Our Guest David Martin
Sid: My guest David Martin and David has been instructed by the Lord to put together a devotional of 20 foundational daily devotions which include 100 key points. I want you to get an idea of how important these points are because each one of the devotionals there’s a card where you read that point over; there’s a booklet that you can look at the scriptures and the foundational key point. But then there’s the teaching that makes it come alive. David today I’d like to take the very key point Sensitivity. I would like you to develop that for us.
David: Oh while Sid this is so incredible the miracles of Jesus is what we’re shooting for helping people to walk in the miraculous. And 35 years of studying about it I recognize there’s some very key foundational points and every miracle that Jesus did is duplicatable; turning to wine. Mary said to the servants “Whatever he says.” And what I recognize Sid is that really represents sensitivity and God taught me this principal really by a vision one time. But I’ve seen it played out over and over when we are sensitive and we are in tune in to our heart to His voice and then we do whatever He says the miracles happen then…
Sid: I would like to hear that vision tell me.
David: Well, the vision happened literally 1993. I was in prayer and literally God showed me a man going through a barrier. As the man went through the barrier God said to me “You’re on the threshold of spiritual breakthrough coming into a move of the spirit of God unlike anything the world has ever seen; more signs; more wonders; more miracles than you’ve ever even imagined possible.” And I’m thinking “Wow, praise God.” But He said to me “As much as I want to do this through you I can’t.” And I said “Why?” He said, “Because you’re not ready.” And I said “How do I get ready?” And He said very clearly simply, “The same way Jesus did and Jesus led a life of prayer, fasting and self-denial.” What I recognized is those 3 things set the stage for us to be sensitive; and what I teach is how to be sensitive you have to sensitize and that makes you very open to hear the voice of God. And literally what was interesting is about two weeks later I was sharing about the same thing that vision in a church in North Dakota and shared it with them. And as I said “The spiritual barrier is about to be broken.” God said “That’s not what I said.” And I felt really embarrassed being corrected right in front of the congregation but He said to me He said, “This barrier is not spiritual the barrier is mental; the spiritual barrier is already broken; you have free access to my throne to receive of me.” He said “The problem is you think too much like people.” And what we need to do is think with the mind of Christ and this is what we’re doing is all about helping people to think with the mind of Christ so they’re sensitive to what He says.
Sid: Well, give me an example for instance when you went to Rwanda.
David: Well it was an amazing circumstance that put us there that set the stage for the more incredible supernatural things but I was doing a conference with 250 pastors all of which had experienced atrocities from the Rwanda genocide. The majority if not I’d say about 95% of these people were non-charismatic not spirit filled but they were all hurting. So we went there and literally ministered to them for a full week. At the end of the week in the very last session and God had said to me do not offend them, do not go to the gifts of the Spirit or talk about that just minister love. So literally on the very last day of meetings right in the middle of sentence God said to me “Stop.” And I stopped because that was what he said and it was like the longest pause of my life maybe a minute but when you got 500 eyeballs looking at you your interpreter is trying to wave you on to keep you moving but God said “Stop.” Then all of a sudden the window of Heaven opened up; God poured out His Spirit. Sid every one of those pastors got baptized with the Holy Ghost started speaking tongues, now I didn’t know it was tongues because it was all…
Sid: Right.
David: tongues to start with. But for 3 hours they…
Sid: Three hours, wow!
David: They radiated and they glorified God and in the midst of that God said to me “I want you to go to a place in northern Rwanda and I have something there for you.” So that that’s what was so unique the fact that He poured out His Spirit and then gave me a very specific instruction and it opened the door for a great opportunity.
Sid: But you were sensitive; I mean you could have blown the whole thing if you had approached it in the flesh.
David: Absolutely I mean so there’s many factors there but it was very awkward to stop in the middle of a sentence and all the pressures around you are wanting you to move forward.
Sid: So you heard about the birth place in Rwanda of the shining one revival; what was that?
David: Well, in the 30’s a great revival went through that literally came in the chapel in Northern Rwanda. When I went there the man that was one of the founders of that revival literally came into the chapel. And while I was in the chapel there he prayed for me. And Sid it was incredible and I knew nothing about the Shining One Movement at that moment; but he had shared with because I’m so hungry for knowledge of the supernatural and specifically of the miracle of transfiguration was like my miracle since 1979 that one thing God said “Study to understand this miracle in the operation of the life of Jesus.” It’s interesting when that happened it happened on the heels of Him telling His disciples “If you’re going to be my disciple you must lay your life down as I’m going to do.” But Enoch said to me “He said to me “This rival…
Sid: Wait excuse me Enoch was probably one of the few people from that revival an old man that was telling you about it and was going to lay hands on you for the impartation; go ahead.
David: Absolutely; Enoch was a natural person not like Enoch in the Bible a supernatural person or anything like that. But Enoch again was one of the heads of the revival but amazing Sid people that are influenced lived well over a 100 years, very abnormal. But it’s that presence of God His unique anointing that affects them supernaturally. And Enoch said to me that “This revival although it was known as the Shining One Movement; it spread all over central Africa that the core of this thing was about holiness. God was convicting people’s hearts to be holy and any little sin affected them and they’d come to the altar and they repent day after day and over the course of time they literally began to shine radiating the glory of God.”
Sid: Just like as the example you were studying the transfiguration of Jesus when His clothes, His face shined with a light greater than anyone had ever seen before. I believe just like the early saints are depicted with a halo over their head that was the best way an artist could show the shining. Well that I know that has hit you but why is it hitting people that are taking your course?
David: It’s the impartation I believe Sid. When Enoch prayed for me something happened very supernatural happened in my DNA and my spiritual DNA like came alive. That now as I am teaching not only is people see it on me but it’s communicated through the very essence of what God gives me so that when people hear it; when people study it they are affected by this impartation of glory.
Sid: Just give me a little tease what is the second key point we’re going to talk about tomorrow?
David: Well, they’re tied together sensitivity and number 2 is obedience. And again in the first miracle that Jesus did which is amazing because you know of the law of 1st occurrence all miracles point back to the first miracle. And the very first miracle Mary said to the servants, “Whatever He says do it.” So sensitivity whatever He says “Do it,” obedience.
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