• 耶利米书 15:16

耶和华－万军之上帝啊，
我得着你的话就把它们吃了，
你的话是我心中的欢喜快乐；
因我是称为你名下的人。

• 路加福音 6:46

你们为什么称呼我‘主啊，主啊’，却不照我的话做呢？

耶利米热爱上帝的话语，从中大受鼓舞，他甚至称上帝的言语为他“心中的欢喜快乐”。我们是否也对上帝的话语有同样的反应？如果没有，是不是因为我们还没有真正花时间来研读它？或是因为圣经让我们自我感觉很差，所以我们不喜欢读它？

有人说圣经其实相当容易理解，但是我们基督徒很狡猾——我们使圣经变得极其复杂，以便为我们想做的事找借口而不必觉得内疚。我们花费精力去为那些其实会缠累我们的罪找借口，但如果我们用这精力的一半去努力读圣经，或许就会对上帝的话语产生像耶利米那样的感受了！

• Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.

• Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Jeremiah is so enthusiastic and brought to life by God’s words that he claims they are his ‘joy and heart’s delight.’ Does God’s word bring this reaction from us? If it doesn't, is it because we haven't truly taken the time to study it? Or maybe it's because we don't like reading it because it makes us feel bad about ourselves?

It's been said that the Bible is actually quite simple to understand, but we as Christians are quite crafty. We make it as complicated as possible so we can justify doing the things that we want without feeling bad. If we spent half the energy we do trying to justify our sin that actually enslaves us giving God's Word a true effort, we might feel the same way that Jeremiah did about the Bible!

从现在开始，要像耶利米一样，在读上帝的话语之前重复这句经节——“耶和华，万军之上帝啊，你的言语是我心中的欢喜快乐，因我是称为你名下的人。” （耶利米书15:16）

Repeat this verse as if you are Jeremiah before reading God's Word from now on, "God, Your words are my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear Your name, Lord God Almighty." (Jeremiah 15:16)