Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 26

Zech.10.6-7:  And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them;  for I have mercy upon them:  and they shall be as though I had not cast them off:  for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.  And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine:  yea, their children shall see it, and be glad;  their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

There are wonderful words of assurance and comfort scattered about in the prophets, which seem to be written specially for discouraged hours.  Even though they refer first to the return of the Jews to their own land, they are for us too in a spiritual sense.  They lift us up when we are cast down and feel ‘cast off.  They are among God’s glorious ‘Fear nots’.

Have you noticed the perfect ending to today’s promise?  God knows that it is our children’s good that we most desire.  And so He says, Their children shall see it, and be glad.

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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.