Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 14

John 21.15:  Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me more than these?  He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord;  Thou knowest that I love Thee.  He saith unto him, Feed My lambs.

Three hundred years ago Samuel Rutherford wrote:  ‘No greater testimony of our love to Christ can be, than to feed carefully and faithfully His lambs.’  And Père Didon wrote:  ‘We have a great need nowadays of self-sacrificing souls to teach the young generation by their very lives.’

The little children of Jerusalem, exactly like little children everywhere, noticed what their elders did, and did it too.  They did on Monday what their elders had done on Palm Sunday – The children were crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David (Matt. 21.15).  Children generally reflect those who are about them.  Their clear eyes look through what we say to what we are.

Often there is nothing of sacrifice in our task of bringing up children.  But our Lord Jesus knew what it would cost Peter to feed His lambs, and He knows what it costs some of us.  He overlooks nothing, forgets nothing.  And He says of each hidden sacrificial act, Ye have done it unto Me (Matt.25.40).

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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.