Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 15

If the scribes and Pharisees and the rulers of the people could have seen what our Lord was doing on Saturday (their sabbath) how surprised they would have been.  No one tells us anything of that day’s work except Peter, and no one could have told him of it but our Lord Himself.  Was it not just like His love to tell this wonderful secret to the one who had grieved Him?  Could He have done anything more comforting than to trust him like that?  For truly it was a wonderful secret, and as Peter was allowed to tell it to us we can ponder it and try to understand it.

That day was not spent in rest after the terrible Friday.  Our Lord went to the worst of the people who were ‘in prison’ those who had refused to listen to Noah and whose lives had been so wicked that there had to be a Flood.  His love went out to them and He hastened to them as soon as He was free from the bonds of the body.  And so right on past death we see Him always the same, loving, serving, seeking and saving the lost.

To our Lord, rest was not self-pleasing ease.  To serve was His chosen rest.

What about us?

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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.