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經文：「若不是從上頭賜給你的，你就毫無權柄辦我。」（約19:11） 我們若能明白，凡是臨到一個信靠順服神的人身上的事情，沒有一件不是神的旨意，這就足夠令我們不住地感謝讚美了。 祂的旨意，是這個世上最有希望、最快活、最榮耀的存在；因為祂是全能的神；只要我們肯順服信靠，沒有任何事能阻止祂。 曾經有位深受痛苦的人寫信給他的朋友說：「不管這件事多麼不公正，多麼像是出於撒但，當我思想這事臨到是神的旨意，並且是叫我得益處的，我就立刻感到榮耀。」 感謝神，我們曉得萬事都互相効力，叫愛神的人得益處。正如基督，就算是被門徒出賣，祂還是說：「我父所給我的那杯，我豈可不喝呢？」（約18:13） 如果能夠生活在神的旨意中，我們的生活將會是何等佳美？撒但給我們的任何攻擊不但無力傷害我們，並且在半路上就已經變成了祝福。--H. W. S. |
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Scripture: "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 trusts and obeys God. This fact is enough to make our life one of ceaseless thanksgiving and joy. For "God's will is the one 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. One 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. ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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