{"id":6915,"date":"2010-10-13T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2020-03-27T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:49:23","slug":"whispers-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddymartin.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/whispers-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Whispers of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>\u201cY<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>our ears will hear a word behind you, &#8216;This is the way, walk in it,&#8217; whenever you turn to the right or to the left.&#8221;<\/em> Isa30:21 NASB)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">J<\/span>ournal,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One way <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9.02778px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I know<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> to testify to the goodness of the Lord is to share stories of how the Lord has often sustained me through the years. After all I am now seventy years on the pathway of life. As you read this entry I hope you will be able to look over your own life and remember just how oftentimes the Lord has blessed you. It could have been in the midst of a trial. Yes, we are all the same. We all have trials. We serve and love one Master. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9.02778px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This is why I wanted to call this entry, <span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8216;Whispers of the Heart.&#8217; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There is something very special that happens between the Lord and His people. Jesus said that His sheep know His voice and would not follow another. Most of God&#8217;s speaking in our lives will be like whispers of the heart. And in those whispers comes His peace. Yes, we do \u00a0know the Shepherd&#8217;s voice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/images-small\/natures-garden-david-lloyd-glover.jpg\" alt=\"Pathways Paintings - Natures Garden by David Lloyd Glover\" width=\"180\" height=\"133\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Jesus is a living Savior. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Living by faith is a life of discovery. It begins with a call upon our heart. It completes itself with our entrance into heaven. And in between there will be many points of reality where the Lord shares something very special with us. With each sharing we acquire a renewing of God&#8217;s s goodness. Most of these sharings will be like whispers in our heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Bible calls our walk with the Lord, &#8216;the path of life&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em>&#8220;You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.&#8221;<\/em> (Psa 16:11)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Fruitfulness in the Kingdom.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">God makes known to us the path of life. Everything in a believer\u2019s journey of life has in its setting the working of the Lord. It is important to understand this aspect of our journey. What the Lord may tell one believer, He will not necessarily tell another believer. Our walk will always be deeply personal. Every situation is different. And how the Lord works in each situation will be different. Everything wraps around the word &#8216;trust.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I well remember when the Lord began to open my understanding to how\u00a0fruitfulness works in the kingdom of God. Fruitfulness is basically a product of sowing and reaping. This principle affects everything that we do in life. It is one of the greatest of all the spiritual laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Paul shared some insight with Timothy:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.&#8221;<\/em> (2Ti 2:6-7 NASB)<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: medium;\">Notice that Paul said the Lord is the one who gives us the understanding.\u00a0Sowing and reaping isn&#8217;t merely about finances although this is certainly a key to\u00a0financial blessings. Sowing and reaping is about everything in life. You want to be loved, be a lover of others. You want friends, become a friend to others. It is no different from natural sowing. If you wish to grow corn, you have to plant corn.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">x<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9.02778px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This is why Paul said that whatever a man sows, this is what he would also reap. Yes, f<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">inancial well being is a real part of this great law. This is something that Betty and I learned. Every believer needs to learn this lesson in life. If you are not a sower don&#8217;t expect to be a reaper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Let&#8217;s hear it from the apostle:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8220;Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"> (2Co 9:6-8)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now listen carefully to what Jesus said,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8220;Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure&#8211;pressed down, shaken together, and running over. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>For<\/strong> <strong>by your standard of measure it will be measured to you<\/strong> <strong>in return<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">.&#8221; <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">(Luk 6:38)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This was only a beginning place. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My heart was stirred. But it was only a beginning place for us. Not only did I repent of making debts but I soon saw where I was not to be signing notes for others when they make debts. I decided to never co-sign a note for anyone at any time. I was learning the ways of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em>\u201cThe rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender\u2019s slave.\u201d<\/em> (Pro22:7)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What does this have to do with whispers of the heart? Very much indeed. When we saw that sowing<em> &#8216;according to the Spirit&#8217;<\/em> was a vital key in living a fruitful life, Betty and I ask the Lord to guide us in our sowing. We began sowing in new ways. It was during this time the Lord spoke to my heart. He said,<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8220;Because you have believed Me, in six months you will be out of debt.