在上帝里面，从来没有「负面思考」这回事。

保罗如何谈论自己的同胞以色列人呢？保罗一生中所遇到大的迫害，十之八九是从自己的同胞来的。保罗有千百个理由去咒诅自己的同胞，因为他的同胞曾经诬蔑他、诽谤他、害他坐窂、被鞭打、让他受尽委曲。但保罗仍然不放弃自己的同胞，并且深信「上帝并没有弃绝他预先知道的百姓」、「上帝的恩赐和选召是不会撤回的」。

保罗说：「因着以色列人有过犯，救恩反而临到外邦人……」保罗没有停在这里，他说这是要：「……激起他们（以色列人）嫉妒的心。」还有他奉派在外邦人中传福音这件事，也是要「激起我骨肉之亲的嫉妒，好救他们一些人。」嫉妒是负面的，保罗却可以在负面的嫉妒中找到正面积极的目的。

很多时候我们碰到「负面情况」，就会觉得应该用「负面思考」去反应，但真正爱主的圣徒不会如此。 「如果他们被丢弃，世界因而得以与神和好；他们被收纳，岂不就是从死人中复生吗？」不管见人好或见人不好，我们都应该要用「正面思考」去回应。

能激发我们「正面思考」的是什么呢？是上帝的怜悯。惟有曾经在不顺服之中被上帝怜悯的人，才能用正确的眼光去看待别人的好与不好。

简体圣经 | https://www.bible.com/bible/140/ROM.11.RCUVSS

繁体圣经 | https://www.bible.com/bible/139/ROM.11.RCUV

In God, there is no such thing as 'negative thinking'. 

How did Paul talk about his fellow Israelites? Throughout his life, the major persecutions he encountered mostly came from his own people. Paul had a thousand reasons to curse his own people because they had slandered him, defamed him, imprisoned him, beaten him, and caused him great distress. But Paul still did not give up on his own people and firmly believed that "God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew" and "The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable."

Paul said, "because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles...to make Israel envious." Also, his mission to preach the gospel among the Gentiles was to "make my own people jealous and save some of them." Jealousy is negative, but Paul could find a positive and active purpose in negative jealousy.

Many times when we encounter "negative situations", we tend to react with "negative thinking", but true saints who love God would not. "If their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?" Whether people treat us well or not, we should respond with "positive thinking".

Reading the Bible | https://www.bible.com/bible/59/ROM.11.ESV