Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 29

Exod. 39.43: And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Moses blessed them after he saw that all the work for the tabernacle had been done just as the Lord commanded.  He did not give his blessing at the beginning of the work, for beginnings are easy.  Carrying on, and completing the work perfectly, is much harder.  But it is that which really matters.

I often think of our Lord’s words in John 17.4, I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And on the cross He said, It is finished (John 19.30).

Lord Jesus, who didst finish all for us, hold us faithful to the end, till we too can say, ‘I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.’

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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.