19如果我们领悟我们是神所呼召的人,现今在经历祂变化的过程,我们就必须领悟每件事都是神的手,……我们不该信靠任何人,但我们该感谢主,在我们环境中的每个人都在神主宰的手下,叫我们得益处。……我们不该信靠任何人,也不该责怪任何人。无论我们的舅父诚实不诚实,我们仍必须说,“赞美主。神是主宰的。……为着我的变化,甚至我那不可信靠的舅父,也在神的手中。”我们都需要看见这点,并知道在我们的环境中没有一样是可信靠的。不要信靠任何事、任何人或任何物。在我们环境中的每件事和每个人,都是神的主宰所用来变化我们的工具。为着你的变化,你若需要一个诚实人,神会给你一个诚实人。但我们多半需要一个拉班,以及像拉班儿子们那样的表兄弟。不要抱怨,倒要为每个人感谢神,说,“主,我为着所有的表兄弟感谢你。我也为着我的舅父,甚至为着我的软弱感谢你。”赞美主,即使是我们的软弱,也是神用来变化我们的凭借(创世记生命读经,一○五八至一○五九、一一三九至一一四○页)。
19If we realize that we are God’s called ones and that we are now undergoing His process of transformation, we must realize that everything is a matter of God’s hand…While we should not trust any human being, we should thank the Lord that everyone in our environment is under God’s sovereign hand for our good…We should neither put our trust in anyone nor blame anyone. Whether our uncle is honest or not, we must still say, “Praise the Lord. God is sovereign…Even my uncle who is not trustworthy is in God’s hand for the sake of my transformation.” We all need to see this and to know that nothing in our environment is trustworthy. Do not trust anything, any person, or any matter. Everything and everyone in our environment are instruments sovereignly used by God for our transformation. If, for the sake of your transformation, you need an honest person, God will give you one. But mostly we need a Laban and cousins like Laban’s sons. Do not complain, but thank God for everyone, saying, “Lord, I thank You for all my cousins. And I thank You for my uncle and even for my weaknesses.” Praise the Lord that even our weaknesses are a means employed by God for our transformation. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 869-870, 938)