我们很容易以为，当一切都尽在掌控时，我们是最快乐的——无论是身体上还是精神上。我们希望有一种智慧，能知道自己会有多成功，赚多少钱，五年或十年后我们会在哪里，以及我们的退休生活会是什么样子。
当我们感觉一切都在掌控之中时，我们会感到快乐和满足。因此，我们试图尽我们所能来控制周遭的环境，否则，压力会压倒我们，我们的身心健康也会受到影响。
而箴言中的这些经文告诉我们，事实并非如此。自以为有智慧，实际上并不是对我们最好的选择。若想身体茁壮成长，我们需要将自己交托给主。
从神那里获得智慧，寻求在神眼中的智慧，会给我们的身体带来健康。雅各书中这样指示我们：“你们中间若有缺少智慧的，应当求那厚赐与众人...的神，主就必赐给他。”（雅 1:5）。
神想把祂的智慧赐给我们，因为祂知道智慧会使我们茁壮成长。神爱我们，祂知道这真正的智慧能使我们脱离忧虑，让我们把自己的生命交给祂——以至于我们能按着祂的旨意活得完全。
拥有一切智慧的神，请帮助我寻求你的智慧。让我靠着你的圣灵，不去寻求掌控和追逐这世界的智慧，好使我能定睛在你的身上。阿们。
箴言 3:7-8
7不要自以为有智慧，要敬畏耶和华，远离恶事。
8这便医治你的肚脐，滋润你的百骨。
"Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones." - Proverbs 3:7-8
We tend to believe that we will be the most happy—physically and spiritually—when we have everything under control. We want a wisdom that tells us how successful we will be, how much money we'll make, where we'll be in five or ten years, and what our retirement will look like.
When everything feels controlled, we feel happy and content. So we try to do whatever we can to control our circumstances, or else stress will overwhelm us, and our mental and physical health will suffer.
These verses in Proverbs teach us otherwise. Trying to be wise in our own eyes is actually not what is best for us. To help our bodies flourish, we need to surrender ourselves to the Lord.
Gaining wisdom from God and seeking to be wise in God's eyes will bring health to our bodies. The book of James instructs us this way: "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously . . . and it will be given to you" (James 1:5).
God wants to give us his wisdom because he knows it will enable us to flourish. In his love for us, God knows that this true wisdom will release us from worry and allow us to surrender our lives to him—that we may live fully, as he intends for us.
God of all wisdom, help me to be wise in your eyes. By your Holy Spirit, keep me from seeking control and running after worldly ideas about wisdom so that I can focus my attention on you. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
