「我們...凡事遭患難，外有爭戰，內有懼怕。」－哥林多後書7:5
最重要的原因，是神曉得在壓力之下，祂全豐全足的恩典和能力，才能益發彰顯在我們身上。「但我們有這寶貝在瓦器裡，要顯明這超越的能力，是屬於神，不是出於我們」（林後4:7）。
環境提醒我們，需要無時無刻的倚靠祂。
神調動一切的環境，只為了使我們明白，我們需要倚靠祂；使我們知道，我們是在祂的手心裡，沒有什麼能將我們從祂的手裡奪去。
耶穌也曾站在我們現今所站的地位上，祂也願意我們如此堅定站住；不靠著自己的能力獨自邁步，乃是靠著祂恩手的接領。
若非藉著試煉，我們就無法學習信靠，因為試煉是神信心的學校。
一旦學會了信心的功課，我們便得到了無價的財富；若失去了信心，再多的財富也將歸於貧窮。－屬天的日子
"We are troubled on every side" (2 Cor. 7:5).Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. "The treasure is in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
It makes us more conscious of our dependence upon Him. God is constantly trying to teach us our dependence, and to hold us absolutely in His hand and hanging upon His care.
This was the place where Jesus Himself stood and where He wants us to stand, not with self-constituted strength, but with a hand ever leaning upon His, and a trust that dare not take one step alone. It teaches us trust.
There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God's school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life.
The lesson of faith once learned, is an everlasting acquisition and an eternal fortune made; and without trust even riches will leave us poor. --Days of Heaven upon Earth
