Whispers of His Power – NOVEMBER 10
Gen. 20.2,10-11: And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place.
Gen. 20.6: And God said unto him [Abimelech] in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart.
Twice over we read that Abraham misjudged men. Because of that hard judgement he fell into sin himself, and grievously dishonoured his God. In Genesis 20.11 we have Abraham’s I thought, and in verse 6 God’s I know. God’s knowledge is far kinder than Abraham’s thought.
This is a plea for the gentle judgement of children and immature souls. A very special baptism of love is needed if mistakes of judgement are to be avoided, for love gives understanding. Nothing else does.
Lord, give us this love 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.
