想一想有人让你生气的时候。也许开车时他们挡住了你的路。也许他们在社交媒体上发表了无礼的评论。或者，也许有人让你感到愚蠢，你在同龄人面前感到尴尬。在这些情况下，人很容易做出防御性的反应。
但如果我们在愤怒中采取行动，我们只会使情况变得更糟。我们的罪性想要报复冒犯我们的人，但这并不是圣经中要求我们采取的和平的方式。
我们今天的箴言指出了耶稣的方式，祂告诉门徒们：“你们当负我的轭，学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。”（太 11:29）。这是耶稣为数不多的其中一次列出自己的属性。他心里柔和谦卑。
正如耶稣所表明的，在神被嘲弄或出现不公义的情况下，祂也会愤怒（见可11:15-17），但这种时刻很少。正如保罗在以弗所书4:26中提醒我们的那样，“生气却不要犯罪”（也见诗 4:4）。这就是耶稣的方式。
下次有人让你生气时，你如何用温和的灵来回应？
主啊，请赐给我谦卑和温柔的灵，好使我能够向我周围的人显明你的爱和智慧。从我身上除去愤怒，好使我更加像你。阿们。
箴言 15:1-4
1回答柔和使怒消退，言语暴戾触动怒气。
2智慧人的舌善发知识，愚昧人的口吐出愚昧。
3耶和华的眼目无处不在，恶人善人他都鉴察。
4温良的舌是生命树，乖谬的嘴使人心碎。
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." - Proverbs 15:1
Think about a time when someone made you angry. Maybe they cut you off in traffic. Perhaps they made a rude comment on social media. Or maybe someone made you feel stupid, and you were embarrassed in front of your peers. In any of these situations, it's easy to fire back a defensive response.
But if we act out in anger, we will only make the situation worse. Our sinful nature wants to get back at the person who has offended us, but that is not the peaceful approach Scripture calls us to.
Our proverb for today points us to the way of Jesus, who told his disciples, "Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls" (Matthew 11:29). This is one of the few times Jesus actually listed attributes of himself. He is gentle and humble in heart.
As Jesus also showed, there is a place for anger in situations where God is being mocked or injustice is being allowed (see Mark 11:15-17), but those moments are few and far between. And as Paul reminds us in Ephesians 4:26, "In your anger do not sin" (see also Psalm 4:4). That's the way Jesus operates.
The next time someone makes you angry, how might you respond with a gentle spirit?
Lord, grant me humility and a gentle spirit so that I can show your love and wisdom to the people around me. Purge anger from me so that I can be like you. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
