成功

成功
聖經閱讀：傳道書2:4-11 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年6月2日(四)

　如果你問人，成功的意義是什麼？你會得到很多答案。如果上網搜尋或是看書，你會看到很多關於成功的看法，問題出在大部份的看法都不是根據上帝的話語。
很多人認為傳道書的作者是所羅門王，他確實是一個成功的人。今天讀的經文告訴我們，他有很多財富，還有很多金銀珠寶，但是所羅門王最後的結論卻是：「我領悟到一切都是空虛，都是捕風；太陽底下的一切都沒有益處」（第11b節）。
如果我們想要在世上成功，就必須使用上帝話語的智慧，並且確保我們的成功不會耽誤我們服事上帝，我們也必須跟隨所羅門王在傳道書12:13b的忠告：「要敬畏上帝，謹守他的命令，因為這是人人應盡的義務。」 —SB

「是的，我看出智慧勝過愚昧，恰如光明勝過黑暗。」 傳道書2:13

禱告：天父，求祢幫助我記得真正的成功來自於祢。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(王熙瑤譯)

Success
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
Thursday, June 2, 2016

　If you ask people what success means, you will get many answers. If you do a search on the Internet or read books, you will see that there are many opinions about what success means. The problem with most of these opinions is that they are not based on God's Word.
Many people think that the writer of Ecclesiastes was King Solomon. He certainly was a man who was successful. The verses from our Bible Reading today tell us that he had great wealth and many treasures. But King Solomon concluded that “it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life” (verse 11b).
If we want to have success on earth, we need to use wisdom from God's Word and make sure that our success will not keep us from serving God. And we need to follow Solomon's advice in Ecclesiastes 12:13b: “The most important thing a person can do is to respect God and obey his commands.” —SB

“I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness in the same way that light is better than darkness.” Ecclesiastes 2:13

PRAYER: Father, help me to remember that true success comes from You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.