Soft & Tender
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“Because your heart was tender
and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place
and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore
your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the Lord.”
(2 Chronicles 34:27-28 NASU)
When I heard the Lord speak the
word “soft” while I slept, I knew it was from Him. But then that was it. Just
the word “soft”. What did that mean, and what would He have me write about it?
When I got out of bed about two
hours later, I remembered the word I had heard. As I normally do in times when
I am given a word, I asked the Lord to further explain what it meant. So I
prayed in tongues, read some Scripture, and did a concordance search for the
word “soft”. Surprisingly, when I went to my Bible software program on my
computer, I realized the name of it was PC
Study Bible V5, by BibleSoft. I
have used this program for over six years, and had never really thought about the
developer’s name. But I was getting somewhere.
The Lord Jesus (Yeshua) likes
to do that. He gives you something, whether it is just a word, a picture in
your mind, or what you might think of as just another “random thought”, which
can typically be from the Holy Spirit, to see what you will do with it. He is
wanting you to seek Him further, to dig deeper into your relationship with Him.
As we pursue the Lord and His kingdom, He will show Himself more to us, and
what are the plans and purposes in His heart, for you and the nations.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the
glory of kings is to search out a matter.” (Proverbs 25:2, NASU)
So what did I find in my “gold digging” treasure
hunt?
After doing a search on just the word “soft” in the Bible
program, the verses that came up with that word in them didn’t really speak
anything that I would think He was wanting to say. So I asked the Holy Spirit
to further bring clarity, and the word “tender” came to mind. So I did a search
on that word.
And this was one Scripture that did stand out above
the others.
"But to the king of Judah who sent you to
inquire of the Lord, thus you will say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of
Israel regarding the words which you have heard, "Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before
God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants,
and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before
Me, I truly have heard you," declares the Lord.” (2 Chronicles 34:26-28 NASU)
In these dark times we are living in, when evil
seems to be encroaching in every sacred area we have held dear, our own hearts
can become hardened to people. Rather than praying for mercy and grace in their
lives for repentance, I know personally sometimes for me my request to the Lord
is to just send judgment and get it all over with. Enough already with the
filth and wickedness.
But to know the Father’s heart in these times, I am
the one who needs to humble myself before the Lord and continue to cry out for
mercy for them and our nation. His heart is not for me to call down fire and
brimstone, but to intercede on their behalf. That isn’t always easy to do. But
it is the right thing to do, while leaving the judgment times in the Lord’s
hands.
Because the Lord is a holy God, the days are coming
when He will judge the nations for their wickedness and ungodly acts. That is truly
written in His word. But until that day comes, my attitude and heart is to keep
praying for my co-workers and neighbors who’d rather seek pleasure and wealth than
the living God of Israel, to order to walk in His ways.
“Keep my heart soft and tender for Your ways O Lord”
must be among my prayers. “Let me not give up in seeking Your face for the
nations, until the time comes when You act according to Your Word.”
Together we can have the heart of the loving Father,
and see more of the unsaved come into the salvation found only in His Son Jesus.
His Kingdom will come when we do according to His will.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People, Inc.
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#247 –“Soft & Tender” – Sunday
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