「不論你身在何處，有怎樣的遭遇，都要善用你所擁有的，發揮其最大的效益。」一位年輕女子在電視訪談中這樣說，而這番話吸引我仔細聽完了整段故事。她和另外五個姐妹正努力攻讀護理學位，她們曾無家可歸，生活困苦，但她們互相支持，一起努力朝著共同的目標前進。她的故事播出時，她們六姐妹都即將完成當地大學的護理課程。

民數記27章也講述一群姐妹齊心協力，彼此扶持。西羅非哈的五個女兒提出繼承權的訴求。她們一起站在摩西面前爭取自己的權益，說：「我們的父親死在曠野。……是在自己罪中死的；他也沒有兒子。……求你們在我們父親的弟兄中分給我們產業」（3-4節）。上帝的回覆突破了傳統的觀念，祂說：「西羅非哈的女兒說得有理。你定要……把地分給她們為業。」（7節）

這五姐妹站在摩西面前，齊心尋求上帝的憐憫。她們在上帝面前團結一致，於是上帝賜予她們所需要的。

對基督徒而言，團結合作不總是一件容易的事。然而，當我們謙卑尋求上帝的智慧和引導時，我們就會發現，祂能幫助我們在基督裡彼此合作，有美好的服事。

“No matter where you are, what you’re going through; use what you have and make the most of it,” said the young woman in a TV interview. Her words prompted me to listen carefully to the full story. I learned that she was one of six sisters working toward nursing degrees. They were once homeless and struggling, yet they worked together to reach their common goal. And at the time the story aired, all six sisters were completing the nursing program at a local university.

Numbers 27 tells the story of another group of sisters who worked together and supported each other. The five daughters of Zelophehad made an appeal about an inheritance law. They gathered together and stood before Moses to plead their case, saying, “Our father died . . . for his own sin and left no sons. . . . Give us property among our father’s relatives” (vv. 3-4). God answered with this revolutionary statement: “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance” (v. 7).

The five sisters came together and sought God’s mercy as they stood before Moses. And God provided what they needed as they banded together before Him.

Working together isn’t always easy as believers in Jesus. But as we seek God’s wisdom and direction with humility, we’ll find He can help us serve well together in Christ.