付出原本是奖赏

Sep 15, 2024

“为了你们的灵魂,我甘愿付出,包括自己的生命。”(哥林多后书12:15)

使徒保罗写道:“……我想得到的是你们,而不是你们的财物。……为了你们的灵魂,我甘愿付出,包括自己的生命。难道我越爱你们,就越得不到你们的爱吗?”(哥林多后书12:14-15)保罗发现自己最大的满足不是接受,而是付出。对他来说,付出的本身就是蒙奖赏;成功就意味着帮助他人成功;喜乐就是带给他人喜乐。这是因为他不是期待从人,而是从上帝那里得奖赏:“每个人所做的善事都会得到主的奖赏。”(以弗所书6:8)对大多数人来说,最困难的就是战胜把自己置于首位的本能。这就是为什么不断地查验你的动机并确保不重回到自私的地步是如此重要。如果你要查验你的动机,那就效法本杰明·富兰克林。每天他都问自己两个问题;早上起床时,他会问:“我今天将行什么善事?”晚上睡觉前,他会问:“我今天行了什么善事?”如果你能无私并正直地回答这两个问题,你就可以使自己走在正路上。看到他人的需要,并为满足那些需要而付出,会使你保持正确的优先秩序和眼光。这样能提高给予者和接受者双方的生活质量。事实上,没有什么比以自我为中心的生活更空虚,也没有什么比自我付出的生活更充实。

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