Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 20

Ps. 37.31:  None of his steps shall slide.

Ps. 18.36 (margin):  Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my ankles did not slip.

Luke 21.16-18:  Ye shall be betrayed… and some of you shall they cause to be put to death…. But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

These words of our God are most gloriously trustful.  Our Lord was speaking to some who were to die by martyrdom and he said in effect:  ‘I trust you not to misunderstand when your ankles do slip and every hair of your head does perish.  I trust you never to be offended in Me.’

There is a delightful though in Psalm 37.24 which goes to the core of the matter.  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:  for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand.  Kay translates it, He shall not be prostrated, for the Lord supports his hand; and Rotherham, with enchanting vigour, Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, for the Lord is holding his hand.

What do falls matter if the Lord is holding us up?  He will keep us safe;  we shall be more than conquerors through Him who loves 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.