Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 18

Rev. 13.7: It was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them.

The words “it was given’ are dark with mystery.  But there is a light in the darkness:  one day that which was given will be taken away.

In the lives of God’s children there are sometimes periods when the adversary is ‘given power to overcome’.  This power need never touch the spiritual.  There the word is the glorious, defiant, Romans 8.37: In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.  But we may be hard pressed, and so I have been praying that our dearest Lord may have the joy of saying about each of us, all of us, ‘I can count on them for anything. I  can count on them for peace under any disappointment, under any strain of faith.  They will never set limits, saying “Thus far and no further.” I can trust them up to the hilt.’

‘Lord, this I wish to be, this I desire, and what Thou seest wanting in me, do Thou, I beseech Thee, vouchsafe to supply’

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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.