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Are You Afraid of Making the Wrong Decision?

你是否很担心做出一个错误的决定？

By Rick Warren — Aug 17, 2016

“He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake” (Psalm 23:3b NIV).

“为自己的名引导我走义路。”（诗篇23:3b 和合本）

Often we’re afraid of making the wrong decision, and that creates stress.

我们时常担心自己做出错误的决定，使得我们有压力。

Maybe you’re facing a decision about a major issue: “Should I hold on, or should I let go?” “Should I get in, or should I get out?” “Should I get married?” “Should I find a new job?” “Should I move?”

也许你在面对一个关于重要问题的决定：“我是应该坚持下去呢？还是应该放弃？”“我应该参与进来？还是应该退出？”“我应该结婚吗？”“我应该找一个新工作吗？”“我应该搬家吗？”

When you can’t make up your mind, you stagger through life. In fact, the Bible says when we remain double-minded, we become unstable in everything we do (James 1). The Greek word for unstable literally means “stagger like a drunk.”

当你不能下定决心时，你的生活就会摇摆不定。事实上，圣经说当我们仍存疑虑的时候，我们就会在一切我们所做的事上不坚定。（雅各书 1）在希腊文中，不坚定的字面意思是“摇摆蹒跚的像一个醉汉”。

But God says there is an antidote to our indecision. Psalm 23:3 tells us, “He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake” (NIV). We handle the stress of decision-making by letting God guide us.

但是上帝说这里有一种药可以治疗我们的优柔寡断。诗篇23:3告诉我们，“（上帝）为自己的名引导我走义路。”（和合本）我们可以把做决定的压力交托给上帝，他来引导我们。

You may be thinking, “But I’ve tried this!” You asked God to guide you, but then you became more confused than before. You still couldn’t figure it out. Now you wonder, “Why is knowing God’s will so difficult?”

你也许会这么想，“但是！我曾经这么试过！”你寻求上帝引导，但是你比之前变得更加困惑。你还是找不到答案。那么你很诧异，“为什么明白上帝的旨意是如此的艰难？”

Is God playing games with us? Of course not! God wants to guide us. He wants us to know his will more than we want to know it. Our problem is we often look for the wrong thing when we’re trying to find God’s will.

上帝在和我们玩游戏吗？当然不是！上帝希望引导我们。他希望我们知道他的旨意，超过我们自己想知道的程度。我们的问题是，当我们寻求上帝的旨意时，我们时常定睛在错误的事情上。

For example, some of us look for a feeling. We want to be swept off our feet by some emotion so we can say, “That’s how I know what God’s will is!” Some of us want a methodical approach to God’s will. We want somebody to give us a recipe or a formula to apply. Some of us take a magical approach to God’s will.  We’re looking for God to do some fantastic sign — write it in the sky, call us on the phone, send us an email.

举个例子，一些人在寻求一种感受。我们想有被一些情感完全征服，于是我们就可以说，“我知道上帝的旨意了！”一些人想要一种系统的方法去知道上帝的旨意。我们希望有人能够给我们一个处方或者一个公式去照着做。还有一些人希望的是一种神奇的方法去知道上帝的旨意。我们在寻求上帝做一些神奇的记号————在天上写字，拨打我们的电话，或者给我们发个邮件。

All of these ways lead to frustration and cause us to miss God’s will. God’s will is not a feeling or a formula or something he wants you to be frustrated or fearful about.

所有的这些都会让我们受挫，因为这不是他的旨意。上帝的旨意并非一种感觉、一个公式或者一些他希望你受挫或者担心的事。

God does not want you confused, and he does not want you stressed over making any decision. He is there, guiding you every step of the way.

上帝不希望你困惑，他也不希望你在任何决定上有压力。他就在那里，在生命路上的每一步都引导你。

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讨论问题

What is a big decision you’ve recently been faced with? How did you seek God’s will?

你最近要面对什么重要的决定？你是怎样寻求上帝旨意的？

Why does God want you to use the Bible to help you make a decision?

为什么上帝希望你通过圣经来帮助自己做决定。

What keeps you from trusting that God will guide you through every decision you have to make?

是什么阻止你在每个决定上坚信神的引导？