Whispers of His Power – JULY 25

1 Tim. 4.15:  Meditate upon these things;  give thyself wholly to them;  that thy profiting may appear to all.

This is a quotation from C. F. Holder’s Louis Agassiz (the great authority on fishes):  ‘He could not bear with superficial study – a man should give his whole life to the object he had undertaken to investigate.  He felt that desultory, isolated, spasmodic working avails nothing, but curses with narrowness and mediocrity.’

Put that beside 1 Timothy 4.15.  ‘Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them.’ (Weymouth) Let them be the atmosphere of your life, in order that your spiritual growth may be evident to all.

Spiritual growth depends upon study, concentration, determination.   Let us take to heart today further words Paul wrote to Timothy, in his second letter, chapter 3, verses 14-17.  Way’s version of part of that passage is: ‘Abide by the lessons you have learnt: hold to your convictions… Every written record inspired by God is also helpful for teaching truth, for refuting error, for restoration of the lapsed, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thorough, may be perfectly equipped for all good work.’

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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.