The Greatest Test最大的考验
"I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity." - 1 Chronicles 29:17a
“我知道,我的上帝,您测试中心,并与完整高兴。” - 历代志上29:17 1
God tests His children to know what is in their hearts. God's desire for each of His children is to walk in relationship with Him, to uphold His righteousness and integrity. It is a high calling that we will fail to achieve without complete dependence on Him.
上帝会考验他的孩子知道什么是在他们的心坎上。上帝对他的每个孩子的愿望是走在与他的关系,坚持他的义和完整性。它是一个高要求,我们将无法达到不完全依赖于他。
The greatest tests come not in great adversities, but in great prosperity. For it is in prosperity that we begin to lose the sensitivity to sin in our lives. Adversity motivates us to righteousness out of a desire to see our adversity changed. Prosperity fails to provide this motivation for obedience. We fall into a satisfaction and confidence in life that is based on our prosperity rather than on God.
来最大的考验不是很大的逆境,但在巨大的繁荣。因为这是我们开始失去在我们生活中的敏感性罪繁荣。逆境促使我们从一个正义的希望看到我们的逆境改变。繁荣不能提供这种服从动机。我们陷入表示满意,并在生活中就是我们的繁荣,而不是基于对上帝的信心。
Hezekiah was a great godly king. He was a faithful, God-honoring king most of his life, but toward the end he became proud. God wanted to find out if he would still honor Him and recognize His blessings in his life. He failed the test when God sent an envoy to his palace to inquire about a miracle that God performed on behalf of Hezekiah. The test was designed to find out if Hezekiah would publicly acknowledge the miracle performed on his behalf.
希西家是一个伟大的神王。他是一个忠诚,神表彰他一生中最国王,但对最终他成为骄傲。上帝想看看他仍然尊重他,并承认在他的生命他的祝福。他未能通过测试时,上帝派一名特使到他的宫殿,询问一个奇迹,上帝的名义进行的希西家。试验的目的是要找出是否会公开承认希西家,替他完成的奇迹。
But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart (2 Chronicle 32:31).
但是,当使者被巴比伦的统治者发出询问的神迹,民政事务总署在土地发生的他,上帝留给他来测试他,知道一切,在他的心脏(为2纪事32:31)。
Hezekiah's failure resulted in his children failing to carry on as rulers of Israel, and the nation would eventually be taken over by Babylon.
希西家的失败导致了他的孩子没有执行,作为对以色列的统治者,国家将最终应由巴比伦了。
The lesson of Hezekiah is clear. If we are to remain faithful to our Lord, we must remain steadfast in our obedience to Him. Prosperity can be our greatest test. Ask the Lord to give you the grace to be a faithful follower during times of prosperity.
希西家的教训是明确的。如果我们要继续忠实于我们的上帝,我们必须继续坚定地在我们的服从他。繁荣可以成为我们的最大考验。求神给你在经济繁荣时,宽限期是一个忠实的追随者。