Whispers of His Power – NOVEMBER 3

Jer. 6.19:  Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto My words, nor to My law, but rejected it.

Each seed brings forth its own fruit, and each thought brings forth its own fruit too.  In the sorrowful verse from which this phrase comes – the fruit of their thoughts – God says that because people would not listen to His words, but rejected them, evil would come upon them.  That evil was not something brought upon them from outside.  It was the fruit of their thoughts.  Seed is hidden in the ground, and yet brings forth something that we can see.  Just so the thought hidden in our minds brings forth something which can be seen.  It will be good or bad according to the nature of the seed.

What are my thoughts?  What do I think about most, especially when I am alone?  What sort of seed am I sowing?  What sort of fruit shall I gather from the seed I am sowing today?

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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.