Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 19
Zeph. 3.17 (margin): The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will be silent in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.
Sometimes after a period of special prayer there is a silence. We are not conscious of any response on the part of God.
We can give Him joy by not misunderstanding His silence. He loves us to count on His tender caring, His deep solicitude, even though, for reasons that we may not know, He is for a while silent in His love.
We grieve our Father when we allow discouraged thoughts to prevail. ‘Does He care so very much? He has not said anything to me. He has not answered.’ Love is a very tender thing. A thought can hurt it. But just because it is so tender, a very little thing can give it infinite joy. Our little, constant communications of love give real joy to our Father’s heart.
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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.
