Whispers of His Power – MAY 14

Ps. 78.53:  And He led them on safely, so that they feared not.

Ps. 78.72:  So He… guided them by the skilfulness of His hands.

‘And He guided them with hope’; this is the LXX reading.  The God of Hope guided with hope.  ‘And guided them by the skilfulness of His hands’; Rotherham translates it ‘the discernment’.  He adds a note: ‘A beautiful expression.  How much all manual workers need to put their discernment into their hands.’

He will lead us on safely through the working hours of this new day with its new experiences of discipline and perhaps sorrow and disappointment.  There will be experiences of joy, too, for we follow the Lord of Joy.  He will not lose hope about us.  He will guide us with hope, and with the discernment of His hands.

So there is no room for fear.

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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.