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經文：「然而祂知道我所行的路，祂試煉我之後，我必如精金。」（伯23:10） 「風雨生信心」這是不是很簡單的五個字？但是對於在風雨中的人來說，這五個字是多麼富有深意！ 信心是神所賞賜，當信心經過試煉之後，能行各種神奇的事：不可見的，能變成可見；不可能的，能變成可能。 「風雨生信心」就是說，當我們在靈性上遭遇困難的時候，我們的信心就會得到長進。 最結實的樹木並不是生長在森林的庇護下的，乃是暴露在風雨可吹襲到的空曠之處；它們因為環境的打擊與搖撼，竟然可以長得極其高大，成為工匠用來製作器具的堅固木料。 所以請牢記，你所當行的，不是風光明媚的那條大路，而是一條嶮阻狹窄的小路；路程中陰間的狂風會幾乎將你吹倒，尖銳的石頭會割破你的皮肉，帶刺的荊棘會劃傷你的額頭，惡毒的野獸會在你四面吼叫。 這麼一條既傷心又喜樂的路；有痛苦也有醫治，有眼淚也有眷顧，有試煉也有得勝，有戰爭也有凱旋。路程中常常遇到困難、危險、拳打、掌擊、逼迫、誤解、煩惱、苦楚，然而靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。 在風雨最猛烈的時刻，也許你會想要退縮，但是請堅持向前，因為神要在試煉的中心與你相遇；祂要將祂的奧秘告訴你，使你走出來的時候，臉上帶著「精金」一般的光彩，靈裡充滿堅定不移的信心，甚至陰間的惡者再也不能動搖你。--吉博文 F. A. Kilbourne 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "He hath acquainted himself with my beaten path. When he hath searched me out, I shall come out shining" (Job 23:10, free translation). Faith grows amid storms"--just four words, but oh, how full of import to the soul who has been in the storms! Faith is that God-given faculty which, when exercised, brings the unseen into plain view, and by which the impossible things are made possible. It deals with supernaturals. But it "grows amid storms"; that is, where there are disturbances in the spiritual atmosphere. Storms are caused by the conflicts of elements; and the storms of the spiritual world are conflicts with hostile elements. In such an atmosphere faith finds its most productive soil; in such an element it comes more quickly to full fruition. The staunchest tree is not found in the shelter of the forest, but out in the open where the winds from every quarter beat upon it, and bend and twist it until it becomes a giant in stature this is the tree which the mechanic wants his tools made of, and the wagon-maker seeks. So in the spiritual world, when you see a giant, remember the road you must travel to come up to his side is not along the sunny lane where wild flowers ever bloom; but a steep, rocky, narrow pathway where the blasts of hell will almost blow you off your feet; where the sharp rocks cut the flesh, where the projecting thorns scratch the brow, and the venomous beasts hiss on every side. It is a pathway of sorrow and joy, of suffering and healing balm, of tears and smiles, of trials and victories, of conflicts and triumphs, of hardships and perils and buffetings, of persecutions and misunderstandings, of troubles and distress; through all of which we are made more than conquerors through Him who loves us. "Amid storms." Right in the midst where it is fiercest. You may shrink back from the ordeal of a fierce storm of trial…but go in! God is there to meet you in the center of all your trials, and to whisper His secrets which will make you come forth with a shining face and an indomitable faith that all the demons of hell shall never afterwards cause to waver. --E. A. Kilbourne ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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