[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0814":3},"AUGUST 14\r\nThou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above (John 19:11).\r\nNothing that is not God's will can come into the life of one who\r\ntrust 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\r\nomnipotence for us all the time, with nothing to prevent it if we are surrendered and believing.\r\nOnce who was passing through deep waters of affliction wrote to a friend: \"Is it not a glorious thing to know that no difference how\r\nunjust 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\r\nwork for good to us? For all things work together for good to us\r\nwho love God. And even of the betrayal, Christ said, \"The cup which\r\nmy 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\r\nSatan, through others' sin, can hurl against us are not only\r\npowerless to harm us, but are turned into blessings on the way. --H.W.S.\r\nIn the center of the circle   Of the Will of God I stand:\r\nThere can come no second causes, All must come from His dear hand.\r\nAll is well! for 'tis my Father Who my life hath planned.\r\nShall I pass through waves of sorrow? Then I know it will be best;\r\nThough I cannot tell the reason, I can trust, and so am blest.\r\nGod is Love, and God is faithful. So in perfect Peace I rest.\r\nWith the shade and with the sunshine,\r\nWith the joy and with the pain,\r\nLord, I trust Thee! both are needed, Each Thy wayward child to train,\r\nEarthly loss, did we but know it,\r\n\r\nOften means our heavenly gain. --I. G. W.",1783499793299]