Whispers of His Power – MAY 29

Job 19.26-27: I n my flesh shall I see God:  whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.

I shall see God for myself, and not another – not a stranger is the AV margin.  I shall not have to learn to know and love Him, for it will be the God who has led me all my life long – and not another.

No stranger face will meet us on the day we die.  We shall be awakened by the vision of His face – only His.

A little girl was slowly dying in her home in India.  A Christian doctor who was called to see her told her of our Lord Jesus.  After a little while she began to understand and love Him.  One day she said:  ‘I don’t know anyone in heaven.  I shall feel very shy there.’

‘But you know our Lord Jesus,’ said the doctor, ‘you won’t be shy of Him.’  She was comforted.  Soon after that she saw Him – not another, not a stranger, but the Lord who loved her and gave Himself for her.

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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.