哈佛、NBA、林书豪、基督信仰

袁晓明

过去几分个星期，林书豪红遍美国大江南北，在华人圈子里，更是无人不谈林书豪。电子邮箱里不断受到基督徒朋友发来林书豪的录像链接。在过去两个星期的教会聚会中，没有不提到林书豪的时候。

毫无疑问，林书豪已经成为NBA的明星，美国人喜欢他在篮球场上的表现，华人爱看一个有中国血统打NBA，还喜欢他毕业的常春藤学校哈佛。在哈佛、NBA之上，华人基督徒更看到林书豪虔诚的基督信仰。对于非基督徒的华人来说，林书豪给了他们血统上、文化背景上，智力上、体能上的自豪和满足，而对于许多华人基督徒而言，林书豪的名校学位、NBA荣誉、虔诚信仰则是一个完美的结合，今生、永生、地下、天上，林书豪无一不得。

但林书豪怎么看他的成功？

这是林书豪自己的话：

世上的一切都是暂时的。It's temporary.

When Paul wrote in Philippians to press on for an upward prize, he was living for that, and it made his life meaningful (Philippians 3:15). And I realized I had to learn to do the same. I had to learn to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth, I had to stop chasing personal glory, I had to learn how to give my best effort to God and trust him with the results. I have to learn to have enough faith to trust in his grace and to trust in his sovereign and perfect plan. I had to submit my will, my desires, my dreams — give it all up to God and say, "Look, I am going to give my best effort, go on the court and play every day for you, and I'm going to let you take care of the rest." This is something I struggle with every day. . . . Playing for great stats is nice, but that satisfaction — that happiness — is only from game to game. It's temporary.