Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 18

Isa. 64.4-5:  For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.  Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember Thee in Thy ways.

Isa. 64.7:  There is none that calleth upon Thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee.

There is such a thing as a shining contentment with the will of God.  Any lack there is a loss to prayer.  Thou meetest him that rejoiceth comes just before the word that so often impels us to take time for prayer, There is none that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee.  Before the assurance that He will indeed meet him who rejoices, comes the glorious word that is like a burst of sunshine:  ‘For since the beginning of the world men have not heard or perceived or seen what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.’

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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.