【Daily Bread】最好的福分 The Best Portion of All

When we are His, He is ours, forever.

You have made us for yourself, Lord. Our hearts are restless until they can find rest in You. Augustine of Hippo

若我属于主，主就永远属于我。
主祢创造了我，若没有祢，我的心永无安息。－奥古斯丁

I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation. Philippians 4:12

我无论在什么景况都可以知足，这是我已经学会了。……随事随在，我都得了秘诀。-腓立比书4章11-12节

“His piece is bigger than mine!”

When I was a boy my brothers and I would sometimes bicker about the size of the piece of homemade pie mom served us.

小时候，我们兄弟常为了妈妈分的馅饼大小而争吵不休：“他的那份比我的大！”

One day Dad observed our antics with a lifted eyebrow, and smiled at Mom as he lifted his plate: “Please just give me a piece as big as your heart.” My brothers and I watched in stunned silence as Mom laughed and offered him the largest portion of all.

有一天，爸爸看到我们又在吵闹不休，就拿起盘子，笑着对妈妈说：“请给我一份，一份和妳的爱一样大的馅饼。”我和弟弟顿时目瞪口呆，看着妈妈切了一块最大的馅饼，满面微笑地递给了爸爸。

If we focus on others’ possessions, jealousy too often results. Yet God’s Word lifts our eyes to something of far greater worth than earthly possessions. The psalmist writes, “You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words. I have sought your face with all my heart” (Ps. 119:57–58). Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the writer conveyed the truth that nothing matters more than closeness to God.

我们若专注于别人拥有的东西，就很容易心生嫉妒。然而，上帝的话语能让我们抬起双眼，看看比世上一切更有价值的美福。诗人写道：“耶和华是我的福分。我曾说，我要遵守祢的言语。我一心求过祢的恩”（诗篇119篇57-58节）。在圣灵的启示下，诗人传达一个真理：没有什么事比亲近上帝更为重要。

What better portion could we have than our loving and limitless Creator? Nothing on earth can compare with Him, and nothing can take Him away from us. Human longing is an expansive void; one may have “everything” in the world and still be miserable. But when God is our source of happiness, we are truly content. There’s a space within us only God can fill. He alone can give us the peace that matches our hearts.

世上有什么福分能胜过这位慈爱无限的创造主呢？绝对没有，世上一切都不足以和这位创造主相比，而且也没有任何权势能让祂与我们分离。人的渴望尽属虚空，或许有人能赚得全世界，却仍免不了痛苦愁烦。然而，当上帝成为我们喜乐的泉源，我们便能得到真正的满足。我们心中的空虚，唯有上帝能填满。只有祂才能赐下你我所需要的平安。

Loving Lord, thank You that nothing and no one can meet my every need like You can.

亲爱主，感谢祢，无人能像祢，满足我一切所需。
我今永远属祂，祂也属我。

Psalm 73:21-28New International Version (NIV)

21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.

23 Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish;
    you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
    I will tell of all your deeds.

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