Which Way Are You Looking? (Chinese/English)

Which Way Are You Looking?
你往哪个方向看？

2 Timothy 4
提摩太后书4

6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
6我现在被浇奠，我离世的时候到了。
7那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的路我已经跑尽了，所信的道我已经守住了。
8从此以后，有公义的冠冕为我存留，就是按着公义审判的主到了那日要赐给我的，不但赐给我，也赐给凡爱慕他显现的人。

It’s the end of another year, what have we done with the year just gone?
又是一年的结束，这一年我们都做了些什么呢？

Millions have died, most to a lost eternity, so our time on earth is so short.
数以百万计的人已经死去，其中大部分都失去了永生，所以地球上的时间是如此短暂。

Paul reflecting on his life, penned these amazing words to his protege, Timothy.
保罗在回顾自己的一生时，写下了这些令人惊叹的话给自己的门徒提摩太。

He looked at his life, he looked squarely into the eyes of the death shortly to happen to him and had the utmost confidence.
他审视着自己的生活，正视着即将发生在他身上的死亡，并且信心十足。

In 2025, which way will we look:
2025年，我们会朝哪个方向看:

Backwards
背景

In verse 7, Paul reflects on his life, he looks back and says that he has fought a good and finished the race. Can we say that? I wonder if I could, you know as you get older, you look back, I certainly look back and think about my past and I know that the words penned by Paul couldn’t be mine. I Have failed the Lord so many times, but he has been so gracious and merciful to me.
在第7节，保罗回顾了他的一生，他回顾说，他打了一场美好仗，跑尽了应跑的路。我们能这么说吗？我想知道我是否可以，当你变老的时候，你回头看，我当然会回头看，想想我的过去，我知道保罗写的那些话不可能是我写的。我让上帝失望了很多次，但他对我是如此的亲切和仁慈。

There is good in looking back, but there is bad in looking back, remember that our focus mustn’t be on the past, we can’t change it, however much we want to, we can learn from it. If we are truly saved, we have to remember that God is merciful and has forgiven all our past failures.
回顾过去有好处，但回顾过去也有坏处。记住，我们不能把注意力放在过去，我们不能改变它，无论我们多么想，我们都可以从中学习。如果我们真的得救，我们必须记得上帝是仁慈的，已经原谅了我们过去所有的失败。

Many of us carry the past with us, it is like a ball and chain around our feet, but only the devil reminds us of our past, it is his aim; to keep us looking at our past, it is the Holy spirit’s aim to help us learn from our past.
许多人都背负着过去，就像沉重球和链子缠绕着我们的脚。只有魔鬼让我们想过去，这是他的目的。让我们回顾过去，是圣灵的目的，去帮助我们从过去中学习。

Are you continually looking at your past or learning from it?
你是否一直在审视自己的过去，或者从中吸取教训？

Forwards
向标杆直跑

Philippians 3
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

腓立比书第3章
7只是我先前以为与我有益的，我现在因基督都当作有损的。
8不但如此，我也将万事当作有损的，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。我为他已经丢弃万事，看作粪土，为要得着基督，
9并且得以在他里面，不是有自己因律法而得的义，乃是有信基督的义，就是因信　神而来的义，
10使我认识基督，晓得他复活的大能，并且晓得和他一同受苦，效法他的死，
11或者我也得以从死里复活。
12这不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了，我乃是竭力追求，或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的（“所以得着我的”或作“所要我得的”）。
13弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了，我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的，
14向着标竿直跑，要得　神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。

Paul was a mature believer, but still he wanted to obey the call of God, the call of God to the Christian, is always to go FULLER, DEEPER AND HIGHER.
保罗是一个成熟的信徒，但他仍然想服从神的呼召，神对基督徒的呼召，是要更丰满、更深入、更高远。

Standing still in the Christian life, is never an option, if a climber, wants to climb Mount Everest, he never stays at base camp, he moves onwards and upwards.
在基督徒的生活中，原地不动从来都不是一个选择，如果一个登山者想要攀登珠穆朗玛峰，他从来不会停留在营地，他会一直向上。

The Christian needs to constantly be going forward, to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Christian should be always on an upward trajectory.
基督徒需要不断地前进，在主耶稣基督的恩典和知识上成长，基督徒应该永远在一个向上的轨道上。

Are you moving forwards in your Christian life? Are you spending quality time in your bible? Are you spending more time in prayer?
你在你的基督徒生活中前进了吗？你在圣经上花了很多时间吗？你在祈祷上花了更多的时间吗？

Are you on an upward trajectory?

