Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 1

Matt. 24.45: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

This morning as I read of the faithful and wise servant, who gave meat in due season to his Lord’s household, I felt he had at least the great help of being with his fellow-servants.  He could not help knowing what kind of meat to give to one and another, and also he would know the due season.  Whereas I can’t be with you, and so I can’t watch as I should wish to do, and have the right sort of meat ready for the due season.

At last I found help in remembering who was in charge of the storehouse.  The One in charge knows all that I don’t know.  It is He, then, who chooses the meat, now for this one, now for that, and I have only to pass it on.

Often I have found that what has fed my own soul has fed another, so I will give you the word that was meat in due season to me last night.  It was Psalm 119.76 (RV): Let Thy lovingkindness be for my comfort.

There are times when the least thing in the world we feel we deserve is comfort, and yet there it is.  The everlasting loving-kindness of the Lord our God is ever on its way to comfort us.  It is like the love of the father who ran to meet his son.  It is like love itself, something that never fails.

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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.