今天我们要来思想另一个问题──虽然诗人的脚不再滑倒，但他内心继续与他的困惑搏斗。请听听他的话：「我思索怎能明白这事，眼看实系为难」（诗七十三16）。显然的，尽管他避免让自己跌倒，但他内心和思想上仍然很痛苦，他仍然因为不敬虔人的兴盛，而他这个属神的孩子却要面对各种困难而感到困惑。他不能忍受冒犯神的家这个想法，然而他的迷惘却依旧令他无所适从。

你在属灵生命中是否也曾经身处这种境况？虽然不致滑倒，但却受到巨大的属灵难题所困扰？你所理解的足以阻止你不致跌倒，但不足以帮助你能够攀爬。这是相当奇怪的情况，不过我自己有多次身处这种景况的经历。也许你现在就正在这种情况下，你双脚停止滑倒，但你里面仍然有着强烈的情绪。

这是一个十分关键的处境，关键是因为这时我们必须面对一个试探，就是我们要以不清晰的答案来平复内心强烈的情绪。我知道有很多身处这种景况的基督徒，由于他们的目标只是要减轻内心的痛苦，而不是寻找困难真正的解决办法，所以他们紧抓表面的答案，可惜那些答案只能够给他们提供短暂的解脱。

Today we examine the fact that although the psalmist's feet are no longer slipping and sliding, he continues to struggle inwardly with his problem. Listen to what he says: "But when I considered how to understand this, it was too great an effort for me and too painful" (Psa. 73:16, Amplified Bible). It is clear that although he has stopped himself from falling, he is still in great anguish of heart and mind; he is still perplexed over the issue of why the ungodly are prospering while he, a child of God, has to face all kinds of difficulties. He cannot bear the thought of scandalising the family of God, and yet his confusion continues.

Have you ever been in this position in your spiritual life - saved from slipping and sliding but still harassed by a giant-sized spiritual problem? You know enough to stop you falling, but not enough to start you climbing. It is a strange position to be in but one, I must confess, in which I have found myself on many occasions. Perhaps you are there right now - your feet have stopped slipping, but strong emotions continue to rage inside you

This is a very critical position to be in - critical because the temptation at this point is to quieten the raging emotions within by settling for answers that are less than the real ones. I know many Christians who have been in this position, and because their goal has been to alleviate the pain in their heart rather than find the real solutions to their problem, they have grasped at superficial answers that do nothing more than provide temporary relief.