Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 22

Mal. 3.8:  Will a man rob God?  Yet ye have robbed Me.  But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee?  In tithes and offerings.

Tithes and offerings are not the same. ‘Tithes and offerings’ God says.  In writing to the converts in Corinth (2 Cor. 9.6-11), Paul does not speak of tithes;  he takes them for granted.  He speaks of offerings which are over and above tithes.

Love always finds ways to do more than give tithes.  It gives free-will offerings, something over and above what must be given.  That is the joy of love.  It is about such love, and the things such love does, that God says ‘his righteousness remains for ever’ (v. 9).  He calls our little love-gifts by that great name, and lays them up as treasure in heaven.

Are we faithful in our tithes?  Are we loving in our offerings?

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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.