Whispers of His Power – APRIL 27
Luke 9.30-31,33 (RV): And behold, there talked with Him two men, which were Moses and Elijah; who appeared in glory, and spake of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. And it came to pass, as they were parting, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here.
Have you ever found yourself making a great deal of a small trouble? I have. Especially goodbyes. But what of the Goodbye of this story?
Elijah and Moses had been talking with our Lord Jesus of the agonizing death which He had so soon to ‘accomplish’. They must have felt it far more acutely than we can imagine. What must that minute of parting have been to them and to Him? Think what it would be to say Goodbye to someone you loved, who had to go through an awful operation without anaesthetic – but that gives one only the faintest idea of what it was to those two men to leave our Lord that day.
But we read of no fuss. They went away so quietly that as they were parting Peter could speak to our Lord, just as if He and they were not even then going through this tremendous Goodbye.
It makes us feel ashamed of ever making much of any trouble. The heavenly people don’t. Our Lord never did.
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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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