- Now Think
On This
by Steve Martin
“Then I heard the voice
of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?"
Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 NAS
What if God said something to you today, yes even today, that might
totally catch you off guard? Out of the blue comes that still, small voice
speaking into your spirit. You had no expectancy. No clue. No advance warning.
He just spoke.
Has it happened before? Well, let’s see. Saul on the way to
Damascus? Moses and the burning bush in the desert? Maybe a little more
dramatic for most of us, but it happened.
So let’s start with something more down to “our level.”
During the night, while sound asleep, a dream occurs. Normally you
don’t remember your dreams, or if you do, you put it off as just another
thought that just so happened to occur during the hours of 3 am - 5 am and you can
only remember a few details about it.
But you do remember part of the dream where there was movement going
on in your life, and with that night time thought it actually put an
expectation of something good coming your way. Was it God? Was He speaking to
you, catching you when you didn’t have the other 100 thoughts running through
your stressed mind? Maybe so. It has happened. It will happen.
Many people are hesitate in listening to God - they are afraid He
will say to them, “Go to Africa.” Or maybe this, “Share your testimony with
Rachel,” whom you already know would never want to know of it anyway, or so you
have already told yourself many times already when the thought came.
God is speaking today. He didn’t quit speaking and creating after
the six days were done. He didn’t just sit down on a big heavenly lounge chair,
letting the world go on by itself, from that point forward. He is actively
involved in the matters of the nations, of the cities, of the lives of each
individual, whether they want to recognize Him or not. His love over rules their
lack of it.
The Lord is setting up His final plans and purposes for the
redemption of the nations. After sending His Only Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua
HaMashiach, the first time, He has been preparing for His return. God the
Father has been active in the lives of all through the centuries, revealing
Himself in countless ways – through dreams, visions, His mighty acts of creation.
Even through the many countless wars and unrest occurring on all the
continents, God Almighty is continually trying to reach you and I. He is
speaking.
And what if God spoke a directive to you today? It will be His
attempt to further reveal His perfect plan, that He wants you to participate
in. He is preparing for that coming movement just up the road, that is
certainly coming, that you need to be involved in. Would you know of it? Would you
act on it?
Would you respond as Isaiah did, when we read this, “And then I heard the
voice of the Master: “Whom shall I send?
Who will go for us?”
I spoke up, “I’ll go. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8, The Message)
Would you say as Mary
did, “Yes, I see it all now: I’m the Lord’s maid, ready to serve. Let
it be with me just as you say.” (Luke 1:38, The Message)
In order
for the Lord’s will to be done, there must be a people willing to hear and
obey, to go when He says go; to walk where He says walk; to speak when He says
speak. To move when He says move.
Many are
weary with the life they are living, or the challenges they daily face. But as
my good friend Morris Ruddick says, “There is something more.” He even wrote
a book with the same title. Because there is.
Many of
you are looking for an adventure, out of the routine, and have been prepared, ready
to act upon the acts of God. I know am.
I
encourage you today to be listening, to be expecting, to be watching for that rhema
word, that NOW action word from the Lord - for you. And then when God speaks…
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.
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humanitarian organization started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in
the nations.
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Now Think On This #147 “When God Speaks” by Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (05.01.14)
Thursday at 7:45am in Charlotte, NC.
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