持续专注(之五)

Sep 30, 2023

不要忽略你的恩赐,那是……赐给你的。(提摩太前书4:14)

保罗告诉提摩太要专注于自己的特长:“不要忽略你的恩赐,那是借着预言在众长老把手按在你身上时赐给你的。”专注的人不会隐藏自己的短处或找借口,反而,他们会专注于自己的长处!有一则故事,讲的是一对夫妻决定建农场。他们开始争执,妻子想先建房子,丈夫想先建畜棚安顿牲畜。他们来回争执,直到丈夫最后说:“你看,我们必须先建畜棚,因为畜棚会有助于我们建房子、车库、粮仓、孩子们的秋千,以及其他一切!”当你专注于首要事务,其他一切会更有可能就位。 安东尼·坎波洛(Anthony Campolo)说:“你所委身的会改变你的本质,让你变成完全不同的人。决定你的是未来,而非过去。你致力要成为什么样的人,决定了你能成为什么样的人,这比过去所发生的一切都更重要。因此,我问问你:‘你致力于什么?你朝哪个方向走,你要成为什么样的人?人若无定意就没有自己的身份、个性和方向。’” 专注于短处而非长处,就好比你有一把硬币,其中一些是金币,其余的都是生锈的铜币,你把金币搁置一旁,然后花时间擦亮铜币,企盼它们更值钱。不管你花多长的时间,它们永远都不像金币那样值钱。因此,持续专注于上帝所赐给你的长处。

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