Luke 7.22
Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.
From John:
In this letter, Amy Carmichael encourages a young Christian worker in the spiritual disciplines needed to endure the spiritual opposition that each of us will face when we embrace Jesus as not just a kindly, dead philosopher, but a living savior and Lord who walks with us.
When we learn to walk aware of Christ’s presence, we begin to notice what he wants us to notice, to see what he wants us to see.
Reflection: A Fight Won with Quietness :: Throwback Thursday
By Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
The fight to which we have been called is not an easy fight. We are touching the very center of the devil’s power and kingdom, and he hates us intensely and fights hard against us. We have no chance at all of winning in this fight unless we are disciplined soldiers, utterly out-and-out and uncompromising, and men and women of prayer.
So first, give much time to quietness. We have to get our help for the most part direct from our God. We are here to help, not to be helped, and we must each one of us learn to walk with God alone and feed on his Word so as to be nourished. Don’t only read and pray—listen. And don’t evade the slightest whisper of guidance that comes. God make you very sensitive, and very obedient.
Fill up the crevices of time with the things that matter most. This will cost something, but it is worth it. “My heart says of you, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
No one is of much use who does not truly want to learn what it means to pray and listen and definitely choose the life that is hid with Christ in God.
Keep close, keep close. If you are close you will be keen. Your heart will be set on the things that abide. You will drink of his Spirit and you will thirst for souls even as he thirsts. You will not be attracted by the world that crucified him, but you will love the people in that world who have never seen his beauty and are losing so much more than they know. You will live to share your joy in Him, Nothing else will count for much.
All this will be, if you walk with Him as with a visible companion, from dawn through all the hours till you go to sleep at night.
Prayer: The Greeting
You are my hiding place…you surround me with shouts of deliverance. — Psalm 32.8
Today’s Readings
Exodus 4 (Listen – 4:17)
Luke 7 (Listen – 7:14)
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