Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 7

Gen. 22.16,17:  By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing … That in blessing I will bless thee.

Let us set ourselves to obey God today.  Whether the thing He asks of us is great, or so small that we would be ashamed to let anyone know that it cost us anything, let us yield it to him as obediently as Abraham yielded Isaac.

The way of obedience is the way of joy.  It leads to a blessing that is beyond our understanding, even as the blessing of Genesis 22.17,18 was beyond Abraham’s.  It results in blessing for others as well as ourselves.

Is there any word of my Lord to me which I am refusing to obey?  Perhaps I am arguing about it, or trying to smother and forget it, because I do not want to obey.  OBEY IT – then In blessing I will bless thee is His promise.

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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.