Blessed Are the Pure in Heart, For They Shall See God 清心的人有福了，因为他们必得见神
Author : Bro Wong Heng Soo
Translated by : Sister Charis Ong
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
I came across a devotional piece recently, it was about two young Germans who migrated to America in the 1950s. One of them decided to make America his home, so he devoted himself to learning the local language, culture and so on. He happily settled into the place he now calls ‘home’. The other German, on the contrary, kept thinking about his hometown in Germany, and made comparisons about how the mountains in Germany were more beautiful, that the streets were cleaner, and the Germans were…… so on and so forth. As such, he never truly integrated into the place he had migrated to. Finally, this poor new migrant lived out his life in misery.
Many of us Christians are like the latter German, in that even though we had been Christians for years, we still yearned for things of the world deep in our hearts. Our values differed little from the non-believers’. And our thoughts were often bound by miscellaneous stuff such as mobile phones, computers, games, television programmes and entertainment, rendering us incapable of seeing God’s work.
Jesus said, those who are “pure in heart” are blessed. I believe a “pure heart” is one that seeks God wholly, purely, and faithfully. This is not to say that the person is naïve or foolish, but that his life is centred on and guided by the love and word of God stored up in his heart. I deeply believe that Christians with such pure heart often see God at work.
There is a hymn with lyrics that go like this: ”I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back”. Dear brothers and sisters, let us encourage and remind one another: “the cross before us, the world behind us” – let us race to that finishing line.
文: 王兴士弟兄
“内心清洁的人有福了，因为他们必看见 神。”
最近读了一篇属灵小品，讲到上世纪五十年代两位年轻人从德国移居到美国的事情。一个决定把美国当成他从此以后的国和家，努力的学习美国的语言、文化等，快乐的融入这个国家。另一位则一直怀念他以前的国家德国，想念那里的山比这里更美、觉得德国的街道比美国更清洁、德国人更加……等等等。他因此一直无法融入这个他移居的国家。最后，这个可怜的新移民在郁郁寡欢下走完他的人生。
我们不少基督徒也像后者那位移民一样，虽然已信主多年，可是心中所想的却常是属世的东西。价值观和非基督徒似乎没什么两样。我们的思维常被手机、电脑、游戏、电视节目、娱乐等琐事遮蔽而看不见神。
主耶稣说，“清心”的人有福了。我想“清心”就是单一、单纯、专一向神的心。这不是说这个人很单纯，愚蠢，而是他的心以神的爱、以神的话语为他生命的中心与主导；他不让属世的事来影响他对神的心。我深信这种清心的信徒，是常能看到神的作为的。
有一首传统的老诗歌，歌词这么说：“我已经决定，要跟随耶稣，永不回头，永不回头”。亲爱的弟兄姐妹，让我们彼此鼓励，彼此提醒：十架在前头，世界在背后，努力向着标杆前跑。