Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 26
Gen. 22.8: And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering.
Gen. 22.13: And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket.
Gen. 22.14: And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh (margin: The Lord will see or provide.)
In Abraham’s sublime faith self was forgotten. The sacrifice was for the Lord, therefore He would provide. Isaac was not his but God’s. Therefore it was certain that He would provide for Himself a lamb.
He will provide for Himself, in every work that He has planned, all that is needed. All things, without a single exception, are in the hands of our Jehovah Jireh. Nothing can hinder His purpose.
Sooner or later we shall see what we now by faith believe. We shall see the end of the Lord, who is very pitiful and of tender mercy (Jas. 5.11). We shall see and we shall sing. Let us sing now.
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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982
Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.
The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:
BCP: Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale
Conybeare: W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)
Delitzsch: F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms
Kay: W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)
LXX: The Septuagint
Moffatt: J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation
Rotherham: J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version
RV: Revised Version
Way: A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)
Westcott: F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John
Weymouth: R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech
Young: R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible
Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.
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