New Shoes
- Now Think On This
by Steve
Martin
I put on my
new pair of work dress shoes recently. At first they felt over tight, uncomfortable,
and squeezed my big toe into the corner spot so much that it couldn’t wiggle if
it wanted to. They just didn’t fit right, as I thought they would once home,
after that brief moment I tried them on at the store, just before I picked out
an extra pair of gray socks, and the loaf of whole wheat bread my wife asked
for as I went out the door.
But then
that was last month. Today, after wearing them and having “broken them in”,
they are just like my favorite old pair that I had to throw out, due to wear
and tear after seven years.
If you
think about it for a moment, it is like a new job, a new home setup, a new car
(even if the new one is just a little younger than the previous one), or
anything we now have that is different than what we had become used to. Until we
gave it some time to work out the kinks and the normal, uncomfortable newness, which
we had really appreciated with the old that we had, it didn’t feel right, or as
good as the previous one. But having given it some time to grow on us, it surely
does now. It has become even better than what we had before.
When the
Holy Spirit brings revival again, knowing He certainly has promised to do so,
as written in His Word for these last days, it will not be what we are used to.
In fact, He may even get rejected by the old guard as He did when He came in
previous visitations, as the experiences are not what we have now become
accustomed to, since the last time of touching this planet in a major way.
“You are
not from these parts, are you?” could be the response of some who look on from
a distance, upon that which will be going on. Ruach HaKodesh, and those He has put
new wine into, could easily be dismissed as just having another emotional experience
or fanatic outburst, as the new movement overshadows the previous ones from the
Pentecostal decades, the healing years, or the last, great Charismatic Movement
I was involved with in the ‘70’s and onward.
This
coming revival, effecting the nations with the powerful Good News of salvation,
healing and the love of the Father God, will so impact people, that the new wine
will cause the old to be done away with, replaced with a fresh fullness that we
didn’t think could, or would, happen again. Because we had not seen it before,
it will transform our lives in such a way that we will boldly face the enemy,
confidently proclaim the Gospel, and tear down the walls that have surrounded
the cozy churches, keeping us from effecting the world as we have been called
to do.
We will be getting out of the pew and into the pasture, going where the lost sheep are throughout the world. Some are even right next to us in the office desk, or the one occupying the white house down the street.
Those blinded by the spiritual forces of Islam, Hinduism, secular humanism, “sexual freedom” and other lies of the enemy will be set free, as the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, moves in to break the bondages and strongholds that have ravaged the nations we have been called to be in and shine throughout.
As the old pair of shoes has worn out, it is time to get on a new pair. They will feel uncomfortable at first, but once our feet adjust to them, by His grace working within us, they will take us to places we had only dreamed of going before.
I am looking forward to this next revival outpouring movement of the Lord and His Holy Spirit, to bring it on and get us going.
Thank you Lord for new shoes!
Now think
on this,
Steve Martin
Love For His People. Inc.
Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA humanitarian organization
started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in the nations.
If these messages minister to you, please consider sending
a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless
families we know in Israel, whom we consistently help through our humanitarian
ministry. Your tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each
donation. Fed. ID #27-1633858.
Go here for safe ONLINE
GIFT GIVING THROUGH OUR WEBSITE using major credit cards: Love For His
People. If you don't have
a PayPal account you can also use your credit card or bank account (where
available).
Contribution checks can be sent to:
Love For His People, Inc. P.O. Box414
Pineville, NC 28134
Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)
Please share Now Think On This with your
friends.
Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com
martinlighthouse@gmail.com
Facebook pages: Steve Martin and Love
For His People
Twitter: martinlighthous, LovingHisPeople
Full website: Love For His
People
YouTube: Love For His People Inc.
Now Think On This #159 “New Shoes” by Steve
Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (06.27.14) Friday at 5:10
am in Charlotte, NC.
All previous editions of Now
Think On This can be found on
this Blog, and on our newest website: Now Think On This
