我通常都有几份“待办事项”清单， 每一份都是关于我生活上各方面不同的事情的，其中包含“办事处”、“家居维修”、“教会”… 等等清单。我发觉这些清单有助于我安排生活，但是，我也发觉它们往往不单扭曲了我的生活，它们更扭曲了我自己。
诗人说，当我们为自己塑造偶像时，我们便会变得像它们那样。神对我们是（应该是）最重要的，我们生命中若有什么事务变得比神更重要，它们都有可能成为我们的偶像。
当我过份看重这些事务清单时，我的世界里的每一件事和每一个人，都成为清单上等待着被删去的一个项目，这种心态真的扭曲了爱神、爱邻舍和关怀有需要的人的真正意义。如果他们只是我的清单上的一个项目，我根本就不是真的爱和关怀他们。就像写在没有深度的纸面上的清单，我也开始变成一个肤浅和没有深度的人了。
有数以百计的“事物”在呼唤我们说：“看哪！留心听我说！我会令你快乐的。”但是它们都在哄骗你。金钱和财产令我们的心转向“冷漠无情的纸币。”追求情欲把人和人际关系降格为瞬间的快感，遵守所有“正确”的规条，把我们变为按律法批判人的奴仆，神却希望我们得到灵里的自由。
惟有以神为中心，我们才能找到真正和完美的生命。
主啊，求你帮助我看到我生命中的偶像和被扭曲的地方，又赐我恩典和智慧去丢弃它们，好叫你成为我生命中唯一的中心。阿们。
诗篇 115:1-8
1耶和华啊，荣耀不要归于我们，不要归于我们，要因你的慈爱和诚实归在你的名下！
2为何容外邦人说：“他们的神在哪里呢？”
3然而我们的神在天上，都随自己的意旨行事。
4他们的偶像是金的银的，是人手所造的。
5有口却不能言，有眼却不能看，
6有耳却不能听，有鼻却不能闻，
7有手却不能摸，有脚却不能走，有喉咙也不能出声。
8造他的要和他一样，凡靠他的也要如此。
'Those who make [idols] will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.' - Psalm 115:8
I generally have several “to do” lists, and each one deals with a different area of my life. There’s a “work” list, a “home maintenance” list, a “church” list, and so on. I find these lists helpful for managing my life. But I’ve also found that these lists can easily distort not only my life but also me.
The psalmist says that when we set up idols in our lives, we become like them. An idol can be anything in our lives that becomes more important to us than God is (or should be).
When my lists become too important, I see everything and every person in my world as a task that needs to be crossed off the list. That really distorts the meaning of loving God and my neighbor and caring for people in need. If all they are is an item on my list, I am not loving or caring for them at all. And just as lists are written on two-dimensional sheets of paper, I begin to become a shallow, two-dimensional person.
There are hundreds of “things” that call out to us, saying, “Look! Pay attention to me! I’ll make you happy.” But they are all lying. Money and possessions turn our hearts toward “cold, hard cash.” Sexual pursuits reduce people and relationships to fleeting pleasures. Following all the “right” rules makes us judgmental slaves to a law when God wants us to have spiritual freedom.
We can find true, full life when God alone is at the center.
Lord, help me see the idols and distortions in my life, and grant me the grace and wisdom to cast them aside so that only you are at the center of my life. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
