Where Choices Lead 抉择与结果

[Dexu Xia]

Where Choices Lead

The Lord watches over the way of the righteous. Psalm 1:6

With no cell service and no trail map, we had just our memory of a fixed map at the trailhead to guide us. More than an hour later, we finally emerged from the woods into the parking lot. Having missed the turn-off that would have made for a half-mile hike, we took a much longer trek.

Life can be like that: we have to ask not simply if something is right or wrong, but where it will lead. Psalm 1 compares two ways of living—that of the righteous (those who love God) and that of the wicked (the enemies of those who love God). The righteous flourish like a tree, but the wicked blow away like chaff (vv. 3–4). This psalm reveals what flourishing really looks like. The person who lives it out is dependent on God for renewal and life.

So how do we become that kind of person? Among other things, Psalm 1 urges us to disengage from destructive relationships and unhealthy habits and to delight in God’s instruction (v. 2). Ultimately, the reason for our flourishing is God’s attentiveness to us: “The Lord watches over the way of the righteous” (v. 6).

Commit your way to God, let Him redirect you from old patterns that lead to nowhere, and allow the Scriptures to be the river that nourishes the root system of your heart.

What friendships or habits do you need to make a break from? How can you create more time in your schedule to read the Bible?

抉择与结果

耶和华知道义人的道路。—诗篇1篇6节

有一次，我们在行走山路时，没有电话网络服务，也没有山路地图，只能凭着记忆，按照贴在山径起点的地图上所标示的路径行走。一个多小时后，我们终于从森林走到停车场。然而因选错了一条岔路，我们多绕了将近一公里的远路。

人生有时也是如此，我们不但要知道一件事是对或错，更要知道它会带来怎样的结果。诗篇1篇比较义人与恶人截然不同的生活方式。义人是指爱上帝的人；凡与爱上帝的人作对的，便是恶人。义人像一棵大树昌盛繁茂，但恶人却像糠秕被风吹散（3-4节）。这首诗篇反映茂盛的真正面貌，若要活出丰盛人生，就要倚靠上帝得着更新与生命。

我们如何成为义人呢？诗篇1篇提醒我们，其中一件事是脱离具有破坏力的关系和不良的习惯，并且喜爱上帝的教导（2节）。最终，我们的丰盛乃源自于上帝的看顾：“耶和华知道义人的道路。”（6节）

期盼你能将自己生命的道路全然交给上帝，由祂引领你离开旧的、没有益处的生活，让圣经成为一道河流滋养你的心灵深处吧！

亲爱的耶稣，求祢赐我恩典脱离一切引我走入歧途的事。求祢领我到有祢同在的活水泉，让祢的道滋润我心田，忠心地结出生命的果子，一生荣耀祢。

你要改掉哪些恶习，远离哪些损友？你如何在日程表中预留更多读圣经的时间？