你处于上升轨道吗？

Upwards
向上

Titus 2
提多书2

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
13等候所盼望的福，并等候至大的　神和（或无“和”字）我们救主耶稣基督的荣耀显现。

Jesus is coming soon, we see what’s happening all around us, the last days are upon us, we need to be awake. Jesus makes it clear that we need to keep awake, as we do not know what time the son of Man, would come and blessed is that one who have their lamps trimmed and ready-Matthew 25.
耶稣很快就要再来，我们看到了周围发生的一切，末日即将来临，我们需要清醒。耶稣清楚地告诉我们，需要保持清醒，因为我们不知道人子什么时候会来，那些收拾好灯的人是有福的。马太福音25。

Philippians 3
腓立比书3

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
20我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。
21他要按着那能叫万有归服自己的大能，将我们这卑贱的身体改变形状，和他自己荣耀的身体相似。

We are citizens of heaven, our whole focus, should be heaven ward and not earthly.
我们是天堂的公民，我们的全部焦点，应该是天堂的地方，而不是尘世的。

Look Around Us Look
看看我们周围

John 4
约翰福音4

35 Say not yet, there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
35你们岂不说‘到收割的时候还有四个月’吗？我告诉你们：举目向田观看，庄稼已经熟了（原文作“发白”），可以收割了。

As I walk around every day, I see thousands of people, we must see every person as a divine opportunity to either share the gospel or stir another believer to faith and good works Hebrews 10:24
当我每天四处走动时，我看到成千上万的人，我们必须把每一个人都视为一个神圣的机会，来分享福音或激励另一个信徒去信仰和行善。希伯来书10:24

Colossians 4:2-6 and 2 Thessalonians 3;1-3 are great passage, these passages can be used to pray for opportunities to reach people, remember every person is an opportunity. Look around you and pray for God to bring people into your lived. He will.
歌罗西书4:2-6和帖撒罗尼迦后书3；1-3是很棒的经文，这些经文可以用来祈求机会接触到人，记住每个人都是一个机会。环顾四周，祈求上帝让人们进入你的生活。他会的。

Don’t Stand Still And Look At The World
不要静静地站着，看着这个世界

1 John 2
约翰一书 2

Do Not Love the World
不要爱世界

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
15不要爱世界和世界上的事。人若爱世界，爱父的心就不在他里面了。
16因为凡世界上的事，就像肉体的情欲，眼目的情欲，并今生的骄傲，都不是从父来的，乃是从世界来的。
17这世界和其上的情欲都要过去，惟独遵行　神旨意的，是永远常存。

The pull of the world is very strong for the Christian, if we stand still and look at all the world offers, we will end up in trouble. We live in a world that offers so much to trap the believer, so we need to walk forward, clear headed and focused, like Paul was in Philippians ch 3.
对基督徒来说，世界的吸引力是非常强大的，如果我们停滞不前，看着世界的一切诱惑，我们最终会陷入困境。我们生活在一个给信徒设下陷阱的世界，所以我们需要像保罗在腓立比书第三章中那样，头脑清醒、专注地向前走。

Demas stood still and looked at the world, he was trapped by the pleasures of this world, the Christian world is littered with people, who have left the faith for the love of the world.
底马斯站着不动，看着这个世界，他被这个世界的享乐所困，基督教世界到处都是人，他们为了这个世界的爱而离开了信仰。

Look To Jesus
仰望耶稣

Hebrews 12
希伯来书12

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
耶稣，我们信仰的创立者和完美者

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
1我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，
2仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣（或作“仰望那将真道创始成终的耶稣”）。他因那摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难，便坐在　神宝座的右边。

To move forward, to look upward, to look around, we have to look to Jesus.
向前向上看，环顾四周，我们必须仰望耶稣。

God holds us and helps us, through his precious holy Spirit.  What a Saviour we have, one who cares and prays for us.
上帝通过宝贵的圣灵来支持和帮助我们。我们有一个多么好的救世主，一个关心并为我们祈祷的人。

So to walk properly, we need the following things: The right light Psalm 119:105 The word of God
The right mindset Romans 12：1-2 The right power source.. Prayer Example of Daniel in Chapter 6 of his book The right clothing Spiritual armour Ephesians 6:10-20 So what direction are you going to be looking at in 2025?

所以要正确地行走，我们需要以下的东西:
正确的光诗篇119:105神的话语
正确的心态罗马书12:1-2
正确的力量来源..但以理在以弗所书6:10-20第六章中的祷告例子
那么你在2025年会关注什么方向？

God bless you
上帝祝福你