Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 21

Matt. 26.53 (RV):  Thinkest thou that I cannot beseech My Father, and He shall even now send Me more than twelve legions of angels?

Hag. 2.8:  The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts.

A legion was a company of 6,000 soldiers.  Does our Lord need our service?  A word from Him to His Father would, He said, bring more than twelve legions of angels, more than 72,000 to help Him.  Think of the stars:  we never with our naked eyes see more than about 2,000 at a time.  Try to imagine a host of 72,000, each one fit to offer perfect service.  Why should the Lord of all the angels want you and me at all?

Does our Lord need our gifts?  Before the mountains or plains were settled, where the gold and silver and copper are hidden, there He was.  It was the Lord of Hosts, the hosts of the angels, who said, The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine.  All powers, all possessions are His.  Why should He want anything that we can give?

‘Treasure in heaven’ answers that question.  He has gone to prepare a place for us (John 14.2).  He does not want it to be empty, but full of treasure for us.  Such is His love that He loves us to give cheerfully that which will fill the place He is preparing for us, full of unimaginable treasure.  What a Lord!

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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.