昨天我们结束时说：「生命的问题和困难基本上全都是属灵的。」这究竟是甚么意思？让我们再次来思想诗篇七十三篇诗人的问题。他对自己说：「为甚么神容许不敬虔的人兴盛，敬虔的人却要经历重大考验和艰辛？」他尝试去了解神的方法，但是感到相当困难。

这个问题只有一个答案，就是在以赛亚书五十五章8节：「耶和华说，我的意念非同你们的意念；我的道路非同你们的道路。」无论我们怎么理解神的道路，这些经文给我们最终的答案是：全能者的行动是高过并且超过我们所能理解的。这就仿佛神在对我们说：「你们不能以自然的眼光来看待我的道路，否则便会感到迷惘失措。我的行动高过自然的层次，你们若想明白我，就必须也上到这个层次来。」

不过，哪怕是一些资深的基督徒，都往往会坚持以自然的方式来面对生命的境况。自然思想和属灵思想的分别是天和地之间的区别。当我们对生命的处境感到迷惘时，第一件要做的事情是问自己：「我是以自然的还是属灵的角度来看这件事呢？我有没有不自觉地回到自然的思想方式去？」我们越学会以属灵的角度来思考生命的问题，就越不会感到困惑。

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.