Whispers of His Power – JULY 11

2 Cor. 8.12:  If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

In Sir William Bragg’s World of Sound he writes of our English scale of music, with its twelve intervals.  We know what great music has been made from this scale.  The old Gaelic scale had fewer notes, and yet music has been made out of it too. ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is written in this scale.  It can be played on the black keys alone.

Some of us have twelve notes to offer to God.  Thank God for them.  What hast thou that thou didst not receive? (1 Cor. 4.7). Offer them all, and God will play His great music through your life.

Some of us have only five notes to offer.  Don’t let us be discouraged.  God can make eternal music out of only five notes.

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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.