Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 21

Matt. 5.41:  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

We all know how we love people who are continually running the second mile.  They are very nice to live with.  They heap all sorts of loving little extras on top of the day’s work.  They seem to be always on the look-out for people who want them to run that tiring second mile, and then off they go, as if to be allowed to run it was the happiest thing in the world.

Have you ever looked at them and thought,  ‘I should like to be like that, but…’  And then you remembered some trouble of your own, and it felt such a burden that you began to think it would be as much as you could do to get through your first mile without attempting a second.

The Aramaic of Matthew 5.41 says:  ‘Whosoever compels you to carry a burden for a mile, go with him twain.’  Our Lord is always asking the impossible of us.  He is always trusting us to rise to it.  And best of all, He is always standing alongside to make the impossible possible.  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (Phil. 4.13).

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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.