Streams in the Desert August 14 Daily Devotional

Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above (John 19:11).
Nothing that is not God's will can come into the life of one who
trust and obeys God. This fact is enough to make our life hopeful, glad, and glorious thing in the world"; and it is working in the
omnipotence for us all the time, with nothing to prevent it if we are surrendered and believing.
Once who was passing through deep waters of affliction wrote to a friend: "Is it not a glorious thing to know that no difference how
unjust a thing may be, or how absolutely it may seem to be from Satan, by the time it reaches us it is God's will for us, and will
work for good to us? For all things work together for good to us
who love God. And even of the betrayal, Christ said, "The cup which
my Father gave me, shall I not drink it?" We live charmed lives if we are living in the center of God's will. All the attacks that
Satan, through others' sin, can hurl against us are not only
powerless to harm us, but are turned into blessings on the way. --H.W.S.
In the center of the circle Of the Will of God I stand:
There can come no second causes, All must come from His dear hand.
All is well! for 'tis my Father Who my life hath planned.
Shall I pass through waves of sorrow? Then I know it will be best;
Though I cannot tell the reason, I can trust, and so am blest.
God is Love, and God is faithful. So in perfect Peace I rest.
With the shade and with the sunshine,
With the joy and with the pain,
Lord, I trust Thee! both are needed, Each Thy wayward child to train,
Earthly loss, did we but know it,

Often means our heavenly gain. --I. G. W.