最終，你會抵達哪裡呢？
2025年10月27日By Robert J. Tamasy
最終，你會抵達哪裡呢？
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO END UP?
你能想像要準備出差，卻完全不知道自己要去哪裡，也不知道為什麼要去嗎？聽起來很荒謬，對吧？因為它就是很荒謬。我們在規劃旅程時，無論是出差還是個人旅遊，通常都會有一個目的地。除非我們只是出於冒險的衝動，而決定隨意出行，否則我們總會先決定要去哪裡，以及為什麼要去。
然而，許多人卻不是以同樣的方式，活出他們的生命。他們踏上人生的旅程，卻幾乎不知道自己要去哪裡、如何到達那裡、為什麼要去，甚至不知道自己什麼時候才能算是抵達了。正如我最近聽到有人說：「每個人最終都會抵達某個地方，但是很少有人是有目的地抵達那裡。」
我們大多數人每天早上都會起床去工作，無論是經營自己的生意，還是在大公司或小企業上班。但是你曾否問過自己：「我為什麼要去工作？」當然，其中一個原因是要謀生。每個月的房貸或房租、可能還有車貸、水電費、雜費，以及其他生活必需品，都需要錢。然而，如果去工作時，你知道自己有著比僅僅賺取薪水更遠大的動機，這難道不會讓你更有成就感嗎？
舊約箴言中的一節經文，講述了這個道理：「沒有異象，民就放肆……」(箴言29章18節)這項原則有幾種應用，但是如果沒有異象；沒有超越職業追求之上更崇高意義的感動，我們很容易變得，像傳道書的作者一樣憤世嫉俗，他說：「……虛空的虛空，虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？」(傳道書1章2-3節)
我們如何才能得到異象，對於神「為什麼」將我們安置在此處，並且賜予我們這些恩賜跟才能，有更廣闊的理解呢？我認為，這始於理解一件事實：儘管神並非必須如此做，但是祂已經揀選了我們，成為祂事工的積極參與者。例如，在哥林多前書3章9節中，經文告訴我們：「因為我們是與神同工的；你們是神所耕種的田地，所建造的房屋。」
想想看：成為神的「同工」！想像一下，你接到知名高層的私人電話，他問說：「你願意協助我一項重要的專案嗎？」接著，將這個問題的規模放大一百萬倍，因為「神」希望我們能與祂一同工作。
寫作和編輯一直都是我的職業。我前十年是擔任報社編輯。但是如果當時我問自己「為什麼？」，我多半無法給出一個很好的答案。後來我讀到一段聖經經文，感覺神是專門為了我而寫的。經文寫道：「我心裏湧出美辭；我論到我為王做的事，我的舌頭是快手筆。」(詩篇45篇1節)
突然間，我對於那個「為什麼？」有了答案。神賜予我獨特的能力、熱情、恩賜和經驗，是為了讓我用寫作與編輯的方式來服事祂。週一嗎哪－這份旨在幫助商業和專業人士，學習如何在職場上結合信仰，每週一則的職場靈修文章，就是我為此努力的其中一種方式。
神以獨特的方式裝備你去做什麼呢？有一件事情，我們是確定的：身為基督徒，我們都是「基督的使者」(天國的大使)(哥林多後書5章20節)。我們每個人都必須回答的問題是：「在神安置我的地方，我如何能夠最有效，而且也最有成果地，成為這位大使呢？」
© 2025。 Robert J. Tamasy 著有《職場大使：CBMC福音與門徒訓練使命的延續》、《卓越商道：現代職場中的箴言智慧》、與 Ken Johnson 合著的《以牧者心志追求人生》，以及與 David A. Stoddard 合著的《導師之心》。Bob 的雙週部落格為：www.bobtamasy.blogspot.com。
反省與問題討論
第一、你打算前往某個地方時，所做的計劃會有多詳盡呢？你會不會事先清楚了解你要去哪裡、想要如何前往，以及抵達後希望能完成什麼呢？請解釋你的答案。
第二、你覺得為什麼許多人在規劃自己的人生道路時，沒有那麼精確和講究呢？對於沒有明確願景、不知道自己想要去哪裡、也不知道自己希望成為什麼，只是讓生命「隨波逐流」的人來說，會面臨到哪些問題呢？
第三、你是否曾經像傳道書作者所表達的那樣，在展開一天的工作時，心想：「虛空！一切都是虛空」呢？無論那是你自己的感受，還是你認識的人的感受，你會如何著手，去改變那種徒勞的感覺呢？
第四、當你讀到「我們是神的同工」時，腦海中浮現了什麼想法呢？你認為這是件好事嗎？請解釋你的答案。
挑戰思考
本週，請試著撥出一些時間，來思考你工作的「內容」(what)與「意義」(why)。你是否對於自己要去哪裡、希望在過程中取得什麼成就，以及如何知道自己走在正確的道路上，有著清晰的願景呢？你可以和好朋友、導師或值得信賴的顧問，一起討論這個問題。他們對此有什麼看法呢？不只是針對你，也針對他們自己？你知道自己最終會抵達哪裡，以及為什麼要去那裡嗎？
備註：如果你有聖經，想閱讀更多相關的內容，請參考以下的經文 :
哥林多前書10章31節
10:31 所以，你們或吃或喝，無論做甚麼，都要為榮耀神而行。
以弗所書2章10節
2:10 我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裏造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。
歌羅西書3章17節、23-24節
3:17 無論做甚麼，或說話或行事，都要奉主耶穌的名，藉着他感謝父神。
3:23 無論做甚麼，都要從心裏做，像是給主做的，不是給人做的，
3:24 因你們知道從主那裏必得着基業為賞賜；你們所事奉的乃是主基督。
提摩太後書3章16-17節
3:16 聖經都是神所默示的，於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，
3:17 叫屬神的人得以完全，預備行各樣的善事。
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO END UP?
