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以主为满足

查理曼大帝是法国的国王，他极尽享受王国的财富和辉煌。但，他死时，却带不走它们。

多年后，有人走进查理曼的坟墓，他们发现查理曼被“葬”在一个四周围绕着珍宝的“王座”上。在他的膝盖上放着一本新约圣经。在他一支干瘦的手指上，写有一句经文：“人就是赚得全世界，赔上自己的生命，有什么益处呢？人还能拿什么换生命呢？”（可8：36-37）

查理曼的财富之多，或许你我永远不及。但，他走了。与查理曼一样，我们也留不住在世上时所拥有的财富。“品味”下面的话语：

如果你能得到整个世界，还能使它不离开你，我断言——你不会满足。瞧，神为他自己的缘故创造了你。圣经说：“我们生活、动作、存留都在乎他。”（徒17：28）神是你“如何生活”的考量因素。在神以外，注定不会满足。

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Satisfaction In The Lord

Charlemagne the Great was the king of France, and he enjoyed all the riches and splendor of the kingdom. But he left it all behind when he died. 

Many years later, some people went into Charlemagne’s tomb and discovered that he had been buried sitting on a throne with treasures all around him. On his lap was a copy of the New Testament and one of his bony fingers was on the verse, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:36-37). 

Charlemagne had much more than you and I will probably ever have, but he left it. In the same way, we can’t keep the things of this world. Now read slowly these next few words. 

If you could gain the whole world and if you could keep it, I guarantee it would not satisfy you. You see, God made you for Himself. The Bible says, “In Him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28a). God is the element in which you are supposed to live. You will never find satisfaction until you find it in the Lord.

Adrian Rogers