Read: Psalm 46                 

 In prayer, God can quiet our minds.

在祷告中，上帝会安静我们的心。

Be still, and know that I am God. ---Psalm 46:10

你们要休息，要知道我是上帝！-诗篇46篇10节

Yearsago I responded to letters within a couple of weeks and kept my correspondentshappy. Then came the fax machine, and they seemed content with receiving aresponse within a couple of days. Today, with email, instant messaging, andmobile phones, a response is expected the same day!

多年以前，别人寄信给我只要在几周内收到回信，他们就会很高兴了；传真机面世后，人们在几天内收到回复，他们就很满意了；而现在，随着电子邮件、简讯和手机的普及，人们往往要在当天就得到回音！

“Bestill, and know that I am God.” In this familiar verse from Psalm 46 I read twocommands of equal importance. First, we must be still, something that modernlife conspires against. In this hectic, buzzing world, even a few moments ofquiet do not come naturally to us. And stillness prepares us for the secondcommand: “Know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will beexalted in the earth.” In the midst of a world that colludes to suppress, notexalt, God, how do I carve out time and allow Him to nourish my inner life?

诗篇46篇10节说：「你们要休息，要知道我是上帝！」在这熟悉的经文中，我读到两个同等重要的命令。首先，我们要休息；这项命令其实与现代生活形态背道而驰。在当今这个忙乱嘈杂的世界，我们很难有一时片刻的安静时光。休息也是在预备我们遵行第二项命令：「要知道我是上帝！我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。」在这个抵挡上帝、拒绝福音的世界当中，我如何能腾出时间，让上帝喂养我的灵命呢？

“Prayer,”writes Patricia Hampl, “is a habit of attention brought to bear on all thatis.” Ah, prayer . . . a habit of attention. Be still and know. The first stepin prayer is to acknowledge or to “know” that God is God. And in thatattention, that focus, all else comes into focus. Prayer allows us to admit ourfailures, weaknesses, and limitations to the One who responds to humanvulnerability with infinite mercy.

派翠沙·汉波（Patricia Hampl）写道：「祷告就是专注于上帝，矫正我们的观点。」啊，祷告，是专注于上帝。要休息，要知道上帝是上帝。祷告的第一步就是要承认、「知道」上帝是无所不能的上帝。当上帝成为我们生命的中心，我们看待事物就会有正确的观点。祷告让我们能够向上帝承认自己的失败、软弱和不足，而祂则以无限的怜悯回应我们的软弱。

Prayer 祷告：

Dear Lord, help me to be still.Nourish my soul as I spend time with You in prayer.

亲爱的主，帮助我安静下来，当我腾出时间向祢祷告的时候，求祢滋润我的心灵。