Whispers of His Power – JUNE 5

Isa. 41.13,14:  For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.  Fear not, thou worm.

There is a feeling (I can only call it worminess) that can come especially in the night.  All the fight seems to be drained out of you, and all power to endure.  It is really a very horrid feeling, but the word of our wonderful God is equal to anything – even to this.  Last night, through the sense of oppression and worminess, came this: Fear not, thou worm!

Truly it was quite startling.  It was so exactly right.  There was no smooth pretence that things were not what they were.  They were wormy.  I was wormy.  Well then, Fear not, thou worm!

Our God meets us just where we are.  But He does not leave us there.  There is power in the word of a King to effect what it commands.  In the Fear not of our God, repeated from Genesis to Revelation, there is power to give us just what we lack at that moment.

Rotherham translates that verse: ‘For I, thy God, am firmly grasping thy right hand… am saying unto thee.  Do not fear. I have become thy helper.  Do not fear, thou worm.’

Do not fear, but sing.  Praise the Lord upon earth… beasts and all cattle: WORMS (Ps. 148.7-10 BCP).

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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.