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Monday, 14th September 2026

Rev Xi An Poon

主題經文 馬太福音 5:5「溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。」

引言

我們很多時候之所以累，不一定是因為事情真的太多，而是因為太多事情，我們都覺得一定要自己處理。

• 工作出了問題，我要想辦法；
• 關係出了問題，我要解決；
• 孩子有狀況，我要改變；
• 別人誤會我，我要解釋；
• 事情不照我的意思發展，我就想辦法把它拉回來。

慢慢地，我們會發現，手裏抓住的東西越來越多，心卻越來越累。

今天耶穌說：「溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。」

這句話其實呼應《詩篇》37篇。

《詩篇》37篇的背景，是義人看見惡人亨通、不義的人似乎佔盡優勢。面對這種環境，人很自然會焦躁、心懷不平，甚至想靠自己的方法去扭轉局面。

但詩篇一直提醒：

• 不要心懷不平。
• 要倚靠耶和華。
• 要默然等候祂。

然後才說：詩篇 37:11「但謙卑人必承受地土，以豐盛的平安為樂。」

所以當耶穌說「溫柔的人有福了」，祂不是在教人做一個沒有立場、沒有力量的人。真正的溫柔，是有力量，卻願意把力量交在神手中；有方法，卻不堅持只有自己的方法；有能力，卻不再靠自己控制一切。

我們很多時候不敢放下，是因為我們不能放心。我們怕一放手就會失去；怕不控制就會出問題；怕不為自己爭，就沒有人為自己爭。

但今天耶穌要帶我們走一條不一樣的路。不是甚麼都不做，而是重新學習：放心，因為神仍然掌權；放下，因為我的生命不需要由我一個人扛。

一、先停下來，不再甚麼都靠自己

「溫柔的人有福了！」

要學習放心，第一步不是立刻叫自己「不要擔心」。因為很多時候，我們不能放心，是因為我們心裏一直相信：「這件事一定要靠我。」我一定要想辦法；我一定要控制；我一定要處理；我一定要令事情照我的意思發展。

我們未必會說出口，但心裏其實把自己放在一個很重的位置。

久而久之，我們不是在盡責，而是在扛一些本來不屬於自己的重量。

我們開始覺得：

• 「如果我不做，事情就完了。」
• 「如果我不控制，別人一定做不好。」
• 「如果我不堅持，就一定會失去。」

但真正的溫柔，第一步就是承認：我不是神。有些事情我可以做，但有些事情我控制不了。有些責任是我的，但有些結果不是我的。有些人我可以勸勉，但我不能改變他的心。所以今天，我們先學習停下來。

不是停止盡責，而是停止把自己放在神的位置。你可以對神說：「主啊，我承認，我不能掌控一切。」當你願意承認自己的有限，心才開始有空間重新看見神。

二、重新看見，神仍然掌權

詩篇 37:5「當將你的事交託耶和華，並倚靠他，他就必成全。」

當我們不再只是看自己，就要重新看見神。真正的放心，不是因為事情已經解決。如果一定要等到事情解決才放心，那不是信心，那只是看見結果。

信心是：事情還沒有改變，我仍然相信神。環境還沒有答案，神仍然掌權。那個人還沒有改變，神仍然工作。我還沒有看見出路，神仍然知道前面的路。很多時候，我們焦慮，是因為眼睛只看見問題。

問題越看越大，神在我們心裏就好像越來越小。但當我們重新把眼光放回神身上，心就開始有位置呼吸。

我們會記得：神知道我不知道的；神看見我看不見的；神可以做我做不到的。

所以放心不是一句自我安慰。放心是一個信仰的選擇：我相信神仍然坐在寶座上。我仍然會做我應該做的事，但我不再把自己當作最後的保障。真正的平安，不是「一切都在我掌握之中」，

而是：「即使不在我掌握之中，仍然在神掌握之中。」

三、把抓住的，真正交回給神

「因為他們必承受地土。」

當一個人真正放心，下一步才可以真正放下。很多時候我們口裏說：「主啊，我交給祢。」但心裏還是抓着：我一定要這個結果；我一定要對方明白我；我一定要證明自己是對的；我一定要事情照我的時間發生。

