以上帝的道為糧 — 四种心灵的食物

“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me” (Psalm 101:3 ESV).
“邪惡和下流的事，我不看一眼。我恨惡行事詭詐的人，絕不與他們有任何瓜葛。”（新普及譯本 詩篇 101:3 ）

You’ll hear a lot of concern these days about water pollution and air pollution. And those concerns are important.
這陣子，水源和空氣污染引起了莫大的關注，這些是極為重要的課題。

But there may be a more important pollution in our lives: mind pollution.
但是我們生命中或許有種更嚴重的污染——心靈污染。

The Bible tells us that what we feed our minds is just as important as what we feed our bodies.
聖經告訴我們，餵養心靈與餵養身體同等重要。

Psalm 101:3 says, “I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me” (ESV).
詩篇101:3 說： “邪惡和下流的事，我不看一眼。我恨惡行事詭詐的人，絕不與他們有任何瓜葛。”（新普及譯本）

When feeding your mind, you must choose from four kinds of content.
餵養心靈時，你必須選擇以下四種食品：

1. Poison – 毒害食品

These are the concepts that will derange, degrade, or demoralize you. For instance, pornography will do that.
這些是會毒害你，令你墮落和敗壞的選擇。例如色情書刊。

1. Junk food – 垃圾食物

Most of the stuff on television is the mental equivalent of junk food. You’ll find little to no nutritional value in it. You can eat junk food, but you’re not going to get very wise.
大部分的電視節目等同精神上的垃圾食物。你會發現它們極少、甚至不具任何營養價值；你可以吃垃圾食物，卻不會變得更有智慧。

1. Brain food – 知識食品

This is the “good stuff.” It educates you in areas like math, history, English, and geography. You need to fill your mind with brain food. It’ll make you a well-rounded person.
這些是 “營養食品”，它教導你數學、歷史、英語和地理各項領域的知識。你需要將知識放進頭腦，成為一個全備的人。

1. Super food – 優質食品

This is the Bible. God’s Word will teach you what you won’t find anywhere else. It answers fundamental questions like, “Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Does my life matter? Is there a purpose to my life? Is there meaning? Am I significant?” You’ll only get answers to those questions in the Bible. We need to feast on God’s Word daily.
這是聖經。上帝的道能教䁱你其他地方無法學到的真理，回答人生最根本的問題，比方「我是誰？」「我從哪裡來？」「我將往哪裡去？」「我的生命為什麼重要？」「我的生命有目的嗎？有意義嗎？」「我具影響力嗎？」你只能從聖經中找出這些問題的答案，我們每日當以上帝的道為糧。

Unfortunately, many of us fill up our brains with junk food, and we leave ourselves little time for reading the Bible. If you watch six to eight hours of television a day, you’ll have no time for God’s Word. Worse yet, you won’t even be hungry for God’s Word.
很可惜我們當中許多人常以垃圾食物填滿大腦，導致沒時間熟讀讀聖經。若你每天觀看六至八小時電視，就不會有多餘的時間分給上帝的話語。更糟的是，你甚至不會渴求神的話語。

Let’s cut out the junk food, and learn to feast on the Bible. That’s how we become wise.
讓我們戒掉垃圾食物，並學習以聖經為糧，如此才能變得更有智慧。

Talk It Over
討論一下

Of the four kinds of “food” described in this devotional, which one do you consume the most? The least?
信息中描述的四種「食物」，你吃得最多的是哪一種？最少的是哪一種？

What’s one practical idea for spending more time consuming “brain food” and “super food”?
什麼實際的方法可以讓你進食更多「知識食品」及「優質食品」？

What kind of “junk food” media consumption are you the most susceptible to, and why?
你最受哪類型媒體「垃圾食物」的影響？為甚麼？