7月18日

標　　題：你心所渴望

經　　節：又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。（詩篇37:4）

你與神的關係應該比任何其他的關係、活動、財產，更能帶給你喜樂與滿足。聖經鼓勵我們要在主裡面喜樂，在神和所有討祂歡欣的事物上查找你最大的歡愉。

你如何能在神所喜悅的事物上得到歡愉？只有當你肯花時間與祂相處，你會開始喜愛神所愛的事物。當你花時間與神親密在一起，並且願意讓神向你指出你真實的景況時，你看事情的眼光會像神看事情的眼光一樣。當你調整自己轉向神，你內心的渴望會開始像神的渴望一樣。當你禱告，你會發現自己照著神的心意求。神心中最關心的事物，也是你心中最重要的事物。在禱告中，你第一個懇求不是為自己求，乃是為了神的名被高舉，以及祂的國度被拓展（馬太福音六：9∼10）。

你是否曾經要求神賜你心之所望，卻沒有先尋求瞭解祂的心？神把這必要的禱告事項，放置在每位禱告者的心中：我們要尋求祂心中的優先事物，讓那些事物在我們心中居首位。這個優先的禱告避免我們為一己之私祈禱。當我們在主裡查找喜樂，才會看到什麼是真正重要的事物。我們會看重天父所看重的東西。

The Desires of Your Heart

Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

Your relationship with God ought to bring you more joy, satisfaction, and pleasure than any other relationship, activity, or material possession you have. Scripture exhorts you to delight yourself in the Lord, finding your greatest pleasure in God and the things dear to His heart.

How can you find pleasure in what God enjoys? Only as you spend time with Him will you begin to take delight in the things God loves. As you spend intimate time with God and allow Him to show you your situation from His perspective, you will begin to see things as God sees them. As you adjust yourself to God, your heart will begin to desire the same things God’s heart desires. When you pray, you will find yourself asking for the very things God desires. Matters foremost on God’s heart will be preeminent in yours. Your first request in prayer will not be for yourself, but for God’s name to be exalted and His kingdom to be extended (Matt. 6:9–10).

Have you been asking God to give you the desires of your heart without first seeking to understand what is on His heart? God places this important requirement for those who pray: that we seek His priorities and make them our own. This great qualifier prevents us from asking out of selfishness. As we find joy in the Lord, we will see what is truly important, and we will long for these things as the Father does.