Nourishment For Your Soul

"Take...the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

Ephesians 6:17

"We all know what it is to be at the end of everything, in deadly fear of defeat in the secret place of the soul. We know, too, what it is to have some word illumined, made vital, made spirit and life to us. As I read that note I saw it thus: Our Father is beside us, and turns over the pages as a father might for his child. He knows our inward need. He knows where to find the word that perfectly fits that need. As we read, He will direct us (whatever the reading be, in our daily sequence or otherwise), and taking some word in His hands will give it to us. Then if we receive it, holding out our hands for it with longing, it will turn to a sword--'the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God'--and suddenly we shall know that we have 'power...over all the power of the enemy', Luke 10:10.

He gives and we receive. And once the sword is in our hands, let us hold it fast. 'Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life', Proverbs 4:13."

Carmichael, Amy. Edges of His Ways. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: CLC Publications. 1955. Print. 

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Holding out my hands,

L.