「若不是從上頭賜給你的，你就毫無權柄辦我。」－約翰福音19:11
光是這個真理，就足以能令我們一生歡雀謝恩了。因為「神的旨意是世上唯一能帶來盼望、喜樂，和榮耀的事」，若我們肯降服信靠，祂全能的旨意便能隨時為我們效力，並且無一事能妨礙祂的工作。
有個正經歷水深火熱患難的人，寫信告訴他的朋友：
「不論我們遭遇了再怎樣荒謬不公、再怎樣看起來像是出於撒但的環境，都得認識這些都是出於神對我們的旨意，為著要使我們得著益處。
如果我們能認識這個真理，那是多麼的榮耀！」
我們曉得萬有都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處。
就算是被猶大背叛，耶穌仍能說：「我父所給我的那杯，我豈可不喝？」（約翰福音18:11）
如果我們以神的旨意為中心，撒但透過他人一切的攻擊和試探，就都無力傷害我們；這些，都要在半路上變為祝福了。
－H.W.S.
"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.
