Whispers of His Power – JULY 26

Ps. 110.7:  He shall drink of the brook in the way:  therefore shall He lift up the head.

We think of our Lord as Saviour, Shepherd, Master, Guide and King, but have you ever thought of Him as a mountaineer?  The word in Psalm 110.7 should be translated ‘torrent’ – mountain torrent.  A mountain torrent, of course, flows down a mountain, and that means that the one who drinks of it is climbing the mountain.

Kay’s note is:  ‘He shall not faint in the long and weary conflict.  As He journeys on, He drinks of a wayside mountain torrent – the river of truth and righteousness – and so advances on His career of victory.’

‘The 22nd Canon of the Second Council of Orange says:  “Whatever of truth and righteousness man has, is from that fountain, after which we in this desert ought to thirst, in order that, bedewed as it were with a few drops from it, we may not faint in the way.”  From that fountain the King of Righteousness had a full torrent accompanying Him throughout His progress.’

That same torrent flows for us today as we climb our mountains.

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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.