Do you have enough?
A famous author was once invited to speak at a business conference about his best-selling book. After his talk, a businessman came up to him and began to boast. He said, “Your best seller may have earned you millions, but my business earns many times that each month! Why should I learn how to do business from you?” The author calmly looked at him and replied, “yes that’s true, but I have one thing you don’t”. The businessman raised his eyebrow and remarked “what could you possibly have that I can’t buy or gain for myself?”. The author simply said “I have enough”.
It’s easy to let our drive of progress consume our everyday thoughts. Particularly during this season of economic stress and pressure. Although scripture does not deny us permission to strive and work for our family, it does pose a question for our souls, “what is enough for you?”. Is it a number in your bank account? A relationship you yearn for? An ambition to be fulfilled?
In Psalm 16, David writes, “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup”. The Lord is our enough. It is easy to let our fear of scarcity and missing out drive our daily life. But the Lord invites us not to join in the race of ambition, but to be satisfied with enough.
Enough hope for the day, enough purpose for our work, enough love for our families. Those things are unable to be bought, but priceless when we have them.
Do you have enough today? If so, praise the Lord. But if not, let’s pray for God to give us enough for today, to give us daily bread to continue to worship him.
你是否已經有足夠？
一位著名作家曾受邀在一次商業會議上就他的暢銷書發表講說。他說完後，一位商人走到他面前，開始吹噓,說，”你的暢銷書可能為你賺了幾百萬，但我的生意每個月賺的都要比你好幾倍！我為什麼要向你學習怎樣做生意？”作者平靜地看著他，回答說：“是的，但我有一樣是你沒有的。” 商人挑眉道：“你有什麼東西是我自己買不到也得不到的？” 作者簡單地說，“我所有的是「足夠」。”
我們很容易讓我們進取的動力佔據了我們每天的思想，特別是在這個充滿經濟張力和其他壓力的環境下。雖然聖經並沒有禁止我們為家庭奮鬥和工作，但它確實向我們的內心提出了一個問題，“什麼對你來說才是「足夠」呢？”。是你的銀行賬戶裡的一個數目嗎？是你嚮往的一種關係嗎？是想要實現的抱負嗎？
在詩篇16篇中，大衛寫道：“主啊，唯有你是我的分，我的杯”。主是我們的「足夠」。我們很容易被稀缺和錯失的恐懼驅使我們的日常生活，但主邀請我們不要去參與這野心的競賽，而是要滿足於「足夠」。
一天有足夠的希望，工作有足夠的意義，家庭中有足夠的愛。那些東西是買不到的，但若我們擁有時卻是無價寶。
你今天已有「足夠」嗎？如果有，讚美主。但如果仍沒有，讓我們祈禱上帝給我們今天有「足夠」，給我們每天的飲食來繼續敬拜他。
