Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 24

Exod. 32.31-32:  And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin -; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.

The love in Moses’ words smites us.  That is the way we must look on the sins and weaknesses of others, not condoning (Moses did not condone), but with eyes of uttermost love.

God’s word to Moses in verse 34 was Now go, lead the people.  Don’t give them up as hopeless.  God would deal with the sin;  it would not be overlooked.  But even so, Moses was not to despair of them. Instead, Now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee.

The Lord give to us all Moses’ love, Christ’s love, the love that loves the disappointing – not the lovables only, but the unlovables.

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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.