所以真正的放下，不只是禱告一句「我交託」。真正的放下，是把那個「一定要」也交出去。

放下我的方法；放下我的時間表；放下我的面子；放下我的委屈；放下我一定要控制結果的心。這不是叫我們沒有原則，也不是放棄責任。

而是說：「主啊，我已經做了我應該做的，現在我把結果交回給祢。」

耶穌說：「他們必承受地土。」這就是神國很奇妙的地方。我們以為，抓得越緊，才不會失去。但很多時候，正因為抓得太緊，我們先失去了心裏的平安。

焦慮佔了一塊；苦毒佔了一塊；控制佔了一塊；恐懼又佔了一塊。最後，外面的東西可能還在，但心裏已經沒有一塊安靜的地方。

所以今天，「承受地土」也提醒我們：不要在努力抓住外面一切的時候，失去了心裏那一畝屬於神的良田。

當你願意真正放下，你不是把生命丟掉，而是把生命從自己的手裏，交到更可靠的手裏。

總結

今天耶穌說：「溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。」真正的溫柔，不是軟弱。

而是：

• 我有能力，但我不靠能力作主；
• 我有方法，但我不堅持自己的方法；
• 我有權利，但我願意把主權交回給神。

所以今天，讓我們走這三步：

• 先停下來，不再甚麼都靠自己。
• 承認：我不是神，我不能掌控一切。

重新看見，神仍然掌權。不是事情解決了才放心，而是知道神從來沒有失去掌權。把抓住的，真正交回給神。不只是交出事情，也交出我的「一定要」。

今天也許你心裏正抓着一件事情。可能是家庭，可能是孩子，可能是工作，可能是事工，可能是一段關係，可能是一個委屈，也可能是一個你很想控制的結果。

今天，讓我們再次對神說：「主啊，我放心，因為祢仍然掌權。主啊，我放下，因為我的生命在祢手中。」

省察

今天安靜問自己：

1. 最近有甚麼事情，是我一直覺得「一定要靠自己」的？
2. 在這件事上，我有沒有把自己放在神的位置，想控制一個只有神才能掌管的結果？
3. 如果我真的相信神仍然掌權，今天我可以放下甚麼？
4. 我心裏那一畝良田，現在是被平安充滿，還是被焦慮、控制、苦毒和恐懼佔據？

今天記住兩句話：

• 放心，因為神仍然掌權。
• 放下，因為我的生命在神手中。

Key Verse Matthew 5:5 (NKJV) “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”

Introduction

Many times, the reason we feel exhausted is not simply because we have too much to do, but because we feel that too many things depend on us.

When there is a problem at work, we think we must fix it.
When there is tension in a relationship, we think we must resolve it.
When our children face difficulties, we think we must change the situation.
When people misunderstand us, we feel we must explain ourselves.
When things do not go the way we expect, we try to pull everything back under our control.

Slowly, we discover that the more we try to hold onto, the more tired our hearts become.

Today Jesus says:

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”

These words echo Psalm 37.

In Psalm 37, the righteous see the wicked prospering and the unjust appearing to succeed. In that kind of situation, it is natural to become frustrated, angry, anxious, or to try to take matters into our own hands.

But Psalm 37 repeatedly reminds us:

Do not fret.
Trust in the Lord.
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.

Then it says:

📖 Psalm 37:11
“But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

So when Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek,” He is not teaching us to become passive, weak, or without conviction.

Biblical meekness means having strength, but placing that strength under God’s authority; having our own ideas, but not insisting that our way is the only way; having ability, but refusing to depend on ourselves to control everything.

Very often, we cannot let go because we are not truly at rest.

We are afraid that if we let go, we will lose something.
We are afraid that if we stop controlling, things will fall apart.
We are afraid that if we do not fight for ourselves, no one will.

But today Jesus leads us onto a different path.

Not a path of doing nothing,
but a path of learning to say:

I can rest assured, because God is still in control.
I can let go, because I do not have to carry everything by myself.

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1. First, stop trying to carry everything by yourself

📖 “Blessed are the meek…”

If we want to learn how to rest, the first step is not simply telling ourselves, “Don’t worry.”

Very often, we cannot rest because deep inside we believe:

“This all depends on me.”

I must find a solution.
I must control the situation.
I must make this work.
I must make sure everything turns out the way I think it should.

We may never say these words out loud, but in our hearts we are carrying a weight that is too heavy for us.

Slowly, we move beyond responsibility and begin carrying things God never asked us to carry.

