A Spiritual Dilemma 属灵困境
Dexu Xia
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. Psalm 145:3
Today's Scripture Psalm 145:1-8
Today's Insights
In Psalm 145, the psalmist David extols the name and character of God, who is “worthy of praise” (v. 3). He praises His mighty acts, glorious splendor, wonderful and awesome works, great deeds, abundant goodness, and righteousness (vv. 4-7). And in verse 8, he lists characteristics of God that are repeated throughout the Old Testament: “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love” (see Exodus 34:6; 2 Chronicles 30:9; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 111:4; 112:4; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). David concludes, “I will praise the Lord, and may everyone on earth bless his holy name forever and ever” (Psalm 145:21 nlt). One day, “every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them” will join in praise “to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb” (Revelation 5:13). We praise Him today as we anticipate what’s to come!
Today's Devotional
The average person checks his or her phone 150 times a day. Let that sink in a minute. Something has our attention, and it may not be for our good. Tristan Harris believes this. He’s one of the voices in a film that features some of the top names in technology, people who ushered us into “social media.” But instead of praise, their voices are sounding an alarm, calling our reality (and the film) The Social Dilemma. “We’re the product. Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.” We give our attention to what we believe is valuable or worthy. And in a very real sense, what we give attention to, we can find ourselves worshiping.
That word dilemma indicates a situation where a choice has to be made. Believe it or not, we face such a dilemma in our spiritual lives, a choice we have to make daily: Who or what will I give my attention to? In other words, Who or what will I worship? The psalmist clearly made his choice: “Every day I will praise you [God] and extol your name for ever and ever” (Psalm 145:2). The verse that follows gives his rationale: “Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom” (v. 3).
The psalmist believed nothing compares to God’s greatness, and so he focused his attention there. God and God alone is worthy of our praise.
Reflect & Pray
In contrast to time for praying or reading Scripture, what vies for your attention? What changes can you make to keep technology from becoming an idol?
Dear God, You alone are worthy of my praise. Nothing compares to You. By John Blase
耶和华本为大，该受大赞美。诗篇 145:3
今日经文 诗篇 145章1-8 节
今日心得 在诗篇 145 篇中，诗人大卫颂扬了上帝的名字和品格，他“值得赞美”（3节）。他赞美他的大能、荣耀光辉、奇妙而令人敬畏的作为、伟大的事迹、丰富的善良和正义（4-7 节）。在第8节中，他列举了整个旧约中反复出现的上帝特征：“耶和华有恩典，有怜悯，不轻易发怒，且有丰盛的慈爱”（见出埃及记 34:6；历代志下 30:9；尼希米记 9:17；诗篇 86:15；103:8；111:4；112:4；约珥书 2:13；约拿书 4:2）。
大卫总结道：“我要称颂耶和华！地上一切的都要称颂他的圣名，直到永永远远”（诗篇 145:21 新译本）。有一天，“天上、地上、地底下、沧海里和天地间一切被造之物”都会一起赞美“坐在宝座上的和羔羊”（启示录 5:13）。我们今天赞美他，因为我们期待着即将发生的事情！
今日灵修 普通人每天查看手机 150 次。让这先沉浸一分钟。有些事情吸引我们的注意力，但未必对我们不利。特里斯坦·哈里斯相信这一点。他是一部电影的配音演员之一，这部电影由一些科技界顶尖人物主演，这些人将我们带入“社交媒体”。但他们的声音不是赞美，而是敲响警钟，称我们的现实（和这部电影）为社交困境。“我们就是产品。我们就是把注意力卖给广告商的产品。”我们把注意力放在我们认为有价值的，或值得的东西上。从非常真实的意义上讲，我们关注的就是我们所崇拜的东西。
“困境”这个词表明一种必须做出选择的境地。信不信由你，我们的属灵生活面临着同样的困境，我们每天都要做出选择：我要把注意力放在谁或什么上？换句话说，我要崇拜谁或什么？诗篇作者清楚地做出选择：“我要天天称谢祢，永永远远赞美祢的名”（诗篇145:2）。接下来的经文给出他的理由：“耶和华为大，该受大赞美；其大无法测度”（3节）。诗篇作者认为没有什么能与上帝的伟大相比，所以他把注意力集中在那里。只有上帝才值得我们赞美。
反思与祈祷 与祈祷或阅读圣经的时间相比，什么更能吸引你的注意力？你能做出哪些改变，来防止科技成为偶像？
亲爱的上帝，只有你值得我赞美。没有什么能与你相比。约翰·布莱斯