Whispers of His Power – NOVEMBER 9

Ps. 76.4 (LXX):  Thou dost wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains.

Ps. 76.10 (LXX):  For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to Thee;  and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to Thee.

There is nothing in all creation, and so nothing even in you and me, that can discourage the Lord the Conqueror.  Because He does wonderfully shine forth, therefore our inward thoughts can give thanks and keep a feast to Him.

There are caterpillars with skins so transparent that we can see the green of the leaves they have been feeding on, their ‘inward thoughts’.  Suppose our minds had transparent skins so that our thoughts could be seen, what would be seen?  Self-loving thoughts?  Self-pitying thoughts?  Lazy thoughts about our work?  Unkind thoughts about others?  Would these be seen?

Or would our happy thoughts be seen keeping a feast to God?  Think of it – all our big thoughts and little thoughts, like big children and little children at a birthday party, keeping a feast, singing and praising and being glad because of our loving God!

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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.