0419 谨防最不可能的试探
约押虽然没有归从押沙龙，却归从了亚多尼雅… 《列王记上 2:28》
约押经受了他一生中最大的考验，继续对大卫绝对忠诚，没有追随迷人而野心勃勃的押沙龙；然而在他人生末期，他转而追随软弱胆怯的亚多尼雅。永远要警惕这个事实：一个人转回之处，正是任何人可能受诱惑而转回之处（参见哥林多前书 10:11-13）。你可能刚刚胜利地经过一场巨大的危机，但现在要警惕那些看起来最不可能引诱你的事情。要小心，不要认为你过去经历了得胜的生活领域现在是最不可能让你绊倒和跌倒之处。
我们很容易说：「在经历了我一生中最大的危机之后，我现在不可能转回到世界事物中。」不要试图预测诱惑会从哪里来；最不可能的事情才是真正的危险。在一次伟大的属灵事件之后，最不可能的事情开始产生影响。它们可能不是强大突出的，但它们确实存在；如果你不小心预先警告自己，它们就会绊倒你。你在巨大而激烈的试炼中仍然忠于神——现在要当心暗流。不要反常地审视你内在的自我，恐惧地展望未来，而要保持警惕；在神面前保持你清晰的记忆力。未加防范的力量实际上是双重的软弱，因为这是最不可能的诱惑会有效削弱力量。圣经人物因自己的长处绊倒，而不是因弱点跌倒。
「…因信蒙神能力保守的人…」——那是唯一的安全。 （彼得前书 1:5）。
来自章伯斯的智慧
自然地说，没有什么比衰败更能让我们迅速丧失信心了——身体美丽的衰退、自然生命的衰退、友谊的衰退、关系的衰退，所有这些都使人心灰意冷；但保罗说，当我们信靠耶稣基督时，这些事情就不会令我们沮丧，光明会透过它们而来。《帮助之地》
Joab had defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom. —1 Kings 2:28
Joab withstood the greatest test of his life, remaining absolutely loyal to David by not turning to follow after the fascinating and ambitious Absalom. Yet toward the end of his life he turned to follow after the weak and cowardly Adonijah. Always remain alert to the fact that where one person has turned back is exactly where anyone may be tempted to turn back (see 1 Corinthians 10:11-13). You may have just victoriously gone through a great crisis, but now be alert about the things that may appear to be the least likely to tempt you. Beware of thinking that the areas of your life where you have experienced victory in the past are now the least likely to cause you to stumble and fall.
We are apt to say, “It is not at all likely that having been through the greatest crisis of my life I would now turn back to the things of the world.” Do not try to predict where the temptation will come; it is the least likely thing that is the real danger. It is in the aftermath of a great spiritual event that the least likely things begin to have an effect. They may not be forceful and dominant, but they are there. And if you are not careful to be forewarned, they will trip you. You have remained true to God under great and intense trials— now beware of the undercurrent. Do not be abnormally examining your inner self, looking forward with dread, but stay alert; keep your memory sharp before God. Unguarded strength is actually a double weakness, because that is where the least likely temptations will be effective in sapping strength. The Bible characters stumbled over their strong points, never their weak ones.
“…kept by the power of God…”— that is the only safety. (1 Peter 1:5).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is nothing, naturally speaking, that makes us lose heart quicker than decay—the decay of bodily beauty, of natural life, of friendship, of associations, all these things make a man lose heart; but Paul says when we are trusting in Jesus Christ these things do not find us discouraged, light comes through them. 《The Place of Help》