Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 28

Ps. 37.3 (LXX):  Hope in the Lord, and do good;  and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

There is endless wealth for us, and many kinds of wealth.  The beauty of the world is one;  the love which makes life such a joy is another;  but the Hebrew of Psalm 37.3 gives us the richest treasure of all. Feed on faithfulness (see RV margin.)  That is, says Kay, the faithfulness of God.  

There are various ways of feeding on faithfulness.  One way is found in Bible reading.  How do we read?  In snippets?  In little bits chosen for the lambs of the flock?  That is good while we are lambs, but it is not enough for us after we grow up into Christ.

‘I read a chapter a day’, say some, and feel that is quite enough.  It is not enough.

Are you in earnest to be fed?  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat (Prov. 13.4).  Our Father wants His children to be diligent, to take trouble to find what He has stored up for them.  He loves to give, but the sluggish soul cannot receive.  It is too sleepy, too lazy, too contented with itself to be strengthened and enriched and made a blessing to others.

God give us a new diligence, so that as we read we shall be fed and strengthened and made strong to help others.

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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.