「無論何時你們落在諸般的試煉中，都要以為大喜樂；知道你們信心所受的試驗，產生忍耐。」－雅各書 1:2-3
神用樹籬的圍困來保護祂的兒女；然而他們常錯看了祂的限制，誤會祂的作為。這就像約伯所作的，他說：「人的道路既然遮隱，神又把他四面圍困，為何有光賜給他呢？」（約伯記3:23）
人誤會神，但撒但卻深知樹籬的功用。（參考約伯記1:10）
然而，儘管試煉的枝葉重重包圍；光，仍能照明其中每個細小的縫隙。
若你不挨近荊棘，它便無法傷害你，但即使是你所承受最微小的刺傷，神都曉得：那些刺痛你的話語，使你心碎的一封信，最親密朋友殘忍的傷害，以及物質的缺乏...，這一切神都曉得，無人能像祂更體恤你的心情。
而如今祂正在觀看，是否經過了一切的試煉之後，你還能全心的信靠祂。
"Reckon it nothing but joy...whenever you find yourself hedged in by the various trials, be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance" (James 1:2-3)God hedges in His own that He may preserve them, but oftentimes they only see the wrong side of the hedge, and so misunderstand His dealings. It was so with Job (Job 3:23). Ah, but Satan knew the value of that hedge! See his testimony in chapter 1:10.
Through the leaves of every trial there are chinks of light to shine through. Thorns do not prick you unless you lean against them, and not one touches without His knowledge. The words that hurt you, the letter which gave you pain, the cruel wound of your dearest friend, shortness of money--are all known to Him, who sympathizes as none else can and watches to see, if, through all, you will dare to trust Him wholly.
