Whispers of His Power – MAY 5

Jer. 38.10-12:  Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die… And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah,  Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords.  And Jeremiah did so.

The dungeon where Jeremiah was kept was one of those horrible pits that were used in olden times as prisons.  The king only told Ebed-melech to take thirty men and pull Jeremiah out of the dungeon with ropes, before he died.  But that kind man, whose name means ‘Servant of the King’, took the trouble to go and fetch pieces of cast-off clothes and old soft rags.  He told Jeremiah to put them under his armpits to keep the ropes from hurting him as they pulled him out.

In Matthew 25.40 we read what the King of Kings must have said to Servant of the King, Ebed-melech.  Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.

Think of it, every little thoughtful kindness we do for someone in need, our Lord notices.  He takes it as service done to Him.  Let us serve Him by serving others, however humbly, today.

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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.