我们对神的经历，很容易达到高峰，但不容易留在那里。虽然你看自己是个渺小的造物，但就神而论，你是非常重要的人物。在创立世界以前，神就为你安排了一切。亚伯拉罕的试炼乃是为着叫他学功课。我们都需要学功课。
亚伯拉罕必须凭着信靠神供应他日常的需要而活。在创世记十二章十节我们看到那地遭遇大饥荒。这饥荒是个试验，看看亚伯拉罕在他的生计上，在每日的生活上，是否信靠神。
十二章十至二十节，就会看见在这种情况下，亚伯拉罕又软弱又低下。他无法持守在神所指定的地位上，反而下到埃及。下文我们会看到，他在埃及说谎犯罪。神曾在吾珥、哈兰、示剑向他显现。在示剑神对亚伯拉罕说，“我要把这地赐给你的后裔。”（创十二7）。神确定的告诉亚伯拉罕，祂要把那地方赐给他的子孙。向亚伯拉罕说话的神是谁？祂是创造主，是拥有天地的一位。发生饥荒的时候，亚伯拉罕应当毫无疑惑的说，“我不忧虑饥荒，因为我有活的神。我不担心缺粮，因为那呼召我，把我带到这里，又再次向我显现，证实我路途的，乃是全能的神。我已经信靠祂，现在我凭着信靠祂供应我日常的需要而活。我不在乎到底有没有食物。”
但是，在发生饥荒的时候，亚伯拉罕怎么作？他有没有祷告？他有没有向妻子说，“让我们祷告罢”？没有，好像亚伯拉罕忘记祷告了。当这一段的试验临到他的时候，他没有祷告。不要笑亚伯拉罕。当你一切顺利的时候，你很容易祷告。但是当饥荒来的时候，你就忘了你是个基督徒。你忘了那曾向你显现的活神，只记得你的肚腹。亚伯拉罕看看光景：在那地有饥荒，而在埃及有充足的粮食。亚伯拉罕和他的妻子并没有多谈，二人很快就同意下埃及。他们没有考虑到神要他们去那里。
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The Trial of the Called Ones – Famine (2) – Gen 12:11-13
In our experience of God, it is easy to reach the peak, but it is not easy to stay there. Although you see yourself as a tiny creature, as far as God is concerned, you are a very important person. Before the foundation of the world, God arranged everything for you. Abram’s trial was for him to learn a lesson. We all need to learn lessons.
Abram had to live by trusting in God to supply his daily needs. In Genesis 12:10, we see that the land encountered a great famine. This famine was a test to see whether Abram would trust in God for his livelihood and his daily life.
Looking at chapter twelve, verses ten through twenty, we see that under these circumstances, Abram was both weak and low. He could not hold the position God had designated, but instead went down to Egypt. As we will see later, he lied and sinned in Egypt. God had appeared to him in Ur, in Haran and in Shechem. In Shechem, God said to Abram, “To your seed I will give this land” (Gen. 12:7). God definitely told Abram that He would give that place to his descendants. Who is the God speaking to Abram? He is the Creator, the One who possesses heaven and earth. When the famine occurred, Abram should have said without doubt, “I do not worry about the famine because I have the living God. I do not worry about the lack of food, because the One who called me, brought me here, and appeared to me again to confirm my path, is the Almighty God. I have believed in Him, and now I live by trusting in Him to supply my daily needs. I do not care whether there is food or not”.
However, when the famine occurred, what did Abram do? Did he pray? Did he say to his wife, “Let us pray” ? No, it seems Abram forgot to pray. When this period of testing came upon him, he did not pray. Do not laugh at Abram. When everything is going smoothly for you, it is easy for you to pray. But when a famine comes, you forget that you are a Christian. You forget the living God who appeared to you, and remember only your stomach. Abram looked at the situation: there was famine in that land, while in Egypt there was plenty of food. Abram and his wife did not discuss much; the two quickly agreed to go down to Egypt. They did not consider whether God wanted them to go there.