Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 9

When Barnabas went to the great, wicked rich city of Antioch he found people there who had lately turned to our Lord Jesus Christ.  He urged the Grecian believers – a little company among tens of thousands of idolaters – to cleave to the Lord, to continue with Him.

We may not be able to do much, but we too can do that.  We can stay with Him, look to Him, continue with Him.  The Greek word used indicates persistent loyalty.

It is the same word used by our Lord Jesus, Continue ye in My love.  Westcott writes: ‘The love of Christ is, as it were, the atmosphere in which the disciple lives.  It is not something realized at a momentary crisis, but enjoyed continuously.  And this enjoyment depends, on the human side, upon the will of man.  It can be made the subject of a command.’

Listen to that tender, simple word of our Lord Jesus: ‘Continue ye in My love.’ Don’t go away.  Stay in My love.  I want to have you there.  I want to keep you there.  Continue ye in My love?

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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.