昨天我們結束時說：「生命的問題和困難基本上全都是屬靈的。」這究竟是甚麼意思？讓我們再次來思想詩篇七十三篇詩人的問題。他對自己說：「為甚麼神容許不敬虔的人興盛，敬虔的人卻要經歷重大考驗和艱辛？」他嘗試去了解神的方法，但是感到相當困難。

這個問題只有一個答案，就是在以賽亞書五十五章8節：「耶和華說，我的意念非同你們的意念；我的道路非同你們的道路。」無論我們怎麼理解神的道路，這些經文給我們最終的答案是：全能者的行動是高過並且超過我們所能理解的。這就彷彿神在對我們說：「你們不能以自然的眼光來看待我的道路，否則便會感到迷惘失措。我的行動高過自然的層次，你們若想明白我，就必須也上到這個層次來。」

不過，哪怕是一些資深的基督徒，都往往會堅持以自然的方式來面對生命的境況。自然思想和屬靈思想的分別是天和地之間的區別。當我們對生命的處境感到迷惘時，第一件要做的事情是問自己：「我是以自然的還是屬靈的角度來看這件事呢？我有沒有不自覺地回到自然的思想方式去？」我們越學會以屬靈的角度來思考生命的問題，就越不會感到困惑。

Yesterday we ended with the statement: "Ultimately, the problems and difficulties of life are all spiritual." What exactly does this mean? Reflect again on the psalmist's problem. He says to himself: "Why does God allow the ungodly to prosper and the godly to go through great trials and tribulations?" He has trouble as he tries to understand God's ways.

Now there is really only one answer to this problem, and it is found in Isaiah 55:8: " 'My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord." Whatever we might think about the ways of God, these words give us the ultimate answer - the Almighty acts in ways that are above and beyond our comprehension. It is as if God is saying: "When you look at My ways you must not approach them on a natural level, because if you do you will be baffled and overwhelmed. I act on a higher level than the natural, and if you want to understand Me, then you must come up on this level too."

How often, however, we persist in thinking naturally about life's situations - even those of us who have been in the Christian life for many years. The difference between natural thinking and spiritual thinking is the difference between heaven and earth. The very first thing we must do when we are baffled by some circumstance in our lives, is say to ourselves: "Am I approaching this on a natural level or a spiritual level? Have I reverted unconsciously to my natural way of thinking about these things." The more we learn to think spiritually about life's problems, the less perplexed we will be.