The Character of God
Today — August 26
Leaning wholly upon God
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." — John 10:28 · KJV
In this experience I learned over again the lesson I have had to learn so many times, that I must lean wholly upon God, whatever my perplexity. He will never leave nor forsake those who commit their ways to him. We must not depend on human strength or wisdom, but make him our counselor and guide in all things.
Although I had prayed for months that the Lord would make my path so plain that I might know that I was making no mistake, still I was obliged to say that “God hangs a mist o'er my eyes.” But when I had taken my seat in the cars, the assurance came that I was moving in accordance with the will of God. Many friends had come to the station to see us off. It was a place of great confusion, and I had not been able to bear anything of the kind for months. But it did not trouble me now. The sweet peace that God alone can give was imparted to me, and, like a wearied child, I found rest in Jesus.
The weather during the first part of our journey was exceedingly oppressive. At one place the thermometer stood at degrees in the shade. In Southern California and Arizona the wind was as hot as though it came from a furnace. This was what I had dreaded; but to our great surprise I was not exhausted by the heat. The blessing of the Lord continued to rest upon me as we journeyed, and I grew stronger every day.
The Character of God, Ellen G. White · this reading’s own page
Ellen G. White · A reading for each day of the year
A year on the character of God, gathered from Ellen G. White's published writing. Twelve monthly movements — from He Is Love in January to Unchanging and Everlasting in December — and every reading opens with a verse and then gives her own words, unaltered. The selection and the arrangement are Biblion's own; this is not a reprint of any existing book.
January
- January 1 — God is love
- January 2 — Love that planned our rescue
- January 3 — The love that made us
- January 4 — Love not earned
- January 5 — Love that seeks us first
- January 6 — The measure of His love
- January 7 — Love stronger than death
- January 8 — Love that gives everything
- January 9 — Love toward the unworthy
- January 10 — Love that will not compel
- January 11 — The love that suffers
- January 12 — Love without partiality
- January 13 — Love that bears with us
- January 14 — Love that draws, not drives
- January 15 — Love written in nature
- January 16 — Love written in His word
- January 17 — Love that does what we cannot
- January 18 — Love that waits
- January 19 — Love that welcomes us back
- January 20 — Love and discipline
- January 21 — Love that does not count wrongs
- January 22 — The love He asks in return
- January 23 — We love because He first loved
- January 24 — Rest in the shadow of His love
- January 25 — Love shown to the whole world
- January 26 — Love toward His enemies
- January 27 — Love in the gift of His Son
- January 28 — Love that endures our failure
- January 29 — Love that does not change
- January 30 — Love beyond our knowing
- January 31 — Living in His love
February
- February 1 — In the beginning, God
- February 2 — The work of His hands
- February 3 — Nothing made without Him
- February 4 — He made it good
- February 5 — The breath of life
- February 6 — Made in His image
- February 7 — His care for small things
- February 8 — He upholds all things
- February 9 — The seasons keep His word
- February 10 — Rain on the just and the unjust
- February 11 — He feeds the birds
- February 12 — The lilies of the field
- February 13 — He numbers the hairs of our head
- February 14 — Nature as His book
- February 15 — The witness of the stars
- February 16 — The order He keeps
- February 17 — Providence in daily bread
- February 18 — His hand in our lifework
- February 19 — He works while we rest
- February 20 — Strength renewed
- February 21 — He knows our frame
- February 22 — Not forgotten
- February 23 — He gave, and asked one thing
- February 24 — Greater than we can measure
- February 25 — A world He has not abandoned
- February 26 — Beauty as a gift
- February 27 — He restores what is marred
- February 28 — The new creation promised
- February 29 — Trust in the Maker
March
- March 1 — Our Father in heaven
- March 2 — The Father Himself loveth you
- March 3 — A father's pity
- March 4 — He will not turn us away
- March 5 — He knows what we need
- March 6 — The Father's welcome
- March 7 — The son who came home
- March 8 — Running to meet us
- March 9 — He is not ashamed to call us His own
- March 10 — Children, not servants
- March 11 — Adopted, not hired
- March 12 — The Father's discipline
- March 13 — Correction in love
- March 14 — He does not despise the weak
- March 15 — Carried as a child is carried
- March 16 — Every promise is a warrant to ask
- March 17 — Asking as a child asks
- March 18 — He gives good gifts
- March 19 — The Father who waits up
- March 20 — He does not leave us comfortless
- March 21 — The Father's likeness in us
- March 22 — Love one another, as He has loved us
- March 23 — A father to the fatherless
- March 24 — The cause of the oppressed is His
- March 25 — He does not forget the forgotten
- March 26 — From birth to hoar hairs
- March 27 — Growing up into Him
- March 28 — Patience with slow learners
- March 29 — Rebuke and embrace
- March 30 — The inheritance kept for us
- March 31 — Confidence before the Father
April
- April 1 — He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father
- April 2 — The image of the invisible God
- April 3 — God with us
- April 4 — The Word made flesh
- April 5 — Christ came to reveal the Father
- April 6 — What Jesus was, God is
- April 7 — The touch of His hand
- April 8 — This man receiveth sinners
- April 9 — The friend of publicans
- April 10 — Jesus wept
- April 11 — Moved with compassion
- April 12 — The bruised reed He did not break
- April 13 — The rebuke that healed
- April 14 — His welcome of children
- April 15 — He washed their feet
- April 16 — His face set toward Jerusalem
- April 17 — The garden and the cup
- April 18 — Silent before His accusers
- April 19 — Father, forgive them
- April 20 — The thief beside Him
- April 21 — The cross as the revelation
- April 22 — God's own heart laid open
- April 23 — The empty tomb
- April 24 — He kept the marks
- April 25 — Breakfast on the shore
- April 26 — Peter restored
- April 27 — Not ashamed to call them brethren
- April 28 — Our advocate
- April 29 — The same yesterday and today
- April 30 — Looking unto Jesus
May
- May 1 — Holy, holy, holy
- May 2 — The glory that veils itself
- May 3 — Reverence born of His greatness
- May 4 — Isaiah undone
- May 5 — Who shall stand in His presence?
