Whispers of His Power – JULY 15

Prov. 8.14:  Counsel is Mine, and sound wisdom:  I am understanding;  I have strength.

Job 28.23:  God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.

God understands.  There are no ways and no places that He does not understand.

Have you ever thought what a tremendous difference it would make to our lives if this were not true?  Imagine the feelings of a soldier if he had good reason to doubt that his commanding officer understood the situation.  We are soldiers.  Our Commander understands.  His understanding is infinite (Ps. 147.5).  Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident (Ps. 27.3).

Because of His infinite understanding, God knows that we want to be sure that the One who says He understands has been through the mill Himself.  And so we have this wonderful touch of His special understanding in Proverbs 8, where it is clear that the speaker is our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  I am Understanding.  I the Man of Sorrows acquainted with grief, I who was tempted in all points just as you are, I am Understanding.

It is restful to be understood, to be with one who never misjudges.  Let us rest in His Presence today.

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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.