0419 謹防最不可能的試探
約押雖然沒有歸從押沙龍，卻歸從了亞多尼雅… 《列王記上 2:28》
約押經受了他一生中最大的考驗，繼續對大衛絕對忠誠，沒有追隨迷人而野心勃勃的押沙龍；然而在他人生末期，他轉而追隨軟弱膽怯的亞多尼雅。永遠要警惕這個事實：一個人轉回之處，正是任何人可能受誘惑而轉回之處（參見哥林多前書 10:11-13）。你可能剛剛勝利地經過一場巨大的危機，但現在要警惕那些看起來最不可能引誘你的事情。要小心，不要認為你過去經歷了得勝的生活領域現在是最不可能讓你絆倒和跌倒之處。
我們很容易說：「在經歷了我一生中最大的危機之後，我現在不可能轉回到世界事物中。」不要試圖預測誘惑會從哪裡來；最不可能的事情才是真正的危險。在一次偉大的屬靈事件之後，最不可能的事情開始產生影響。它們可能不是強大突出的，但它們確實存在；如果你不小心預先警告自己，它們就會絆倒你。你在巨大而激烈的試煉中仍然忠於神——現在要當心暗流。不要反常地審視你內在的自我，恐懼地展望未來，而要保持警惕；在神面前保持你清晰的記憶力。未加防範的力量實際上是雙重的軟弱，因為這是最不可能的誘惑會有效削弱力量。聖經人物因自己的長處絆倒，而不是因弱點跌倒。
「…因信蒙神能力保守的人…」——那是唯一的安全。 （彼得前書 1:5）。
來自章伯斯的智慧
自然地說，沒有什麼比衰敗更能讓我們迅速喪失信心了——身體美麗的衰退、自然生命的衰退、友誼的衰退、關係的衰退，所有這些都使人心灰意冷；但保羅說，當我們信靠耶穌基督時，這些事情就不會令我們沮喪，光明會透過它們而來。《幫助之地》
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》