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Six months later we were completely out of debt. We were back into full time ministry. And we have lived on that level of life ever since. It has been well over 35 years since we&#8217;ve had a car payment or any other kind of debt. We don&#8217;t borrow. We don&#8217;t make debts. We don&#8217;t sign notes for others. And we learn to sow by the Spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I will remain forever grateful and humbled for how the Lord taught me this wonderful truth of sowing and reaping. And it all revolves around living according to the Spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But walking down the path of life isn&#8217;t simply about finances. The real key is to learn to live a life under the influence of the Holy Spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This brings me to &#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/cache2.artprintimages.com\/p\/MED\/16\/1602\/BF2FD00Z\/-wellness.jpg\" alt=\"Wellness\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/>A word on healing<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is important to remember that God knows what we need at each point of our life journey. With regard to healing, oftentimes\u00a0the Lord will use doctors to help us in our walk. At othertimes He can provide a healing miracle. The important thing is that the Lord is always in the background of our life, guiding us, providing for us, and arranging circumstances in a way that is according to His will and purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Lord has blessed me through physicians. He has also blessed me with direct healing from His hand. My latest healing was from cancer. The Lord prepared me for this when He spoke to me, saying, <em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">\u201cExpect the unexpected.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(For this testimony see:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/a-dove-on-the-wire\/\">http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/a-dove-on-the-wire<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I well remember another case when the Lord gave me something to do. It happened in March, 1978. Here is the story. I\u2019ll title it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Run for Your Life<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">It was March, 1978. In closing the seminar in Garland, Texas, I began to feel a weakness in my body. On my way home from Garland, the weakness became more pronounced. The two times that I stopped along the way, when I stepped out of the car I would stumble. This was really strange. (Once for a snack. Another time to fill up.) <em>I was getting concerned.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The weakness worsened. I had never experienced anything like it. After I made it home the weakness became worse. I could barely walk without falling. I had no strength in my arms or hands. Finally I was talked into seeing a doctor. Blood work and all the minor tests were made. They couldn\u2019t find anything wrong. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The doctor said that he suspected multiple sclerosis (MS) and wanted to do further tests. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6946\" title=\"running\" src=\"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/running.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"330\" \/>That\u2019s when I said no more tests. I felt that it was a spiritual attack and not simply something physical. (There is so much more to the story. This is a shortened version.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Then it happened. I\u2019m at my desk at home when I have this impression that I was to run. <em>How could I possibly run?<\/em> It was difficult to walk without tripping over. The impression was strong. I stepped out the kitchen door, and made a vain attempt to run. If anyone could see me they would think I was crazy. Every few steps I would stumble and fall.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Now I\u2019m back at my desk, sweaty and puzzled. It came again. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em>It was a whisper of the heart.<\/em><\/span><\/span> I&#8217;ve learned to trust those impressions of the Spirit. <em>I was to run.<\/em> Once again I stepped out the kitchen door. This time something different was in play. As I began to run I literally felt a strengthening in my body. I picked up speed and ran around the house without stumbling. My strength was returning. Next thing you know all the weakness has left. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">And that is the story of my healing from whatever it was. Do I believe it was spiritual? Yes, I do. Would I recommend that anyone do what I did? No, I would not. Living by faith is too personal a thing to go around trying to mimic others.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">While there is more to the story I will share something the Lord said to me. It left me in tears of thankfulness. The Lord said, <em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8220;I delivered you out of the mouth of the lion.&#8221;<\/span><\/span> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Is that all?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I could go on and on. For \u00a0instance there was the time that a tornado was racing towards the church and our parsonage. Betty and the children were in our trailer home. (Church parsonage.) It had just hit a store up the road. The lady had walked to the center of the store and all four walls flattened out. She was unscathed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The tornado was on a straight path towards the church and the parsonage. I was outside in the church yard. I saw the trees were whipping and snapping off. I began running towards the trailer home. That is when I heard the Lord speak to my heart, <em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">&#8220;Satan would like to destroy you, but he can not. I have you in the palm of My hand.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It hit and knocked me to the ground. I watch the front porch of our trailer parsonage rip through the woods. Along with it went our storage building. Yet the trailer did not even tremble. Betty and the children were safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Oh yes, I have stories to tell. They are all true. And they are all about my walk down the path of life. But t<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">hey are not hero stories on my part. I am not a hero. These stories are all about the goodness of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The greatest story of all is that Jesus Christ is truly my Lord and Savior. Had He never provided any sort of miracle for me, I could never thank Him enough. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How about you? Do you have stories you could tell? Feel free to share them. 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