The bigger picture 更大的圖畫

This time I want to share with you this story I read the other day -
這一次，我想和大家分享一個故事 -



Once morning I had an appointment and was running ate. After I had stopped at a light behind three or four other vehicles, the light finally turned green. But we didn't move, I craned my neck to see the problem.

一天早上，我要赴約，卻快要遲到了。我在交通燈前停下來，前面還有三、四輛汽車，燈號終於轉綠，但車子沒有往前駛，我伸長脖子要看清楚是甚麼事。

A car that had made a right turn appeared to be blocking the way as it waited for another light. I could see a large gap between that car and the one ahead of it. "If that car would just move forward to close the gap, we could all get through our light," I muttered.

一輛要轉右的車子因為要等候另一組交通燈號，因此阻礙了車道。我看見那輛車跟它前面的汽車有一大段距離，我埋怨說：「若那輛車緊貼着前車，不留下空隙，那我們都可以順利通過交通燈。」

Eventually the car moved. As it did so, I saw that it was towing a very long, low trailer, I realized that I had been seeing only a part of the situation.

那車終於開動了。當它往前駛時，我看見它正拉着一輛又長又低的拖車。我明白到自己只看到事情的一部份。



I wondered how many times I have made a decision based on what I could see without asking God to reveal the bigger picture. I thought of the times God seemed not to answer a prayer or to be responding differently than seemed logical to me.

我想到許多時我也基於自已看見的情況而下決定，卻沒有求問神顯明更大的圖畫，我想到神似乎沒有回應禱告的時候，也想到神那不同的回應，在我看來是不合邏輯的。

God sees the whole picture, and acts in my life based on a higher view than mine. I have learned not to make decision on my limited view but to trust God, who looks beyond what we can see.

神看見整幅圖畫，衪憑、着比我更高的視野，在我人生中作工。我明白到不要靠自己有限的視野來作決定，卻要信靠神，衪看得比我更遠。

By the power at work within us (God) is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine. (Ephesians 3 : 30)

神能照着運行在我們心裏的大能充充足足地成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。 (以弗所書三章二十節)