我时常需要用这节经文来提醒自己，因为当遇到似乎不公平的事时，我们往往会怪责神。几年前我有机会前往海地，之后我明白了，我面对的困难和埋怨的不公平，比起其他地方的人所受的苦，实在微不足道。我们感到的挫折和不便，都只不过是“先进国家的问题”而已。我因此学会用一个较为正确的眼光看世事。
在玛拉基的年代，很多人的环境都不错。诚然在他们中间也有些人遭遇困苦，但比较其他人，他们已经算不错了。 然而他们却选择与少数比他们更富裕的人比较，接着他们便埋怨神不公平。最后神回应他们的埋怨，指出他们实在是太本末倒置了。事实上，神甚至可以直接了当地告诉他们，衪十分厌烦他们的埋怨。
神已经赐了生命给我们，祂差遣衪的儿子为我们的罪受死；我们吃的食物和穿的衣服，也是神供应的。我见过很多人来自比我们国家贫穷的地方，他们似乎比我们更明白这个事实；他们很少为他们没有的东西发怨言，反而很多时候却会为他们拥有的感谢神。
为着这些人留下的好榜样，我感恩！
亲爱的父，我们为祢所赐的一切感谢你。求祢赐我们日用的饮食，当我们埋怨我们没有得到更多时，求你赦免我们。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
玛拉基书 2:17
17你们用言语烦琐耶和华，你们还说：“我们在何事上烦琐他呢？”因为你们说：“凡行恶的，耶和华眼看为善，并且他喜悦他们”；或说：“公义的神在哪里呢？”"You have wearied the LORD with your words. 'How have we wearied him?' you ask. By saying . . . 'Where is the God of justice?'" — Malachi 2:17
I often have to quote these words to myself. It is easy to blame God when things seem unfair. A few years ago I had the privilege of visiting Haiti. I learned that my own hardships and complaints of injustice are often minor compared with those suffered by people in other lands. Many of our frustrations and inconveniences are merely "first-world problems." That helps me keep things in perspective.
Many of the people in Malachi's day were fairly well off. Life was not always fair, but others had it far worse. Yet they chose to focus on the few people who had it even better, and they complained that God was unfair. God eventually answered their complaints by saying they had most of it backwards. But for the moment it was sufficient for God simply to say he was weary of their complaining.
God has given us life itself. He sent his Son to die for our sins. The very food we eat and the clothes we wear are provided by God. I've met so many people from poorer countries than mine who seem to understand that fact a lot better than we do. They are less likely to complain about what they don't have and much more ready to thank God for what they do have.
I'm thankful for their example!
Dear Father, thank you for all your provisions. Please give us our daily bread, and forgive us when we complain that we haven't received more. In Jesus' name, Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
