Whispers of His Power – JULY 24

Job 37.22 (RV):  Out of the north cometh golden splendour.

We may hear our Lord’s words in Elihu’s words to Job, for in the Song of Solomon 4.16 it is surely He who says, Awake, O north wind;  and come, thou south;  blow upon My garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.  And we respond, Let my Beloved come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits.

If the north wind seems to be blowing in our garden today, let us take heart.  Never does He call the north wind, or any other wind, to blow upon His garden without coming Himself.  Then there is fair weather whatever wind may blow.

Out of the north cometh golden splendour. (RV)

Fair weather cometh out of the north. (AV)

For He is our Fair Weather.

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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.