Whispers of His Power – APRIL 20
John 6.6: He Himself knew what He would do.
It is interesting to compare the two miracles of feeding the multitude. In the feeding of the five thousand (John 6.5-13) the multitude was apparently part of a pilgrim-caravan. The food was given soon, and help was not far off. It might have been found in the villages and the country round about.
The feeding of the four thousand was quite a different matter. The people were gathered from a Gentile region; they had continued for three days before they were fed; there was no help near. There was no question of finding help in villages. The place was a wilderness (Mark 8.1-9).
Westcott wrote: ‘Our situation, we think, is peculiarly difficult. Temptations are many and powerful. There is no quarter to which we can turn for immediate help. But let us not doubt. The sense of our need is the condition of God’s help. He will not remove our wants but He will satisfy them. He will not take away our temptations but He will give us strength to conquer them.’
Here and now in whatever is our wilderness, He will be our Bread from heaven. He will satisfy our every need.
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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.
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