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不要為富不仁--羅尚仁牧師

12/11/2016

 
 有一位富婆仗著有幾個錢,經常得理不饒人的教訓人,眾人都怕她。有一天她牽著心愛的狗去公園散步,遇見一個無家可歸的民工,躺在地上,擋住了去路,她趁機教訓他一頓,「年輕力壯不去工作!我的狗兒子至少還會做一些動作討我歡心呢!你連我的狗都不如!」,說完又挑戰他: 「你若叫我的狗一聲爸,我就給你100元!」民工反應很快說:「若我叫十聲爸呢?」,富婆開心的說「我當下就給你1,000元,一毛不少!」,民工立刻就向狗喊了10聲”爸”,就在叫狗為爸的同時,圍觀的人愈來愈多,富婆的嘴臉就愈高傲與高興!喊完之後,在眾人面前也賴不了帳,就掏出皮包付錢,當民工每收到一張100元就說一聲”謝謝媽!”如此引來圍觀者的大笑!
 
富婆本想辱別人的,卻反被修理,心有不甘,隔天回到原地想報復一下,並要討回面子與討回錢!民工問說:「這狗與妳什麼關係?」富婆回答說:「這是我心愛的狗兒子!」「那我也是狗兒子!心愛的!因為我叫牠為爸哩!」富婆嚴斥他說:「看你什麼身份,怎能對我如此說話?」民工向著群眾回應說:「你們大夥評個理,妳富婆的身份不就是”狗娘”嗎? 如今,我孝敬我狗爸10塊錢,請狗娘養好侍候好我的狗爸,給點好吃的!」富婆當場暈倒。讓我們一起從這小故事中學習幾個功課:
 
第一,不要以貌取人。當耶和華要揀選以色列的王時,祂告訴先知撒母耳說: 「不要看他的外貌和他的身材高,我不揀選他。因為,耶和華不像人看人,人是看外貌;耶和華是看內心!」結果選中耶西眾子中最小的、最不被看好、在外放羊的大衛。若以外貌斷是非就會徇私不公,若以外貌判斷人就會錯判與誤判,若以外貌交朋友就會分貴賤、評高低、爭先後。
 
第二,不要為富不仁。聖經提醒我們: 「耶和華所賜的福使人富足,並不加上憂慮。」(箴10:22)富裕、富足是神給的恩典,是出於神,所以要照神的心意來善用錢財,使窮乏人有糧;使缺乏人得助,最重要的使神心意得滿足,絕對不是只為自己的享樂。「耶和華使人死,也使人活, 使人下陰間,也使人往上升。 他使人貧窮,也使人富足,使人卑微,也使人高貴。」(撒上2:6-7) 。要存感恩的心享受神所賜財富,也存慷慨的心樂捐分享你的富足。 
 
第三,不要自作聰明。故事中那民工也許是環境所迫,一時失業,或剛入社會、剛起步。身上一無所有,但並不是無頭腦無智慧;無家可歸也不代表沒人愛,他也是有父有母,為家人所愛所關切的;一時失意並不是一生困頓、了無生機、永不翻身;沒錢沒勢也不代表沒人格、沒人性尊嚴。往往那些富足的人容易自作聰明,反而會因目中無人而撞牆,鼻口朝天而跌跤。神阻擋驕傲的人,賜恩給謙卑的人。(雅4:6)讓我們謙卑的來到神面前,求主賜智慧與真聰明。
 
親愛的朋友們,讓我們記取教訓,不要以貌取人,不要為富不仁,更不要自作聰明,但願神的恩典、智慧、能力賜給一切尋求祂且相信祂的人,但願你得著主耶穌,得著福杯滿溢!!

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