Quiet Whisper
It was our teams turn to cook breakfast for our 58 member squad; when some pretty devastating news came. One of our team mates had been having some digestive problems and at that moment the severity of it was announced. Sally (our house mom) advised if our team mate didn’t get well she’d need to go home, it was that serious! Well that was and never will be an option. We all feel called by God to be here. He is and will continue to pave the way! This was spiritual warfare. The enemy was trying to get a foothold.
Then the Lord dropped it in my spirit to fast and to continue to fast until she was better. No matter how long it took for her to get well. It was so quiet I could have missed it but it just made sense. This was an issue with food so fasting was a given right? I began to fast and pray. As lunch rolled around I was amazed this was the first time I had fasted and I was not in the least bit hungry but rather very focused on praying this through. It didn’t take long for the enemy to try to convince me that it was a selfish desire to fast. But could that even be, considering how evident God was in this?
Every other time I have ever fasted I had to fight selfish thoughts of my own hunger in the midst of praying for whatever God had laid on my heart to fast for. But this time was different. There was no selfish desire to eat. The desire was gone COMPLETELY! Instead of entertaining the voice of the enemy, I took it to the Lord.
By now bc we live and operate in such close community, my team realized I was fasting. God quietly dropped it in my spirit to only share the reason why I was fasting with the individual herself. The enemy tried again to convince me this was all based on selfish motives and what good would telling her do other than reveal how selfish my heart was. I determined at that point that the enemy could continue talking but I would refuse his lies and take every thought to the Lord. So I trust the Lord in what I heard him say and I told her. She was not happy and tried to convince me to eat but I told her this was only half about her. The other half was my obedience in following out that quiet whisper.
That evening we were in a session together. Sitting by her I noticed she was gagging as she tried to drink a concoction that was made up for her. I leaned over and asked why it was so bad. Realized she was pretty much drinking Epson salt water. SO I TOOK IT TO THE LORD. I told God I DONT WANT THIS IF ITS ME I WILL STOP RIGHT NOW but if this is you God I will take this cup and she will be able to drink it with ease. So I told her, “Give me your cup if this is God I trust and believe he will make this water better than tolerable!” I took it and began to pray, “Lord you can turn water into wine; there’s no doubt that you can change this water and make her better ,amen!” I gave the cup back to her and waited to hear from the Lord. I thought she was gonna scream. She started freaking out and was like, “ OH MY GOD this taste like plain water I can’t believe this.” Needless to say we were both in AHH of the Lord.
Wow, God is clearly doing something. Two days had gone by and still going strong with the Lord completely focused on him with assurance he was moving. I got up the next morning and felt that same quiet spirit say turn to Jeremiah and begin reading. This time I asked the Lord, “Jeremiah, really god, why Jeremiah?” but I chose to trust him and did it any way. Then shortly after decided to go on a prayer walk, worshiping and praising God for all he is doing that we can not see. Then all of a sudden my focus fell off my team mate and onto another person. Thought it was strange but went with it.
Later that morning my team mate came in my tent I began to share with her. I told her that the Lord told me to read Jeremiah and that he stopped my prayers for her at this specific time. She looked at me with the biggest eyes and said, “ The Lord has had me in Jeremiah all week and he released this physical battle with the knowledge of the spiritual battle that’s going on this morning at the time you spoke!” HOLY SMOKES! To show how even more amazing the Lord is the person he switched my fasting and prayers too had an amazing break through too! I’m blown away by the Lord! Daddy thank you so much for confirming that sweet whisper!
How often do you over look a whisper? Do you ever take it to the Lord when you question if its your own voice or do you let the opportunity pass you by?