MONDAY MANNAOct 27, 2025
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO END UP?
By Robert J. Tamasy
Can you envision preparing to take a business trip but having no idea where you are going – or why you are going there? Sounds ridiculous, right? Because it is. When planning to travel, whether for business or personal reasons, we usually have a destination. Unless we are just responding to an adventurous impulse and decide to go for a drive, we first determine where we are going and for what reason.
Many people, however, do not conduct their lives in the same way. They embark on their journey through life with little idea of where they are going, how they are going to get there, why they are going, or even how they will know when they have arrived. As I heard someone observe recently, “Everybody ends up somewhere, but few end up somewhere on purpose.”
Most of us get up each morning and go to work, whether our own business, a large corporation, or small company. But have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I going to work?” One reason, of course, is to earn a living. Monthly payments on a house or an apartment, maybe a car payment, utility bills, groceries, and other essentials all require money. But would it not be more fulfilling to proceed to work knowing you had greater intentions than only to earn a paycheck?
A verse from the Old Testament book of Proverbs addresses this: “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). There are several applications of this principle, but without vision – a greater sense of purpose behind our vocational pursuits – we can easily become as cynical as the author of Ecclesiastes who said, “‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?” (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3).
How do we gain vision, a broader sense of why God has placed us where we are, with the gifts and talents we possess? I think it starts with understanding that although He did not have to do so, the Lord has chosen us to be active participants in His work. In 1 Corinthians 3:9, for example, we are told, “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
Think about it – being “fellow workers” with God! Imagine receiving a personal phone call from a famous executive and being asked, “Would you be willing to help me with an important project?” Then, multiply the magnitude of that question a million times, since God wants us to be working with Him.
Writing and editing have always been my career. I spent the first 10 years as a newspaper editor. But if I had asked myself “why?”, most likely I could not have given a very good answer. Then I read a Bible verse that God seemed to have designed specifically for me. It read, “My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer” (Psalm 45:1).
Suddenly I had an answer to my “why?” The Lord had given me unique abilities, passion, gifts, and experience to serve Him as a writer and editor. Monday Manna, this weekly workplace meditation created to help business and professional people discover how to integrate their faith in the marketplace, is just one of the ways I strive to do that.
What has the Lord uniquely equipped you to do? We know one thing for certain: As followers of Jesus, we are “ambassadors for Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:20). The question we must each answer is, “How can I be that ambassador most effectively and fruitfully where God has placed me?”
© 2025. Robert J. Tamasy has written Marketplace Ambassadors: CBMC’s Continuing Legacy of Evangelism and Discipleship; Business at Its Best: Timeless Wisdom from Proverbs for Today’s Workplace; Pursuing Life With a Shepherd’s Heart, coauthored with Ken Johnson; and The Heart of Mentoring, coauthored with David A. Stoddard. Bob’s biweekly blog is: www.bobtamasy.blogspot.com.
Reflection/Discussion Questions
1. When you are intending to go somewhere, how detailed is your planning? Do you seek to have a clear understanding of where you are going, how you want to travel, and what you hope to accomplish when you arrive? Explain your answer.
2. Why do you think many people are not as precise and particular about charting the course their lives will follow? What are some of the problems with simply letting life “happen,” without a vision for where they want to go and what they hope to become?
3. Have you ever started a workday and thought, like the writer of Ecclesiastes expressed, “Meaningless! Everything is meaningless”? Whether that has been your own feeling, or one being felt by someone you know, how would you go about trying to change that sense of futility?
4. When you read that “we are God’s fellow workers,” what thoughts go through your mind? Is that a good thing, in your opinion? Why or why not?
Challenge for This Week
This week, try to set aside some time to consider the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of your work. Do you have a clear vision of where you are going, what you hope to achieve along the way, and how you will know that you are on the right course?
You might get with some good friends, a mentor, or some trusted advisors to discuss this. What are their perspectives, not only for you but also for themselves? Do you know where you are going to end up – and why?
NOTE:
If you have a Bible and would like to read more, consider the following passages:
1 Corinthians 10:31; Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 3;17,23-24; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
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