双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：11月26日 成全完备

11月26日

成全完备

……信心经过试验，就生忍耐。但忍耐也当成功，使你们成全完备，毫无缺欠。

雅各书1:3-4

雅各写信给因信仰受苦的基督徒说：“弟兄们哪，你们要忍耐，直到主来。看哪，农夫忍耐等候地里宝贵的出产，直到得了秋雨春雨。你们也当忍耐，坚固你们的心；因为主来的日子近了”（雅各书5:7-8）。

忍耐不是简单地“咬紧牙关”，满不在乎地忍受某种特定环境，而是一种盼望的态度。农夫能够耐心地注目于那片看似贫瘠的土地，在劳苦中忍耐，因他确信他的劳苦一定会有收成。

在属灵上也是如此。神可以通过我们所经历的伤痛和苦难，在我们的生命中产生宝贵的品质。我们可以忍受苦难，因为我们的苦难将要带来属灵的收成。

我们可以忍受今生的苦难，因为我们知道，在神的日子满足时，祂的儿子将要再来，这是对那些忍耐等候并殷勤做工的信徒最大的奖赏。

“不轻易发怒的，胜过勇士；治服己心的，强如取城”（箴言书16:32）。

今日祷文：

天父，求祢赐给我忍耐的心，使我得见祢荣耀的国度成全；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

November 26

PATIENCE AND PERFECTION

…The testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:3-4, NKJV

Writing to Christians who were suffering for their faith, James said,“Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You, too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near”(James 5:7-8 NIV, italics mine).

Patience is not simply a“teeth-clenched,”complacent endurance of a particular situation.It is an attitude of expectation. The farmer was able to stare at his seemingly barren ground with patience because he was assured that there would be results of his labors.He could have patience in his labors because there would be products of his labor.

And so it is in the spiritual realm. God can produce valuable qualities in our lives through the hurts and suffering we experience. We can suffer patiently, for our suffering will yield a spiritual harvest.

And we can suffer during this life patiently, for we know that in God’s perfect time His Son will return as the greatest reward for the waiting and working believer.

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city”(Proverbs 16:32).

Pray for the Day:

Father, grant me patience, so that I can see Your great Kingdom works being done; in Jesus’Name, Amen.