为什么我不喜乐？[9月22日专题信息]

专题信息｜为什么我不喜乐？

9月22日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 来11:24-26；腓2:12-18

课题: 成圣/分别为圣/基督生活体系, 人的心灵, 情绪, 心理医治,

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有时最简单的问题隐藏着最深奥的答案。保罗在《腓4:4》说：“你们要靠主常常喜乐，我再说，你们要喜乐”。喜乐，是我们人的内在需要。当神创造人时，祂的本意就是愿意我们在与祂同行中得享完整的喜乐。《加5:16,22》告诉我们当我们顺着圣灵行，圣灵在我们心中所结出的果子就是喜乐了。神在《启21:4》告诉我们祂最后必定擦去我们一切的眼泪，叫我们永远在也不能被死亡、悲哀、哭号、疼痛等侵入。所以，即便我们有些时候不能喜乐，但我们不要怀疑神向我们所怀的心意，就是祂绝对愿意我们喜乐。神清楚知道喜乐的心乃是良药《箴17:22》，那不但医治我们的身体，就是连根深蒂固的精神与抑郁问题也能得医治。其实，连研究医学报告显示欢笑能够减轻人的痛苦，且叫我们的心脏、肺和肌肉松懈，甚至是减轻忧郁。这是因为人的身体在欢笑中发出内啡肽（一种叫我们感觉好，且提高承受力的化学品）。因这个的缘故，人人都想要喜乐，且追求积极的情感。无论我们人的体验经历或是从医学角度，我们都知道人不能长久活在不喜乐的光景。喜乐是一种需要，也是人的必要。但也因为这个的缘故，我们离开神的人从不对的根源中寻找喜乐。有的人在罪中寻找欢乐。他们酗酒、抽烟、玩乐，为的就是得享暂时的快乐，好能忘掉暂时的烦恼。在挪威有一个研究报道证实吸烟者带有对疼痛最弱的承受力。这似乎告诉我们吸烟者一般在遇到苦楚时很容易靠抽烟来消愁。另外也有的人尽量让自己忙于事物，甚至是去帮助人，好让自己感到快乐。问题不在于帮助人，但是以帮助人来从自己的痛苦、自卑或内疚得解脱，那不是真正解决我们不能喜乐的根源。所以，有很多的人在教会里努力服侍，甚至是牧养人，但有一天自己完全崩溃，甚至是跌倒。那是因为他不能明白自己不能喜乐的根源。最普遍的就是人现在偏向积极心理学，往积极方面想来调整自己的心情。不然就是采纳一些治疗法或是人本法来让自己能取得积极的情感。这样的趋势也与日俱增地影响教会。在有些教派中，牧者们的教导专门提倡圣灵充满之后所带来信徒身上不由自主的欢笑或是大哭一场，以至叫人的情感能得着释放医治。我们在保罗专讲“喜乐”为主题的《腓立比书》里没有看到这样的现象，更没有听说保罗提倡这样经历圣灵的方法。确实，从心里发出的才有真实的果效《箴4:23》。连世界的心理学都说，即便是欢笑，这必须来自人的内心，不然不能确实加赠人的承受力。其实，我们离开神之后都不认识喜乐了。我们一直在找各种的满足来取得那唯有能从神而来的喜乐。我们旅行、购物、玩乐、追求婚姻、想得孩子、在工作上取得业绩等，其实我们要问自己在做这一切是为了什么呢？简单来说就是心中要得着喜乐的满足。更糟糕的是我们也相信那就是神所赐的喜乐满足，因此不住的追求，却离那从神所赐的喜乐更远。有的人说：“为何神不能像一个圣诞老人这样，常常给我惊喜？这如同有时我们得到一份好的工作，或是遇到一个好的伴侣，或是听见孩子告诉我们他在学校得奖了，或是有病的听到医生带来的一些好报告等”。其实，神并没有剥夺我们这方面的喜乐。若我们仔细确认，我们人生中都有尝过这些吃喝、玩乐、购取、享受、成功或是脱离危难的惊喜，但确实上我们并没有因这些惊喜进到更深更绝对的喜乐，我们也因此发现当我们得的越多，我们幸福的指数并没有提高，我们反而越来越不得满足。这就显示我们并没有在主里得享这一切，也并非靠主喜乐，我们只不过经历了“多得”的一种兴奋，但那兴奋本身并非等于圣灵的喜乐。我们可能对神有感激，但那感激并没有促使我们轻看那至暂至轻的，且追求那极重无比的荣耀。反而，我们更不能放弃我们所得的。因此，我们要清楚明白自己不喜乐，且不能喜乐的缘由，以至我们真是能靠着主喜乐。

