从迷惘到信靠
四个应付迷惘的方法
经文
诗篇二十七1-14
1（大卫的诗。）耶和华是我的亮光，是我的拯救，我还怕谁呢？耶和华是我性命的保障（或译：力量），我还惧谁呢？
2那作恶的就是我的仇敌，前来吃我肉的时候就绊跌仆倒。
3虽有军兵安营攻击我，我的心也不害怕；虽然兴起刀兵攻击我，我必仍旧安稳。
4有一件事，我曾求耶和华，我仍要寻求：就是一生一世住在耶和华的殿中，瞻仰他的荣美，在他的殿里求问。
5因为我遭遇患难，他必暗暗地保守我；在他亭子里，把我藏在他帐幕的隐密处，将我高举在磐石上。
6现在我得以昂首，高过四面的仇敌。我要在他的帐幕里欢然献祭；我要唱诗歌颂耶和华。
7耶和华啊，我用声音呼吁的时候，求你垂听；并求你怜恤我，应允我。
8你说：你们当寻求我的面。那时我心向你说：耶和华啊，你的面我正要寻求。
9不要向我掩面。不要发怒赶逐仆人，你向来是帮助我的。救我的神啊，不要丢掉我，也不要离弃我。
10我父母离弃我，耶和华必收留我。
11耶和华啊，求你将你的道指教我，因我仇敌的缘故引导我走平坦的路。
12求你不要把我交给敌人，遂其所愿；因为妄作见证的和口吐凶言的，起来攻击我。
13我若不信在活人之地得见耶和华的恩惠，就早已丧胆了。
14要等候耶和华！当壮胆，坚固你的心！我再说，要等候耶和华！
信息分享
每当我们面对迷惘，或者是任何困难境况的时候，我们都会采取以下四种措施的其中一种：1. 逃走！2?.对抗！3.忘记！4.面对！前三种结果都会失败，只有第四种才会起作用。
因此，要在心里牢牢记着，应付迷惘的第一个步骤是承认它，承认你感到迷惘这个事实。不要像某位牧者，每当他在面对一段困难的经文时，就会告诉会众：「这段经文很有趣，我们已经把它读过了，让我们继续下去读别的吧！」要小心，在未能完全面对迷惘，承认它的真实和感受它的痛苦以前，不要继续往下走。
为甚么感受痛苦是必要的呢？因为任何不快乐的思想或情况都肯定会对我们的感受产生影响。要看我们是哪一种人，是会选择完全面对感受呢；或是把它压制下去，不承认它呢。（我们的性情和早年的培训等因素决定我们是哪一种人）但要注意：我们越是不承认一种感受，它便越是要存留在我们的里面，并在将来为我们的生命带来麻烦。关于个性形成的其中一条法则是：不被承认的情绪会留在我们里面制造麻烦；得到承认的情绪却不会这样。你是否懂得承认自己的情绪？相信我吧，你要是不管理情绪，它们很快的就会反过来控制你。
「你不承认的情绪会给你制造麻烦」
进深研究
林后十二1-10；赛四十31；诗八十一1
1. 保罗承认了自己的处境后怎样回应？
2. 面对生命的痛苦的关键是甚么？
祈祷
天父，我需要您特别的帮助和引领。您叫我要「一无所惧」，求您帮助我在面对内心感受的时候，能够明白「感受不是我的主」，只有您才是我的主。阿们。
From Confusion to Confidence
Four ways to cope with confusion
Bible reading:
Psalm 27:1-14
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked advance against me to devour[a] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord.
7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, Lord, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
11 Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Message
Whenever we are faced with confusion - or, for that matter, any difficult situation that confronts us - we will usually take one of four measures: 1. Flee it! 2. Fight it! 3. Forget it! 4. Face it! The first three end in failure - only the fourth will get us anywhere.
So fix it clearly in your mind that the first step in dealing with confusion is admit it. Acknowledge the fact that you are feeling confused. Don't be like the minister who, when faced with a difficult passage in Scripture, would say to his congregation: "This is an interesting text - and now having looked it full in the face, let us pass on!" Be careful that you don't pass on until you have looked confusion fully in the face, acknowledged its reality and felt its pain.
Why is it necessary to feel its pain? Because any unpleasant thought or situation will, of necessity, have some impact upon our feelings. Depending on the type of person we are (our temperament, early training, and so on), we will choose either to face that feeling in all its fullness or push it down inside us - unacknowledged. But note this: to the extent that an emotion is not acknowledged, to that extent it will stay within us and cause trouble at some future point in our lives. One of the laws of the personality is this: unacknowledged emotions stay within us to cause trouble, acknowledged emotions don't. How good are you at acknowledging your feelings? Believe me, if you are not in charge of them, they will soon be in charge of you.
"Unacknowledged emotions cause trouble"
Prayer
O Father, here I am entering an area where I need Your special help and direction. You have told me to "fear nothing". Help me to face all my feelings in the knowledge that You, not my feelings, are my Lord and Master. Amen.
Further study
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Isaiah 40:31
Psalm 81:1
1. How did Paul respond after acknowledging his situation?
2. What is the key to facing life's pain?
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