1月11日

標題：撒下公義的種子

經節：撒義種的，得實在的果效。（箴言十一章18節下）

投資人生有許多方式，沒有一項比得上熱愛追求公義的報酬更大。我們生活每個層面都應該流露出神的聖潔，這聖潔是由救贖恩典而來。我們的思想要聖潔，好叫我們所想的，沒有一件事不與神兒女的身分相稱。我們的行動要聖潔，好叫我們的生活能表露出我們正事奉著一位聖潔的神。我們要完全正直，才能超越所有人際關係的責難。

你在生活中是否將神的公義視為理所當然？公義不能靠你自己的力量達到，一定得靠聖靈在你的生活中作工才能達到。你是否容許邪惡和罪惡的思想，替換聖潔的思想，而在你心裏滋長？你是否容許情欲毫不受阻礙地生長？你生命中是否仍有懷恨、苦毒、妒忌和報復的纏擾？耶穌說，我們要先求祂的國和祂的義，這些東西都要加給我們了（馬太福音六：33）。

撒義種的會得大獎賞。你現在正在做哪些事，以栽種聖潔在你的生命？你如何在自己的心中撒下公義的種子，好使心思意念聖潔？你如何在自己的人際關係栽培公義，好讓你能保持聖潔？你是否在日常生活中灌注公義，好讓你的生活毫無指責？如果想要明天收割公義的果子，今日必要先撒下公義的種子。

Sowing Seeds of Righteousness

But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward. (Proverbs 11:18b)

There are many ways to invest our lives, but none offers greater reward than devoting ourselves to the pursuit of righteousness. Every area of our lives should reflect the holiness of God that is ours by salvation: our thoughts, so that nothing we think about would be inappropriate for a child of God; our actions, so that our lives demonstrate that we serve a holy God; our integrity, so that we are above reproach in all our relationships.

Are you taking God’s righteousness in your life for granted? Righteousness is something you must allow the Holy Spirit to work in your life. Instead of sowing holy thoughts, are you allowing evil and sinful thoughts to grow in your mind? Are you allowing lust to grow unchecked within you? Does enmity, bitterness, jealousy, or unforgiveness remain in your life? Jesus said if we seek first God and His righteousness, everything else will follow (Matt. 6:33). There is great reward in sowing righteousness. What_are you presently doing to plant holiness in your life?_(1 Pet. 1:15). How are you putting righteousness in your mind so that your thoughts are holy? How are you cultivating righteousness in your relationships so that you maintain your integrity? Are you instilling righteousness in your activities so that your life is above reproach? If you want to harvest righteousness in your life tomorrow, you must plant seeds of righteousness today.