Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 5

Matt. 26.22: Lord, is it I?

One morning, though no one knew it, I felt fretted about something.  Before long I came upon another fretted soul, and this startled me, for I seemed to see the very shadow of myself.  After that I watched, and I noticed that not only things said and done, but even things thought or felt – lack of faith, courage, peacefulness, happiness, or anything vital – seemed to set a spiritual current flowing.  Sooner or later I found that same thing somewhere else, so that when anything went wrong anywhere the question always came,

‘Lord, is it I?’

Our defeat means loss somewhere else.  Our victory means gain.  Let us set spiritual currents flowing that will help, not hinder others.

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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.