开朗的宗教-第138章

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开朗的宗教-第138章

  Contentment Is Found in the Lot Heaven Assigns, May 17

开朗的宗教-第138章

  “你为自己图谋大事么？不要图谋；我必使灾祸临凡有血气的；但你无论往那里去，我必使你以自己的命为掠物；这是耶和华说的”（耶45:5）。[1]

开朗的宗教-第138章

  Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.Jeremiah 45:5.{RRe 139.1}[1]

开朗的宗教-第138章

  又宽又深的河流，为各国提供了交通旅行的通道，被视为具有普世的价值。但那些合成大川的涓涓细流又如何呢？没有它们，江河就不存在了。江河之所以存在，全赖于它们。照样，那些蒙召领导大工的人受到尊荣，似乎事业的成功全靠他们；殊不知成功需要无数卑微工人的忠诚合作。这些工人是不为世人所知的。世上多数劳苦大众，工作无人表扬，辛劳无人赏识。在这种情况下，许多人心怀不满，觉得一生都虚度了。但那涓涓溪流无声无息地带着健康、肥力与美丽，穿过丛林和草原，其功能与宽阔的江河相同。在供应江河的同时，它帮助成就了江河自己永远不能成就的事。[2]

开朗的宗教-第138章

  The wide, deep river, that offers a highway for the traffic and travel of nations, is valued as a world-wide benefit; but what of the little rills that help to form this noble stream? Were it not for them, the river would disappear. Upon them its very existence depends. So men called to lead in some great work are honored as if its success were due to them alone; but that success required the faithful co-operation of humbler workers almost without number,—workers of whom the world knows nothing. Tasks uncommended, labor without recognition, is the lot of most of the world’s toilers. And in such a lot many are filled with discontent. They feel that life is wasted. But the little rill that makes its noiseless way through grove and meadow, bearing health and fertility and beauty, is as useful in its way as the broad river. And in contributing to the river’s life, it helps achieve that which alone it could never have accomplished.{RRe 139.2}[2]

开朗的宗教-第138章

  这是许多人所需要的教训。人们太崇拜才干，太贪恋地位了。太多的人如果不被承认为领袖就不愿意做事情，如果得不到称赞就不肯工作。我们所需要学习的，就是尽量利用自己的才干和机会，对上天所给予我们的境遇心满意足。（Ed 116、117）[3]

开朗的宗教-第138章

  The lesson is one needed by many. Talent is too much idolized, and station too much coveted. There are too many who will do nothing unless they are recognized as leaders; too many who must receive praise, or they have no interest to labor. What we need to learn is faithfulness in making the utmost use of the powers and opportunities we have, and contentment in the lot to which Heaven assigns us.—Education, 116, 117.{RRe 139.3}[3]

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