What's My Purpose in Life?
我的人生目標是什麼?
Consider a hammer. It’s designed to hit nails. That’s what it was created to do. Now imagine that the hammer never gets used. It just sits in the toolbox. The hammer doesn’t care.
But now imagine that same hammer with a soul, a self-consciousness.
One day someone pulls him out of the toolbox and uses him to break some branches for the fireplace. The hammer is exhilarated. At the end of the day, though, he is still unfulfilled. Something is still missing.
In the days that follow, he’s used often. Still, he’s left unfulfilled. So he longs for more action. More of the same, he believes, is the solution to his lack of fulfillment.
Then one day someone uses him on a nail. Suddenly, the lights come on in his hammer soul. He now understands what he was truly designed for. He was meant to hit nails. Now he knows what his hammer soul was searching for all along.
We are created in God’s image for relationship with him. Being in that relationship is the only thing that will ultimately satisfy our souls. Until we come to know God, we’ve had many wonderful experiences. We’ve been used for some noble purposes, but not the one we were ultimately designed for, not the one through which we will find the most fulfillment. Augustine summarized it this way: “You [God] have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee.”
A relationship with God is the only thing that will quench our soul’s longing. Jesus Christ said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” Until we come to know God, we are hungry and thirsty in life. We try to “eat” and “drink” all kinds of things to satisfy our hunger and thirst, but yet they remain.”
We are like the hammer. We don’t realize what will end the emptiness, the lack of fulfillment, in our lives. Even in the midst of a Nazi prison camp, Corri Ten Boom found God to be wholly satisfying: “The foundation of our happiness was that we knew ourselves hidden with Christ in God. We could have faith in God’s love…our Rock who is stronger than the deepest darkness.”
Usually when we keep God out, we try to find fulfillment in something other than God, but we can never be ultimately satisfied.
讓我們來對一把錘子做一些思考吧。它是被用來釘釘子的，這就是它被造的目的。現在我們想象一下這把錘子永遠不會被使用時的情形吧。它就一直呆在工具箱裡。錘子本身對這樣的際遇並不在乎。
但現在設想一下：如果賦予這把錘子靈魂和自我意識以後，它會怎麼樣呢？
有一天，有人把它從工具箱裡拿了出來，用它砍下一些樹枝來燒旺壁爐。錘子為此激動不已。可是，在一天結束的時候，他仍然沒有得到滿足，覺得還缺點兒什麼。
在接下來的日子裡，他經常被使用。然而，他仍然沒有得到滿足。所以他渴望得到更多的工作機會。他相信，更多重複的工作，是解決他缺乏成就感這個問題的好辦法。
然後有一天，有人用他釘了一根釘子。突然，他錘子的靈魂被一道光照亮了。現在他明白了自己被設計成錘子的真正用意是什麼了。他原來是為了要用來釘釘子的啊！現在他終於知道自己的錘子靈魂一直在尋找什麼了。
我們是照著神的形像被造的，為的是與祂有關係。這樣的關係是唯一會最終滿足我們靈魂所需的東西。在認識神之前，我們有過許多奇妙的經歷。我們被賦予一些高尚的目的，但這些並不是我們被造的最終目的，不是我們能從中能得到最大滿足感的目的。奧古斯丁如此概括說:“你(神)為了你自己造了我們，我們的心躁動不安，直到在你裡面得著安息。”
與上帝的關係是唯一能止住我們靈魂飢渴的東西。耶穌基督說：“我就是生命的糧。到我這裡來的，必定不餓。信我的，永遠不渴。”在認識神之前，我們的生命又飢又渴，我們試圖“吃”、“喝”各種各樣的東西來滿足我們的飢餓和口渴，但結果卻是望梅止渴，它們仍然呆在原地，繼續嘲弄、折磨著我們。
我們就像這把錘子一樣，意識不到什麼東西能夠填滿自己內心的空虛與缺乏。即使在納粹集中營裡，科裡·騰·布姆（Corri Ten Boom）也發現上帝是完全令人滿足的：”我們快樂的根基，是知道自己與基督一同藏在上帝的裡面。我們可以信靠上帝的愛… …我們的磐石比最深的黑暗還要堅固。“
常常地，當我們拒絕神、企圖在神以外的事上尋找滿足的時候，卻永遠也從那裡得不到終極的心滿意足。
Q&A
Q: What is our purpose in life?
A: To meet our desire.
B: To glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
C: To enjoy the creation of God.
D: To hide with Christ in God.
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新一季的打卡活動與以往的風格略有不同：
首先，從內容上來講，新一季的打卡活動內容將更具挑戰性。我們會拓寬大家的知識面，內容涵蓋人文、歷史、醫學、自然、社會等等更貼近日常生活的文章，不定期穿插聖經時光的內容；
其次，往期的打卡多以練習口語發音為主，本次活動挑戰的是大家的耳朵，以聽力為主。我們會在每一篇文章末尾，設定與文章相關的一個小問題，當大家聽完主播錄製的節目之後，根據內容回答問題，點選確定——即為打卡成功！！！
最後，我們要說一說此次活動挑戰如何評獎吧
！！！本期打卡挑戰活動將以積分制來評定。每天打卡得10分，答對可再得10分，若補打卡，也可以得到答題的分數。最終累計積分最高的
前3名，JesusChrist將會有驚喜相送！
每人可得《生命的成熟：靈命成長原則與實踐》一本。
（積分若相同，會以抽獎的形式獲取前3名的幸運聽眾）
好了，話不多說，快來參加挑戰吧！
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