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經文：「我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處。」（羅8:28） 使徒保羅所說的範圍是很廣的；他不是說「有一些事」，也不是說「多數的事」或「快樂的事」，他說的是「萬事」！從細微的事到至大的事，從可愛的事到可怕的事。 還有「萬事都互相効力」是指萬事「正在」互相効力；不是「已經」互相効力，或是「將要」互相効力，這裡所用的動詞是現在式。或許有人會說：「耶和華阿…祢的判斷如同深淵。」（詩36:6），但是天使會在天上回應說：「耶和華在祂一切所行的，無不公義，在祂一切所作的，都有慈愛。」（詩145:17） 「萬事都互相効力」；所以色彩中就算不悅人眼目的黑和灰也是必須的；有了它們，才可以使圖畫更加美麗。也像音樂中的悲調與哀調同樣是必須的；有了它們，才可以使音樂更加動人。還有就是機械中尖銳的齒輪是必須的；有了它們，才可以使機器運轉順暢。因此我們今日要學的信心功課是：「我所作的，你如今不知道，後來必明白。」（約13:7）--馬克特夫 Macduff 在一千件試煉中，並不是只有其中五百件叫愛神的人得益處；而是九百九十九再加一件，能叫愛神的人得益處。--慕勒 George Mueller 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God" (Rom. 8:28). How wide is this assertion of the Apostle Paul! He does not say, "We know that some things," or "most things," or "joyous things," but "ALL things." From the minutest to the most momentous; from the humblest event in daily providence to the great crisis hours in grace. And all things "work'--they are working; not all things have worked, or shall work; but it is a present operation. At this very moment, when some voice may be saying, "Thy judgments are a great deep," the angels above, who are watching the development of the great plan, are with folded wings exclaiming, "The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works." (Ps. 145:17) And then all things "work together." It is a beautiful blending. Many different colors, in themselves raw and unsightly, are required in order to weave the harmonious pattern. Many separate tones and notes of music, even discords and dissonances, are required to make up the harmonious anthem. Many separate wheels and joints are required to make the piece of machinery. Take a thread separately, or a note separately, or a wheel or a tooth of a wheel separately, and there may be neither use nor beauty discernible. But complete the web, combine the notes, put together the separate parts of steel and iron, and you see how perfect and symmetrical is the result. Here is the lesson for faith: "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." --Macduff In one thousand trials it is not five hundred of them that work for the believer's good, but nine hundred and ninety-nine of them, and one beside. --George Mueller ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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