Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 8

We may be tempted to discouragement, if we have toiled all the night and taken nothing that can be brought ashore in a net.

Between Revelation 4 and 11 there is a mysterious story of battle.  Sometimes there is defeat, darkness, clash and clamour of spirit.  But all through, strung like golden bead, on a thread running through the story, there are songs – seven songs, the perfect number.  After the seventh song was sung the seventh angel sounded, ‘and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ;  and He shall reign for ever and ever’ (Rev. 11.15).

What will it be when the last of the seven songs is sung and we all join in the song of unimaginable joy, ‘We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;  because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned.’ (Rev. 11.17)  And we are a week nearer that than we were last week, when we toiled all night and took nothing.

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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.