每日365
七月六日
等待和学习耐心是你的训练的一部份。
看看《圣经》中所有关于“忍耐”的榜样：约伯、摩西和大卫！
约伯失去了一切！他失去了他的家庭、他的财物，最后还失去了他的健康和他所拥有的一切！但他却仍然继续相信和服从上帝！他说：“即使他杀了我，我仍会信靠他！”（约13:15）他继续奋斗下去，不肯放弃！“约伯的忍耐”！（雅5:11）－－对后来很多的世代来说，他是一个启发和鼓励人心的榜样！
当摩西想解救上帝的子民时，却在匆忙中杀了那个埃及人，这反而使他不得不独自逃生了。但是，经过四十年耐心和谦卑地在旷野里牧羊、花时间聆听上帝的声音、不仅仅凭借自己一时的冲动去行事，他才终于准备好去做“出埃及”这件缓慢、劳苦和需要耐心的工作。－－虽然缓慢、但却肯定！
大卫曾花了十七年做扫罗王的臣下，上主让他借着观看扫罗处事的方式而真的教导了他很多事情！扫罗变得心焦气躁，只想凭借自己的力量去行事，但他却发觉：他并没有足够的力量！大卫学到了：他一定得让上帝去做每一件事，并且要等待他去做！
学习忍耐，是上帝最通常要我们所有人去学习的功课之一。因此，“忍耐也当成功，使你们成全完备，毫无缺欠！”（雅1:4）
DAILY 365
July 6
Waiting and learning patience is part of your training.
Look at all the examples in the Bible of patience, like Job, Moses, and David.
Job lost everything—his family, his fortune, and finally his health—but he kept on believing and obeying. “Though He slay me,” he said, “yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15). He hung on and would not give up. The patience of Job has given Christians down through the ages a wonderful example to follow.
When Moses was in a hurry to deliver the children of Israel, he killed an Egyptian and had to flee alone for his own life. But after 40 years of humbly and patiently tending sheep in the wilderness, with plenty of time to listen to the voice of God instead of his own impulses, he was finally ready for the slow, laborious, patient work of the Exodus—slow, but sure!
David spent 17 years working under King Saul, and learned from Saul’s mistakes. Saul got all upset and tried to do things in his own strength, and he found he wasn’t strong enough. David learned he had to let God do everything, and wait for Him to work.
Learning patience is one of the most frequent lessons God has for us all, so “let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing” (James 1:4).