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放手,走出舒適區!   --    熊天牧牧師

6/28/2020

 
        我們剛結束了「讓人不舒服的議題」講道系列。第一週的議題是「跨出黑暗」,談論我們仍然喜歡待在黑暗裡,因為害怕被責備。第二週的議題是「軟弱也挺好」,談論我們不敢承認自己的軟弱,因為害怕被人瞧不起。第三週的議題是「脫去光彩的形象」,談論我們要維護自己的形象、要戴面具,因為我們需要活在別人的眼光與自己的罪咎感當中。這些陰影交叉組成了一個體系,形成了現有的世界觀和價值觀,使我們緊緊抓住自己的成就、面子、驕傲、嗜好和習慣,在其中我們可以隨己意掌控和操弄。因為我們很熟悉很習慣這種生活方式,所以待在裡面也感到很舒服。

        還記得華爾街金融大亨馬道夫Bernie Madoff嗎?他因為欺騙了成千上萬的客戶,獲得超過600億美金的非法利益,在2010年被判刑入獄。他目前在監獄在工作,每個月只能賺$170元。在一次的記者訪問裡,他居然說他比以前快樂。他說,在騙錢的二十年當中,一方面,他要訛詐別人,想賺更多的錢;另一方面,因為害怕會被揭發,所以須要想盡辦法來遮掩過犯,因此他一直活在煩惱害怕裡面。可是,在監獄裡他不再有焦慮,而且也不用成天去想怎樣賺錢。他這樣說:「Now I have no fear -- nothing to think about because I'm no longer in control of my own life」意思就是「我不再害怕,沒有事情讓我煩惱,因為我不用再掌控自己的生活」。

        我想,我們不須要像馬道夫一樣,被強迫後才會覺醒。我們也不須要像一個兩歲的孩子,看到自己喜歡的玩具,就緊緊地抓住不放。主耶穌用比喻提醒我們說:「沒有人喝了陳酒又想喝新的。」陳酒的確比新釀的酒香純,若要二者擇一,沒有人會選新酒喝的。
​可是,當我們在現有的體系中領受嶄新的福音之後,要確定自己到底要什麼,然後成為我們尋求和禱告的方向。我們要學會放手,放掉我們覺得習慣和舒適的原有體系,因為主耶穌已經把全新的世界帶來了,福音要使我們去倚靠上帝,就能享受自由。讓我們一同走出自己的舒適區!

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