In the 7th
Year
by Steve
Martin
“This charge, son Timothy, I put to you, in
keeping with the prophecies already made about you, so that by these prophecies
you may fight the good fight, armed with trust and a good conscience.” 1 Tim,
1:18-19 Complete Jewish Bible)
I am a firm believer in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Since
my own Baptism in the Holy Spirit in my senior year of high school (Roman Catholic - Columbus High School in Waterloo, IA in 1973), I
have received, and practiced, several gifts given by the Ruach HaKodesh
(Hebrew). First I had received the gift of speaking in tongues, then words of
knowledge, along with the gift of prophecy and the interpretation of prophecy.
Sharing and growing in the practice of these spiritual gifts, with several others
over these years since then, has been a joy.
Seeing the gifts in operation has been both a faith builder
personally and a testimony of the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord Yeshua
(Jesus). Healings, deliverance from evil spirits, words of wisdom and
knowledge, and the gifts of administration have been practiced by many leaders
I have served with in my Christian walk. I do not doubt that these are as real
and needed in our time as they were in the first century by the first believers
in Yeshua.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, 2007, a few of us had gathered in a
friend’s house in Charlotte, NC. Robbie Phillips, from the Columbia, SC area,
had driven the hour and a half north to minister to us. He had a widely known prophetic
ministry. After first meeting him about five years earlier, and seeing him
minister often since, I had a high level of trust in what he spoke to people
using his spiritual gift. On several occasion I myself was encouraged from a spoken
word of prophecy to me directly.
That night my wife Laurie and I led the group in
worship, followed by a word from the Word from Robbie. I don’t remember what he
shared during that time, but when the ministry in prophecy began, the tape
recorder was ready, and the record button was pushed for every word given to
those receiving this ministry. The tape was then given to them to take home,
listen too, pray over, and trust the Lord for His timing in its understanding
and fulfillment.
I was genuinely hoping to receive a word from the
Lord myself. I was at that time in the position of Director of the Vision For
Israel USA ministry office (founded by Barry and Batya Segal from Israel). Even
those in leadership need to hear a directive from the Lord. Again, I truly
appreciate the prophetic gift, and was about to get one from the Lord’s servant
that night.
The word I received seven years ago (as of this
writing on Feb. 25, 2014) I am now seeing it come to pass. I can share it
verbatim now because, as a practice, I have always had recorded and transcribed
words I received, or taken extensive notes while the words were given These are
stored in several three-ring binders, from 1987 through today. I re-read them
often, even as Timothy was reminded by Paul to do, as in the verses at the
beginning of this writing.
Robbie Phillips
Here is what Robbie Phillips spoke to me:
“We call for the blessings of God. Everything he
puts his hands to, bless. Everything he puts his hands to, bless, in Jesus’
name.
It seems to me in your work – talk about plowing –
brother it seems to me that you have been plowing and plowing and plowing and
plowing and plowing and plowing. And there is a verse in Haggai. In Haggai it
is in the negative sense but in your case it is in the positive sense, where the
word of the prophet was that you have sown much but have harvested little.
And it seems to me that in the ministry that you have
been in the last few years, that you have sown far more than what you have seen
coming back. But it’s almost like as I see you are going down, like you have
one of the old time plows and you have an oxen or a mule or something ahead of
you, and here you are, just getting it done day after day, week after week,
month after month, year after year.
And it’s like I see this tremendously long row, and
there is this man standing there, and he has a linen garment on, he’s right out
of Ezekiel, and you recognize that this is an angelic visitor, and you stop,
and he says, “Steve, look behind you. And you look back and you thought you had
been plowing, but in the distance, where you had plowed a long time ago, whole
forests have sprung up, and they are seeding new forests, and right behind you
there has been an acceleration of what God is doing in your ministry, so that it’s
not just a place where you just plowed, but there are already small trees that
have sprung up even a few feet behind you.
Feb. 9, 2007 - Robbie Phillips
sharing his prophetic gift
And I see about you, I think it is just trickling in
now, but I see the blessings of God beginning to come now, to the point where
they are going to overtake you. It talks about when you are faithful to the
Lord, and in the 7th year when the land has the Sabbath, that you
don’t need to worry about plowing and harvesting in that 7th year, because what
you sowed three years before, and the next year and the following year, will
all seem to come in on top of you at one time, and you will have more than
enough, in fact you will have so much coming in, that you will have to move out
some of the old to bring the new in.
And I see the blessing of the Lord and it’s like you
have been looking and trusting God for His faithfulness and you are going to
see a demonstration of the faithfulness of God and not just in spiritual things
but in financial ways and material ways.
I see you, brother, you riding the high places of
the earth with the Lord. I see you at 50,000 feet in jet liners just about all
the time, flying all over the world. I see you a connector in the hand of the
Lord. I see you being behind the scenes man, much of the time, major
conferences and things like that, but the people that really know, the people
that are the shakers and the movers in the Kingdom, the people that are well
known, they’ll say that if you really want to meet a shaker and a mover, then you
go and meet Steve Martin. He’s the guy behind the scenes, and he’s the guy that
really gets things done.
And I see you being able to go to Scandinavian
countries, European countries, the countries of the Far East, South America,
all over the world, and I see you having contacts all over the world, and I see
you being able to be used of the Lord to connect this person on one end of the
world to a person over here and to bring things together in just the right
timing of the Lord.
I see a tremendous amount of influence in your life,
and I see that teaching anointing of your life. I see situation, particularly
with leadership, it seems to me the Lord, just like with Elijah, suddenly “Boom!”
out of nowhere Elijah appears, he wasn’t there one day and suddenly he’s the
talk of the nation and I see the Lord just suddenly revealing you, revealing a
teaching anointing, particularly for leadership and with leaders.
A lot of
it having to do with the holiness of God, and your own personal, their own
personal walk with God, the things that are near and dear to your heart, about
right relationships with your wife and your family. How your relationships with
that, how those dynamics work, things that really matter. The nitty gritty
stuff that drive the kingdom. These things being those that are really near to
your heart.
Being able to be a real impact to people who are key
leaders. But I see that in a teaching format, even more so than your own personal
encouragement and strengthening. I see the Lord giving you teachings to begin
to bring to leadership, in due season.”
Several of these words have come to pass already
since then. I have been to Israel five times since 2007. Many of these words
have especially been coming into being this seventh year after that word came.
I am trusting that many more of those words will also come into be, as I
continue to give myself to the Lord’s Word, in faith and obedience.
Many of you reading this have received prophetic
words. You have written them down, or had them recorded. Maybe you just have a
few notes scribbled on a piece of paper tucked in your Bible. Almost forgotten,
but still there.
I would encourage you to locate those words, written
or recorded, and read/listen to them again. I would think you would be
surprised at what was spoken to you.
There are many good teachers who have written books on
the gift of prophecy. To name a few that I know or have known personally – Rick
Joyner, Derek Prince, James W. Goll, Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, Bob Mumford, and
Larry Randolph have excellent books for your to read.
So I would encourage you to think on this,
Steve Martin
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Ahava Love Letter #124 “In
the 7th Year” Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (02.25.14)
Tuesday at 8:45 pm in Charlotte, NC).
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More photos of Robbie sharing prophetic words:
Christen & Andrew Blade receiving ministry
Robbie Phillips and Michael Blade
Robbie Phillips
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John.10:10).
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