Long-Awaited Promises - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Long-Awaited Promises

Steve Martin

“Next I saw heaven opened, and there before me was a white horse. Sitting on it was the one called Faithful and True, and it is in righteousness that he passes judgment and goes to battle. His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself. He was wearing a robe that had been soaked in blood, and the name by which he is called is, “THE WORD OF GOD.” Revelation 19:11-14, Complete Jewish Bible

So how long has it been? One month? Two years? Four decades? Long-time, right?

How long has it been since you heard the Lord call your name, you responded wholeheartedly with a, “Yes, Lord!” and then His Holy Spirit spoke to personal promises to you?

Was He lying? Did He get your hopes up only to let you down? Were you expecting a rose garden and you seemingly got one filled with weeds and red dirt? (That can happen here in North and South Carolina. Red clay!)

You know what? The One Who is Faithful and True, the One Who cannot lie nor lead you astray, will also be faithful to keep His word given to you. Why? Because He is Love, and Love does not disappoint, Love does not fail, and Love sees that what He promised, even centuries-old, will bring it to pass.

Let me show you how with one big example proving His faithfulness.

Let’s start with Scripture, for that is the only word foundational word that we can stand on. Even the gates of hell, try as they may, will not, cannot, keep His Word spoken and written word from all the days gone by from coming to pass.

We will look at the very words coming to pass today, spoken centuries ago by the prophets of Israel, to those whom He had chosen, to be an example and light to the nations. The Jews.

“'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country.

I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord God.

"I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment." Ezekiel 34”11-16, NKJV

The One Who spoke to these people, who themselves had turned from their Living God to the ways of the nations, the idols in their heads and their hearts, scattered them Himself, but Who also promised to bring them back, as one big sing to all people, in all the nations.

He is bringing them back where? To the promised land of Israel. He promised He would do so.

In 1948 He did just that. He Who promised to do that what He had promised, to fulfill prophetic words declared many, many, many years before is doing it now before our very eyes.

You then think the Lord, whom you have called upon to save, lead, and direct your life cannot fulfill a promise He had given you?

Think again. What more proof do we need then to see that the Living God of Israel, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, is bringing back His people to the Land.

And as for those long-awaited promises that He spoke to you, He indeed will also bring to pass.

Our God is Faithful and True. Stay true yourself to Him and watch Him bring fulfillment.

“Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to You I cry all day long.

Make glad the soul of Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and give heed to the voice of my supplications!

In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, for You will answer me. There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours. All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and they shall glorify Your name. For You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.” Psalm 86:1-10, NASU

Now think on this and see what good things the Lord has in store for you and those around you.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc.

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From our house to yours. Merry Christmas from Love For His People - Steve & Laurie Martin

Dec. 11, 2018

Greetings family and friends!

Laurie and I love Christmas, with the Name of Jesus being lifted up on many special TV programs, Christian and even secular radio stations, on the city street loudspeakers, and in the midst of shopping,  multiple stores as you are out and about. (Now if they would just play the classic Christmas songs when you buy online. I am sure there is an app for that by now!)

May our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, fill your hearts and homes with His eternal hope, His awesome love, and His overpowering faith to do all He has called you to do in the coming days. We sure know the Lord has gifted you for this hour in the world!

He came the first time to lay down His life for us. May we all increasingly lay down our lives for others. 

Share the love. Be His light. Let the world know that our God reigns, the Living God of Israel!

Ahava and shalom,

Steve & Laurie Martin

Founders

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Charlotte, North Carolina  USA

So That's Why - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

So That's Why

- Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

“We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!”

(1 Cor 13:12 THE MESSAGE)

You have, as I have, many times thought, or even said out loud, “Why?” “Why did it happen that way?” “What was the purpose in me having to go through that?” “I don’t get it. Why did it have to happen to me?” Surely there was a better way, right Lord?

I like how The Message translation of the Bible puts it, how we are “squinting in a fog, peering through a mist.” We try hard to do what is right. We press on as Paul said he did, in Phil 3:12-14, “Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (NASU)

But sometimes we still don’t get it, or see it happening as expected.

There were situations that my kids had to deal with, and thus as their parents, so did Laurie and I, that we didn’t comprehend. Even as we pressed on to seek the Lord’s answer, sometimes it didn’t come as we liked, or as soon as we wanted, or as it had been prophesied it would. Even though we prayed diligently and continually for them, there were occasions when we just didn’t know exactly what to tell them, or what would bring the understanding we sought from the Lord.

It was as if He would say simply, “In time you will know.”

We don’t have full knowledge of what the Lord does, when He will do it, or how He will do it. I know that even ones who have known and walked with the Lord for years (personally true in my life) don’t have all the answers. But what I do know is that the Lord wants us to keep seeking Him, keep knocking at the door, keep letting Him know, or rather ourselves, that we are totally dependent on His daily interaction with us. He likes that. So He does what He does.

It is also one good reason why He has given us apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists and pastors, as written, “for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12-13 NASU) We are not meant to go it alone. We have been created to need one another, rely on one another, walk together in common purpose, so that we can obtain more understanding in all His ways and purposes.

There will come a time when we’ll look back, probably years from now, and say, “Yes, NOW I know why that went that way!” Until that time happens, that moment (some call it an “Ah ha! Now I get it!” moment) when it is revealed to us, when the fog has lifted, we’ll see the immense wisdom that the Lord had in directing and guiding us, His beloved people.

In our consistent time of daily prayer, Bible reading, and meetings with gathered believers, what the Lord is doing in our lives, and why, will be more fully known. In our efforts to seek and understand, we will receive understanding, as He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

Then we will know the “whys”!

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

Founder

Love For His People. Inc.

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