Showing posts with label finish line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finish line. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Are You Listening? - Now Think On This by Steve Martin


Are You Listening?
Now Think On This
Steve Martin


“God told Abram: "Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you. I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you." 

So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound.”  Gen. 12:1-5 THE MESSAGE


Have you ever wondered what Abram (later to be called Abraham) was doing when He heard the Lord call His name? The Scriptures do not say much about him prior to that, except that he was with his father Terah, on their way to live in Canaan, when they then settled in Haran. His father died there.

“Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.” Gen. 11:31-32 NASU

The Torah doesn’t tell us how long they had lived in Haran before God speaks directly to Abram personally. Had it been a few years? A decade? Maybe it had been 20 years or more he lived there? I guess that part of his story isn’t important info needed, otherwise the Lord would have had Moses (Moshe) write it down. But it does say enough to us about how the Lord moves in our lives.

We may be going along in our day, “minding our own business” as they say, believing that we have gone far enough in our walk with the Lord. We are ready to settle down in the comfy place we have arrived at. “Retirement” may even be on the near horizon. After all, 50, 60, 70 years of living, with even much of that hopefully walking with the Lord, has gotten us this far. Surely that must be enough until our time ends here on this planet.

But just as a side note - time with God doesn’t really matter when it comes to new assignments for us, and the age of our body. Moses was 80 when he got his new mission, remember? That would mean he had already completed 2/3 of his life, now knowing he lived to be 120. If we do some simple math, Moses would have been around 60 years old on his timeline if the same ration is used to calculate our expected life span years, assuming we generally now live to be around 88 or 90 ourselves. Get my point?

Now back to Abram. After a time of settlement, the Lord spoke a clear word to him, as head of his household. To Abram, the husband of Sarai, He told him to move on.

We come to a point on our journey when we can become content with life as we know it. We have accomplished a few goals; we have raised a family who are now raising their own; we have reached destinations that have been good. Now we feel the time has come to sit back, relax in that good ole’ leather recliner, and let the baton be passed on to the next generations. It’s their turn after all, right? Let them do the work now.

But is that it? Have we already completed the race, reaching the finish line, and just wanting to wait for the last song to be played?

I think not. I believe the Lord has new assignments for the 50+ generation. I personally am ready to get one myself.

The Lord is speaking. He is even wanting to speak a word to you personally – through His Word, by His Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit), or through another person or message heard today. Hey, maybe even through a movie of all things!

I am listening. I hope you are too.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.

Note: This is my 144th message I have written. Originally they were published as Ahava Love Letters until January of 2014, when I changed it to Now Think On This. I like numbers. I like 144.

  

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Now Think On This #144 “Are You Listening?” by Steve Martin 
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (04.20.14) Resurrection Sunday at 8:00 am in Charlotte, NC.

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Friday, August 30, 2013

5774 - It's A New Year (Sept. 4, 2013) - from Jo Ellen Stevens "From Breakthrough To Giant Leaps!"

5774 From Breakthrough To Giant Leaps! 
~By Jo Ellen Stevens on August 6, 2013


~ You Are Going From Breakthrough To A Giant Leap ~

I keep hearing the Lord say the word “breakthrough”… We are about to take some giant leaps forward in the coming Hebrew year 5774!! We are in a time of “breaking through” right now for the purpose of bringing us into this giant leap! The coming Hebrew year 5774 has the meaning of “Leaping Forward” We will be leaping forth in our ministries! Some of you have been feeling the press back in this time of transition and the Lord just wanted me to tell you this morning that “even though there seems to be no movement in where you are right now and even though it seems to be very dark right now. There are going to be many great breakthroughs from now through Rosh Hashanah and it will be as if you were calves let out of the stall, and those that have crested a great mountain,but now it will be like running down that mountain full of joy!

The struggling you have been doing will begin to be a Holy ease as you break through and leap forward!! This will be “ONE GIANT LEAP” for those in my Kingdom! So hold fast in this hour of waiting, continue to seek me diligently, and listen for instruction and strategy. I am giving strategy for the place that you will land when you take this giant leap….”

I saw in a vision tonight a man running but there were many people trying to stop him on his path and as he ran he was pushing through the crowd to get to what looked like a finish line facing the sun.

“So do not allow the press to stop you but go forward because breakthrough is the next of God as you wait in my presence to hear my voice. Stay in peace right now.Let me deal with your enemies and those that oppose you and I will expose the evil of their doing. Keep your eyes on me and seek first the Kingdom. Love all those that stand in your way but focus on the prize of the high calling of your God and soon even in the month of September and beyond into 2014 you will see great breakthroughs and then we will leap forward and it will seem as if I have restored the time that you thought the enemy stole,” but the Lord says “you have not lost time but have gained wisdom for all that I am taking you to!!” You will not only leap forward but you shall leap for joy in that day that I do all of these things says the Lord!!”

Malachi 4:2-3 (AMP) “But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. And you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts.”


Editor's Note: I BELIEVE IT! 
For both you, my family, my friends, and all those who are believers in the Lord Jesus (Yeshua)! 5774!! Let your faith arise. You believe it too!  
Steve Martin

From my notebook this morning 08.30.13 at 5:20 am.
It will be a special year. I believe the breakthrough has come 
for many of us who have been waiting for years! 
The Lord will explain more as I seek Him further.

Steve Martin


Jo Ellen Stevens is a prophetic speaker, author, worshiper leader, intercessor, She has ministered with her husband for 23 years pastoring, teaching, and leading prophetic worship.She has taught many Bible study groups, and has led prophetic intercessory prayer groups. She believes that every believer should be hearing the Lord's voice and resounding His heart out of their intimate relationship with Him. She believes God called her many years ago to encourage the body of Christ to Arise and Shine with the glory of the Lord for such a time as this no matter what their age,background, or social status! She also believes that God has given us each a platform to use the gifts and talents that He has given us to bring those who do not know the Lord out of the Kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God, and that social media will play a great part in covering the earth with His Glory! Jo Ellen is available to speak in churches and conferences.

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