- May 6 — Purity without harshness
- May 7 — Light without shadow
- May 8 — The holiness that draws rather than drives
- May 9 — His hatred of sin
- May 10 — Hating the sin, pitying the sinner
- May 11 — The law as His character
- May 12 — Holy, and just, and good
- May 13 — Nothing hidden from Him
- May 14 — He cannot look upon evil
- May 15 — The refiner's fire
- May 16 — Cleansing, not condemning
- May 17 — Be ye holy, for I am holy
- May 18 — Holiness within reach
- May 19 — The white robe given
- May 20 — His holiness our safety
- May 21 — Approaching His house
- May 22 — The fear that is not terror
- May 23 — Standing in His presence
- May 24 — A dwelling prepared for Him
- May 25 — What He asks of us
- May 26 — Holiness in small duties
- May 27 — Set apart for Him
- May 28 — The beauty of holiness
- May 29 — Hallowed be Thy name
- May 30 — A people for His own
- May 31 — Changed by beholding Him
June
- June 1 — Just and right is He
- June 2 — The Judge of all the earth
- June 3 — Shall not the Judge do right?
- June 4 — No respecter of persons
- June 5 — The scales He holds
- June 6 — Justice for the poor
- June 7 — He hears the oppressed
- June 8 — The wages withheld
- June 9 — He sees what is done in secret
- June 10 — Character is what is recorded
- June 11 — Mercy and justice met together
- June 12 — Justice satisfied at the cross
- June 13 — He will not clear the guilty
- June 14 — Yet He justifies the ungodly
- June 15 — The debt paid
- June 16 — A difference that is not favoritism
- June 17 — He gives every man his due
- June 18 — The labourers in the vineyard
- June 19 — His judgments unsearchable
- June 20 — When justice seems slow
- June 21 — Why the wicked prosper
- June 22 — The vindication promised
- June 23 — He will right every wrong
- June 24 — Justice toward our neighbour
- June 25 — Just weights and measures
- June 26 — Judging as He judges
- June 27 — Do justly, love mercy
- June 28 — The end of oppression
- June 29 — Righteousness the foundation of His throne
- June 30 — Trusting His verdict
July
- July 1 — The Lord, merciful and gracious
- July 2 — Mercy from everlasting
- July 3 — New every morning
- July 4 — Not dealt with after our sins
- July 5 — Whom He pardons, He first makes penitent
- July 6 — God be merciful to me a sinner
- July 7 — The record blotted out
- July 8 — Help sent to bring us back
- July 9 — The debtor forgiven
- July 10 — Seventy times seven
- July 11 — Mercy for the worst
- July 12 — Comfort restored to the mourner
- July 13 — David restored
- July 14 — Peter after the denial
- July 15 — Paul the persecutor
- July 16 — Mercy outrunning judgment
- July 17 — The weakest and most helpless
- July 18 — He bears the shame of our sin
- July 19 — He knows how to pity
- July 20 — Touched with the feeling of our infirmities
- July 21 — He knows the burden every heart carries
- July 22 — Mercy in affliction
- July 23 — A covering in heat and storm
- July 24 — Mercy for the second failure
- July 25 — Taking no denial
- July 26 — No case too far gone
- July 27 — The mercy we withhold from others
- July 28 — Freely ye have received
- July 29 — Blessed are the merciful
- July 30 — Mercy rejoices against judgment
- July 31 — The glory He showed to Moses
August
- August 1 — Great is Thy faithfulness
- August 2 — He cannot deny Himself
- August 3 — The word that stands
- August 4 — Not one promise has failed
- August 5 — The covenant kept
- August 6 — The bow in the cloud
- August 7 — Faithful when we are faithless
- August 8 — The promise to Abraham
- August 9 — Obstacles that prove a blessing
- August 10 — Waiting for the promise
- August 11 — Delay is not denial
- August 12 — Joseph's long years
- August 13 — Trusting where we cannot see
- August 14 — He keeps what we commit to Him
- August 15 — Able to keep us from falling
- August 16 — The will yielded to Christ
- August 17 — His oath and His word
- August 18 — Depending on Him, not ourselves
- August 19 — The work outlasts the worker
- August 20 — A sure foundation
- August 21 — Heaven and earth shall pass away
- August 22 — Faith simple in its working
- August 23 — He carries what we hand Him
- August 24 — Making God our efficiency
- August 25 — The shepherd who counts the flock
- August 26 — Leaning wholly upon God
- August 27 — Faithful through the fire
- August 28 — He will not fail thee
- August 29 — The God who remembers
- August 30 — A refuge for those who know His name
- August 31 — Our answering faithfulness
September
- September 1 — Slow to anger
- September 2 — Judgment stayed while there was time
- September 3 — Not willing that any should perish
- September 4 — The barren tree spared
- September 5 — Let it alone this year also
- September 6 — Nineveh spared
- September 7 — A hundred and twenty years
- September 8 — The crisis passed, the blessing given
- September 9 — The long day of mercy
- September 10 — Patience with our slow growth
- September 11 — First the blade, then the ear
- September 12 — He does not hurry us
- September 13 — Bruised, but not broken
- September 14 — He bears with our questions
- September 15 — Nathanael, without guile
- September 16 — Room for honest doubt
- September 17 — He answers the confused
- September 18 — Patience with repeated failure
- September 19 — The son who changed his mind
- September 20 — He remembers that we are dust
- September 21 — He bore with Judas
- September 22 — The goodness that leads to repentance
- September 23 — Judgment His strange work
- September 24 — Reluctant to punish
- September 25 — How shall I give thee up?
