誠實敬虔—-約伯記15:31［他不用依靠虛假, 欺哄自己, 因虛假必成為他的報應.] [故事］有個孩子既懶惰又愛撒謊. 一天, 吵著要媽媽做新鞋給他穿, 媽媽說”只要你改掉撒謊的壞習慣, 再幫我把穀埸上的一堆稻谷去曬曬, 晚上再堆成堆, 我馬上做給你.” 孩子答應著出去了, 晚上回來要鞋子, 媽媽說明天做, 叫他明天再去曬穀. 第二天, 第三天也是這樣. 孩子發急了問”我曬了三天穀, 鞋子怎麼還沒做好, 你騙我.” 媽媽說”孩子, 媽媽從來不騙你, 又是你來騙我. 你這三天根本沒有去曬稻穀, 我做好的鞋子就放在穀堆裏. 你一動手. 馬上就可得到.” [思考］我們很多時候是否活在虛無和謊言的壞習慣中, 卻埋怨上帝不聽我們所求的？但是上帝是信實的, 從不撒謊, 祂的福份要賜給我們順服聽命的兒女. ［禱告］親愛的天父上帝, 祢是信實可靠的主, 祢應許要賜給我們的恩典和福份, 從不食言. 但祢也要求我們要以心靈和誠實敬拜祢, 聽從祢的話, 遵行祢的道. 求主幫助我們, 做個誠實的孩子, 不依靠虛假, 而是有敬畏和虔誠的心跟隨祢, 順服祢的旨意. 禱告是奉主耶穌基督的名, 阿們！
Honesty and Godliness – Job 15:31 [He does not need to rely on falsehoods to deceive himself, for falsehoods will become his retribution.] [Story] There was a child who was lazy and loved to lie. One day, he clamored for his mother to make new shoes. After giving him clothes, his mother said, “As long as you get rid of the bad habit of lying, and help me dry the piles of rice on the field, and pile them into piles at night, I will make them for you right away.” The child agreed and went out. When he came back in the evening and asked for shoes, his mother told him to make them tomorrow and told him to dry the rice tomorrow. The same thing happened on the second and third days. The child got anxious and asked, “I have been drying rice for three days, but the shoes are not ready yet. You lied to me.” The mother said, “Son, my mother never lied to you, and it’s you who lied to me. You haven’t gone to dry the rice in the past three days. The shoes I made are placed in the grain pile. You can get them as soon as you do it.” [Thinking] Do we often live in the bad habits of vanity and lies, but blame God for not listening to our requests? But God is faithful and never lies. His blessings will be given to our obedient children. [Prayer] Dear Heavenly Father God, You are a faithful and reliable Lord. You promise to give us the grace and blessings. , never break your promise. But you also ask us to worship you in spirit and truth, obey your words, and obey your ways. Please help us, Lord, to be honest children, not to rely on falsehood, but to be reverent and pious. My heart follows you and obeys your will. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!