Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 26

Luke 22.28:  Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.

A lover of our Lord was asked which of all His words she would most wish to hear Him say to her. She answered: ‘Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.’ 

From time to time most of us have to do with souls who are distressed beyond measure because of thorns in the path.  They are surprised to find them there.  They seem to think of thorns as belonging to the crown of the Crucified, not to the path of His followers.  ‘Think it not strange’:  they think it very strange.

What can we do to help them?  If only Calvary be the background of our living, if only we continue with our Lord in Gethsemane, if only every common word and deed, our whole bearing, our whole being is steeped in the spirit that was His when He set His face steadfastly to go to Jerusalem, then those who look to us will see that Cross and be drawn into that fellowship.  There is no other way to help them.

There is no other way to be helped ourselves.

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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.