Whispers of His Power – MAY 17

Ps. 9.16 (LXX):  A Song of Pause.

Ps. 10.17 (LXX):  The Lord has heard the desire of the poor:  Thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart.

Higgaion Selah.  Does that mean anything to you?  In the LXX it is A Song of Pause.  In the AV the translation is meditation, and elsewhere resounding music.  It seems something like our Dawn Chorus, when the birds burst into song and then are still, and then fall to singing again.  That lovely hour is a Song of Pause.

Could there be a lovelier name for our morning quiet time with our Lord?  A time of worship and adoration which is stillness, meditation, resounding music, listening and prayer?  There could be no lovelier name, either, for the whole day, if only we learnt to keep it as a Song of Pause.

Don’t rush into God’s Presence as though it were a common thing.  We have a God who notices the preparation of the heart.  Micah 6.8 tells us to walk humbly with our God, and then we have His promise that He Himself will prepare our heart.  Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear.

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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.