- September 26 — The pleading Spirit
- September 27 — The door still open
- September 28 — Patience has an end
- September 29 — Today, if ye will hear His voice
- September 30 — Learning His patience
October
- October 1 — A very present help
- October 2 — Nearer than we suppose
- October 3 — Not far from every one of us
- October 4 — Whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
- October 5 — Thou God seest me
- October 6 — Christ, the ladder Jacob saw
- October 7 — Jacob's stone pillow
- October 8 — Prayer needs no fine words
- October 9 — He does not cast off the deceived
- October 10 — Immanuel
- October 11 — He heard the cry
- October 12 — Heard before we speak
- October 13 — The open door of prayer
- October 14 — Angels attend the common day
- October 15 — The Spirit's intercession
- October 16 — Groanings that cannot be uttered
- October 17 — He draws near in trouble
- October 18 — His sympathies are with us still
- October 19 — His presence in the storm
- October 20 — Peace, be still
- October 21 — He comes walking on the water
- October 22 — The unseen companion
- October 23 — Angels encamped round about
- October 24 — The road to Emmaus
- October 25 — With us in ordinary days
- October 26 — Nearness in the sickroom
- October 27 — When God seems absent
- October 28 — Silence is not abandonment
- October 29 — Lo, I am with you alway
- October 30 — Communion restored
- October 31 — Dwelling in Him
November
- November 1 — The Lord is good
- November 2 — Rejoice before the Lord
- November 3 — Every good gift
- November 4 — He giveth us richly all things to enjoy
- November 5 — He works still
- November 6 — Good to the unthankful
- November 7 — Goodness in ordinary days
- November 8 — Even the crumbs are His
- November 9 — More than they all
- November 10 — Harvest and thanksgiving
- November 11 — Joy is His gift
- November 12 — Songs in the night
- November 13 — Weary of giving, not of receiving
- November 14 — Honest petitions answered
- November 15 — He directs the plan
- November 16 — Character is not accident
- November 17 — He works where we least expect
- November 18 — Blessing passed on
- November 19 — Friendship as His gift
- November 20 — Home as His gift
- November 21 — Work as His gift
- November 22 — Rest as His gift
- November 23 — Nothing gloomy in His religion
- November 24 — Trained for the real conflict
- November 25 — Gratitude
- November 26 — Counting His mercies
- November 27 — Honour given to the wrong place
- November 28 — His goodness remembered in hard times
- November 29 — Much forgiven, much love
- November 30 — Goodness following us all our days
December
- December 1 — I am the Lord, I change not
- December 2 — The same yesterday, today, and for ever
- December 3 — From everlasting to everlasting
- December 4 — The reward Moses chose
- December 5 — The everlasting arms
- December 6 — Rest without question
- December 7 — His counsel shall stand
- December 8 — The purpose that cannot fail
- December 9 — Time does not weary Him
- December 10 — He is the burden bearer
- December 11 — An honest reckoning
- December 12 — Evidence they could not doubt
- December 13 — Rest and peace at last
- December 14 — Persecution furthered the gospel
- December 15 — The emblems of victory
- December 16 — He walks with us unrecognised
- December 17 — Nothing can separate us
- December 18 — We took the matter to the Lord
- December 19 — The love that outlasts everything
- December 20 — The song of the redeemed
- December 21 — The crown of a long life
- December 22 — The city which hath foundations
- December 23 — An inheritance incorruptible
- December 24 — The hope laid up for us
- December 25 — A crown that does not perish
- December 26 — The end He has promised
- December 27 — Every tear wiped away
- December 28 — There shall be no more curse
- December 29 — They shall see His face
- December 30 — For ever and ever
- December 31 — The year ended in His hands
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