Heart of Love
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“Because I regard you as valued and honored, and
because I love you. For you I will give people,
nations in exchange for your life. Don’t be
afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east, and I
will gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to
the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters
from the ends of the earth, everyone who bears my name, whom I created for my
glory; I formed him, yes, I made him.’” (Isaiah 43:4-7 Complete Jewish Bible)
“Fill my heart for the nations, as Your heart
is,” my spirit cried within me. As I sat in morning prayer, before the sun
arose in the east, a few tears began rolling down my checks. My heart was
wanting His. Yeshua (Jesus) was giving me a little bit more of His heart of
love.
I love being in the Lord’s presence, those
times of being where He is, as His Spirit comes down. You experience His heart –
His awesome heart for His creation, the people of the nations. The mighty work
of His hands, those whom He has longed to share His passion and presence, the
ones He desires to commune with and share that immense heart He has.
There are moments in prayer, while listening to
songs of heartfelt worship, and praying in my prayer language, when my inner
man seems overwhelmed. It is like the power of the Holy Spirit is reaching down
deep within me, pulling on my spirit, to know Him in a deeper way.
I just want to grab hold, with all I have
within, to fully know Him as much as I can. It is similar to a young child,
running into the open arms of their father, knowing it is a safe place to be. Taking
the time to allow His presence to capture me is where I want to be.
Memories of other times such as these keep
drawing me back to Him. The secret place of the Lord belongs to those who
desire to have Him intimately within.
Psalm 91 lets us know of what it is like to be
in that place of protection and peace, where His heart of love exists.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most
High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord,
"He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of
the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His
feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your
shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in
darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten
thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your
eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord, who is my
refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor
shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge
over you, to keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you
dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the
young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
"Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My
name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him, and show him
My salvation." (NKJV)
The particular verse, “"Because he has set
his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him,” is one of the many promises
spoken to us in these Scriptures by the Almighty Father. As we set our own heart
upon Him, Jesus the Messiah, Yeshua HaMashiach, we will continually know of His
salvation – that daily saving protection, provision, and peace that the world
cannot give.
We will be among those who call upon the Name
of the Lord Jesus, who will see and know of His ways. We will testify of His true
character, His eternal nature, of His plans and His purposes for the nations. These
are promises for your family and mine.
Take time with the Lord today. Seek His face
and know His heart of love.
Something to think about.
Love you,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People,
Inc.
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Now Think On This #210 “Heart
of Love” by Steve
Martin
Date: In the year of our
Lord 2015 (11.22.15) Sunday at 9:00 am in Charlotte, NC
All previous editions
of Now Think On This can be found on this
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with your family and friends. You can easily use the social media icons below.
Thanks! Steve
