，可以看看你周围的情况，比如有什么机会摆在你面前？你正面临哪些障碍？
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Philippians 1:12-13 NIV弟兄们，我要你们知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更兴旺， 以致御营全军和其余的人都知道我是为基督的缘故受捆锁的；
腓立比书 1:12-13 RCUVSS
God’s Peace
神的平安
When making a decision do you still feel anxious? Or do you feel peace? When you haven’t felt peace about a decision, have you learned to pause and change course?
当你作出一个决定时，你是否仍然觉得焦虑？或者你觉得平安？当你对于作出的那个决定感觉不到平安时，你是否学会暂停或者改变道路？
But the advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:26-27 NIV但保惠师，就是父因我的名所要差来的圣灵，他要把一切的事教导你们，并且要使你们想起我对你们所说的一切话。 我留下平安给你们，我把我的平安赐给你们。我所赐给你们的，不像世人所赐的。你们心里不要忧愁，也不要胆怯。
约翰福音 14:26-27
If you are facing decisions big or small today, are you seeking God’s will? You have 5 wonderful resources in your hand: prayer, scriptures, godly counsel, circumstances and God’s peace. As you use these 5 resources, the Lord may also give you a sign. But a sign alone would be shaky ground to stand on.
当你面临生活中大大小小的决定时，是否有寻求神的旨意？记得你有五项宝贵的资源：祷告，经文，属灵顾问，环境的指引以及神的平安。当你运用这五项资源时，神可能也会给你神迹。但是仅仅依靠神迹就像是站立在不稳的根基上。
The religious leaders asked Jesus for a sign to prove Himself. Their motivation was not that they wanted to know Him better, but they wanted to test Him. Their asking for a sign demonstrated that they did not have faith in Him. The person with no faith will say, “Prove it with a sign!”
宗教领袖们请耶稣显神迹来证明他自己，他们并不是想要更加了解他，他们只是想试探他。他们求神迹表明他们并不相信耶稣。没有信心的人才会说：“显一个神迹来证明它。”
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.
Matthew 16:1-4 NIV法利赛人和撒都该人来试探耶稣，请他显个来自天上的神迹给他们看。 耶稣回答他们：“傍晚天发红，你们就说：‘明日天晴。’ 早晨天色又红又暗，你们就说：‘今日有风雨。’你们知道分辨天上的气象，倒不能分辨这个时代的神迹 。 邪恶淫乱的世代求看神迹，除了 约拿 的神迹以外，再没有神迹给他们看了。”于是耶稣离开他们走了。
马太福音 16:1-4 RCUVSS
These religious leaders could interpret signs in the natural world such as predicting the weather. But they could not understand signs in the spiritual world. They were blind to spiritual things. Therefore, they tested Jesus with a sign.
这些宗教领袖们会通过解读自然迹象来预测天气，可是他们并不理解属灵层面的神迹。他们不领会属灵的事情，所以他们想要通过神迹来试探耶稣。
We are not a wicked and adulterous generation. We are followers of Jesus. Therefore, we should look not just with natural eyes to the things going on around us, but we should also look with spiritual eyes. We can do that as we use the resources God has given us to know Him such as prayer, scriptures, godly counsel, circumstances and God’s peace.
我们并非邪恶淫乱的一代，我们是耶稣的门徒。所以我们不应该仅仅用属世的眼光来看待周围发生的一切，我们应该也使用我们属灵的眼光。我们通过使用神所赐给我们的资源便能更好地认识祂，这些资源就是祷告，经文，属灵顾问，环境的指引以及神的平安。
After the conversation with the religious leaders, Jesus turned to His disciples.
与宗教领袖们的对话结束后，耶稣便转向了他的门徒。
When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” They discussed this among themselves and said, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:5-12 NIV门徒渡到对岸，忘了带饼。 耶稣对他们说：“你们要谨慎，要防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。” 门徒彼此议论说：“这是因为我们没有带饼吧。” 耶稣知道了，就说：“你们这小信的人，为什么因为没有饼就彼此议论呢？ 你们还不明白吗？不记得那五个饼分给五千人，你们收拾了多少篮子的碎屑吗？ 也不记得那七个饼分给四千人，你们又收拾了多少筐子的碎屑吗？ 我对你们说‘要防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵’，这话不是指着饼说的，你们怎么不明白呢？” 门徒这才明白他所说的不是要他们防备饼的酵 ，而是要防备法利赛人和撒都该人的教训。
马太福音 16:5-12 RCUVSS
Jesus’ evaluation of the disciples was that they had little faith. They were stuck thinking about food – their basic needs. Even after they received so much miraculous food from Jesus! Their lack of faith caused them to focus on their earthy needs distracting them from the spiritual things Jesus was speaking to them.
耶稣评价他的门徒们为小信的人，他们的思想停留在食物上，也就是他们基本的需求上。纵使他们曾经在耶稣那里获得过奇迹般丰盛的食物！他们的小信导致他们专注于属世的需求，这些属世的需求使得他们分心，以至于不明白耶稣正在跟他们讲的属灵事情。
Let’s look up from our earthly needs and trust God to provide for us and then turn our attention to His spiritual communication.
让我们不要专注于属世的需求上，而要相信神会供应我们所需的一切，更专注于祂跟我们之间的属灵沟通吧。
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:1-2 NIV所以，既然你们已经与基督一同复活，就当求上面的事；那里有基督，坐在上帝的右边。 你们要思考上面的事，不要思考地上的事。
歌罗西书 3:1-2 RCUVSS
How can you lift your eyes a little higher today to see what God is doing in your life and the world around you?
你如何才能看得更高一点，看到神在你的生命中和你周围的世界里所做的事情？
