Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4-7)
你們要靠主常常喜樂。我再說,你們要喜樂。當叫眾人知道你們謙讓的心。主已經近了。應當一無罣慮,只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求,和感謝,將你們所要的告訴神。神所賜、出人意外的平安必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念。(腓立比4:4-7)
Why should the Lord command us to "rejoice" even when we are full of troubles? Why are we not 'allowed' to be anxious about our troubles? And how shall "the peace of God"guard our hearts and minds?
When you think of it, we indeed easily slip and fall into erronous decisions and even sin when we are overcome by anxiety, our hearts being commanded and driven by haste, looking for a quick-solution (which is most often far from being the 'best' solution). But when our hearts are at peace, and we take the time to think things over with the WWJD question, our hearts and minds can indeed be guarded from many too-hasty and not-so-good solutions, and be guided by the Holy Spirit.
But the question is... how are we to avoid becoming overcome by anxiousness without running away from our troubles?
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