Read in English
When pressure increase in our life
We know what that is like, don’t we? When everything has gone wrong that could do so, when the fire seems unbearable, suddenly the situation worsens and we wonder where it will all end.
Job had that experience. For a second time Satan slandered Job to God and God gave him additional permission to attack Job, this time to touch his body. Various names have been given to the disease which struck Job, all the way from severe boils to elephantiasis,
Whatever it was, it must have been severely painful with a constant discharge which Job scraped off. Can you see him, a pitiful broken figure, sitting on the household ash heap, disfigured and in extreme pain?
Then his wife, the mother of his ten children turns on him. “Are you still hanging on to your faith in that God you talk about?” In other words, do you still think God loves you? If He does, why has this happened? Those words sound rather familiar even today.
Next she adds a terrible piece of advice. “Curse this God and he will have to kill you. You’d be better off dead than the way you are now.” She may even have been suggesting suicide. How would Job have felt? Instead of supporting him, his life companion had turned against him.
What could Job do? It is remarkable what verse 10 tells us, “In all of this Job did not sin in what he said.” We may wonder how many of us would be so careful in our remarks about God in that situation. It is so easy to burst out in strong words or to talk to other people about our tragic situation and to indulge in self-pity.
At some time or other we each could unexpectedly face personal tragedy and loss. That is the time when we need to say, “Father, I trust you. Not my will but yours be done.”
我们都有过类似的经历，对吗？困难接二连三地发生，当我们觉得无法忍受的时候，情况却愈变愈坏，真不晓得噩梦会何时终结。
约伯正是要面对这种情况。撒但再次在神面前中伤约伯，于是神允许他进一步攻击约伯。撒但这次便攻击约伯的身体，使他全身长满毒疮。约伯所患的是何种疾病，有很多种猜测，名目繁多，从严重的疖子到象皮病都有。
父啊，我信靠你。不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。
不管它是什么，这种毒疮一定非常疼痛，并且不断流脓，约伯不得不把脓刮走。经文描写他蓬头垢面，坐在炉灰之中，拿瓦片刮着身体，形容憔悴，极端痛苦。
更什的是，他的妻子，十个儿女的母亲，还嘲讽他说：「你仍然相信你所说的神么？」换言之，就是，你还认为你的神爱你么？他如果爱你，怎么会出这种事呢？即使在今天，我们不是也经常听见这种话吗？
接着，她还加上一个恶毒的提议：「咒诅你的神吧！他必取去你的性命。你这样活着，不如死了还好。」她什至建议他自杀。约伯有什么感想呢？人生伴侣非但没有支持他，如今也离弃他了。
约伯怎样回应呢？第10节告诉我们：「在这一切事上，约伯并不以口犯罪。」约伯的反应，实在令我们深深佩服。回想我们自己，当落入这种境况时，有多少人能够谨慎自己的言辞呢？激起我们言语激烈，或是不断向人诉苦，或是沉溺于自怜当中，实在是太容易了。
事实上，我们每个人都可能在意想不到的时候，面对人生的悲剧和损失。在那一刻，但愿我们能向神祷告说：「父啊，我信靠你。不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。」
Reflect: 要继续努力, 加油!
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许多人只知道外面的景况，而不知道内心的重要。其实，心才是真正最重要的，是生命的基础。人的真正世界是在心里，因为人的喜怒，哀乐，智愚，都在心中，外面的环境能影响内心。但内心也能靠主的恩典，不受外界左右， 并能胜过外界的势力。所以我们要注意内心的情况。一生的果效是由心发出，人的成败得失，以及永远快乐幸福都由内心决定，内心的拣选和努力，关系到整个人生。