We start thinking:

“If I don’t do it, everything will fall apart.”
“If I don’t control it, others will get it wrong.”
“If I don’t insist, I will lose.”

But the first step of meekness is to admit:

I am not God.

There are things I can do,
but there are things I cannot control.

There are responsibilities that belong to me,
but the final outcome does not belong to me.

There are people I can encourage,
but I cannot change their hearts.

So today, learn to stop.

Not to stop being responsible,
but to stop putting yourself in God’s place.

You can say:

“Lord, I admit that I cannot control everything.”

When you acknowledge your limitations, your heart begins to make room to see God again.

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2. Look again and remember that God is still in control

📖 Psalm 37:5
“Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.”

Once we stop looking only at ourselves, we can begin to look again at God.

True rest does not come because the situation has already been solved.

If we can only rest after everything is settled, that is not faith. That is simply relief after seeing the result.

Faith says:

The situation has not changed yet, but I still trust God.

There may still be no answer,
but God is still in control.

That person may still not have changed,
but God is still working.

I may still not see the way forward,
but God already sees the road ahead.

Many times, anxiety grows because our eyes stay fixed on the problem.

The bigger the problem becomes in our eyes,
the smaller God seems in our hearts.

But when we turn our eyes back to God, our hearts begin to breathe again.

We remember:

God knows what I do not know.
God sees what I cannot see.
God can do what I cannot do.

So resting is not just positive thinking.

Resting is a decision of faith:

I believe God is still on the throne.

I will still do what I am responsible to do,
but I will no longer treat myself as the final source of security.

Real peace is not saying:

“Everything is under my control.”

Real peace is saying:

“Even when it is not under my control, it is still under God’s control.”

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3. Place what you are holding back into God’s hands

📖 “For they shall inherit the earth.”

When a person truly rests in God, then he can truly let go.

Many times, we say:

“Lord, I give this to You.”

But inside, we are still holding tightly onto it.

I must get this result.
I must make this person understand me.
I must prove that I am right.
This must happen according to my timing.

So letting go is not simply saying a prayer of surrender.

Real surrender means giving God even our “must.”

Let go of my way.
Let go of my timetable.
Let go of my pride.
Let go of my hurt.
Let go of my need to control the outcome.

This does not mean we have no principles, and it does not mean we give up our responsibilities.

It means we can say:

“Lord, I have done what I should do. Now I place the outcome back into Your hands.”

Jesus says:

“They shall inherit the earth.”

This is one of the surprising principles of God’s kingdom.

We think that if we hold on tighter, we will lose less.

But many times, by holding on too tightly, the first thing we lose is the peace in our hearts.

Anxiety takes one part.
Bitterness takes another.
Control takes another.
Fear takes another.

In the end, we may still have everything on the outside,
but inside there is no quiet place left.

So today, “inheriting the earth” also reminds us:

Do not lose the ground in your heart while trying to hold onto everything around you.

When you truly let go,
you are not throwing your life away.

You are moving your life from your own hands into hands that are far more trustworthy.

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Conclusion

Today Jesus says:

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”

True meekness is not weakness.

It means:

I have ability, but I do not let my ability become my lord.
I have my own ideas, but I do not insist on my own way.
I have rights, but I am willing to place the final authority back into God’s hands.

So today, let us take these three steps:

First, stop trying to carry everything by yourself.
Admit: I am not God. I cannot control everything.

Second, look again and remember that God is still in control.
I do not wait until everything is solved before I rest. I rest because God has never lost control.

Third, place what you are holding back into God’s hands.
Not only the situation, but also the “must” in your heart.

Today, there may be something you are holding onto very tightly.

It may be your family.
It may be your children.
It may be your work.
It may be your ministry.
It may be a relationship.
It may be a hurt.
It may be an outcome you desperately want to control.

Today, let us say to God again:

“Lord, I rest assured because You are still in control.
Lord, I let go because my life is in Your hands.”

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Reflection

Ask yourself quietly today:

1. What is one thing I keep feeling “must depend on me”?
2. In this situation, have I placed myself in God’s position by trying to control an outcome that only He can control?
3. If I truly believe God is still in control, what can I let go of today?
4. What is filling the ground of my heart right now—peace, or anxiety; trust, or control; rest, or fear?

Remember these two truths today:

Rest assured, because God is still in control.
Let go, because your life is in God’s hands.