Sometimes, the most profound answer is hidden within the simplest question. In <Phil 4:4>, Paul said, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”. Joy is the inner need of we humans. When God created man, His original intent was that we enjoy complete joy while walking with Him. <Gal 5:16, 22> tells us that when we walk by the Spirit, the fruit the Holy Spirit will produce in our hearts is joy. In <Rev 21:4>, God tells us that He will eventually wipe every tear from our eyes, and we will never be invaded by death, mourning, crying, pain, etc. Therefore, even if sometimes we cannot be joyful, we should not doubt God’s heart towards us, which is, He absolutely desires that we are joyful. God clearly knows that a cheerful heart is good medicine <Prov 17:22>, that not only heals our body, but even can heal deep-rooted mental and depressive problems. In fact, even medical research studies report that laughter can reduce human pain, and make our hearts, lungs and muscles relax, even moderating depression. This is because in laughter, the human body produces endorphins (a chemical that makes us feel good, and increase resilience). Because of this, everyone desires to be joyful, and pursues positive emotions. Whether it is our human experience or from a medical angle, we all know that humans cannot remain in a prolonged state of joylessness. Joy is a form of need, as well as, a human necessity. But also because of this, we humans who have departed from God seek joy from the wrong sources. Some people seek pleasure in sin. They drink, smoke, have fun, in order to enjoy temporal happiness, and forget temporary troubles. In Norway, there was a research report affirming that smokers have the least tolerance towards pain. This suggests that whenever smokers encounter pain, they usually resort to smoking to drown their sorrows. In addition, there are also people who try to busy themselves with things, including even helping others, so that they can feel happy. The issue is not with helping others, but if we use helping others as a way of breaking free from our pain, inferiority complex or guilt, then that is not truly resolving the root issue of our inability to be joyful. Therefore, many people strive hard to serve in the church, even shepherding others, but one day, they themselves completely break down, and even stumble. That is because they cannot understand the root of why they are unable to be joyful. The most prevalent is people nowadays are inclined towards positive psychology, using positive thinking to adjust their feelings. Otherwise, they will adopt certain therapies or humanistic ways to get themselves into positive emotions. Such trends also influence the church increasingly. In certain denominations, the pastors’ teachings specially advocate the uncontrollable laughter or weeping that come after being filled with the Holy Spirit, so as to bring about healing and deliverance in one’s emotions. In the <Book of Philippians> in which Paul specially talked about the theme of “joy”, we do not see such a phenomenon, neither do we hear Paul advocate such ways of experiencing the Holy Spirit. Indeed, whatever flows from the heart is then the true fruit <Prov 4:23>. Even secular psychology says that even laughter should come from the inner heart, otherwise it also cannot truly increase human resilience. Indeed, after we left God, we all do not know joy. We keep seeking all kinds of satisfaction to gain the joy that only can come from God. We travel, shop, have fun, pursue marriage, desire to have children, seek job performance, etc, actually we have to ask ourselves what is the purpose of doing all these? Simply put, our hearts wish to have joyful satisfaction. What is worse is we also believe that is the joyful satisfaction given by God, thus we keep pursuing, but conversely, we are further and further away from the joy given by God. Some people say, “Why can’t God be like Santa Claus, always giving us surprises? This is like sometimes we find a good job, or meet a good partner, or hear our children telling us that they have won awards in schools, or those who are sick hear good reports from the doctors, etc”. Actually, God does not take away our joys in these areas. If we confirm carefully, in our lives, we have all tasted these surprises of eating, drinking, playing, shopping, enjoying, success, or being delivered from dangers. But indeed, we did not enter into deeper and more absolute joys because of these surprises. Because of this, we also realize that when we gain more, our happiness index does not increase; conversely, we are more and more unsatisfied. This shows that we have not enjoyed all these in the Lord, and have not relied on the Lord to be joyful. We merely experienced the excitement of “having more”, but that excitement does not equal to the joy of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps we have gratitude towards God, but that gratitude does not spur us to look down on what is light and momentary and pursue that eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. On the contrary, we all the more cannot let go of what we have. Therefore, we must clearly understand that we are not joyful, as well as the reason for that, so that we can truly rejoice in the Lord.

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