Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 21

Matt. 11.6: And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me.

All of us are sometimes troubled by questions.  Why is the secret of healing not opened more fully?  Why is that key not put into wise and loving hands?  Why does He whose touch has not lost its ancient power not come immediately and touch and heal?  Why have the wicked such awful power?  Why are we ourselves sometimes like the little ship on the sea of Galilee beaten by the winds?  And even after we have heard our dear Lord’s Peace, be still, why is it that there is not always instantly a great calm, a lasting calm?  Why do the winds return again?

We could go on for ever, piling question on question. Why?  Why?  Why?

But faith is not ‘trusting God when we understand His ways’ – there is no need for faith then.  Faith is trusting when nothing is explained.  Faith rests under the Unexplained.  Faith enters into the deep places of our Lord’s words, And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me.  Faith, having entered into those deep places, stays there in peace.

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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.