After several months of silence I’m sharing this word that I hope you will find helpful and encouraging. With the various periods of quarantine, I hope you found time to focus on The King. Many people are perplexed wondering what in the world is going on and questioning if there’s going to be an end to this evil plague or pandemic, as the world would call it. On my part, I believe it is a season where the Lord would have us pause or slow down, reflect and retune or better still to recalibrate. Personally, I have taken comfort in His word during this season, which, for me, couldn’t have come at a better time since it’s the year where I celebrated my Diamond Jubilee. Birthday. A celebration held in Israel at the brink of the world going into a lockdown period. Getting into the land in that season was a miracle in itself and I can only sum it up with these words “But for God”. Israel closed its entry borders when we entered the land with 55 guests and its exit border the day after we landed back in the UK. I certainly have a lot to thank God for. I’m still enjoying the jubilee albeit in quarantine. Hmmm that’s a story for another day! Since the beginning of the lockdown I have stayed on only two verses and these are Revelation 4:1 and Habakkuk 2:1-2. I encourage everyone to position themselves to hear God for the new season and spend less time on Zoom meetings and events, as we seem to be busier than when the church buildings were opened. Many are probably too tired to hear what He is saying to us. My main aim in this post is to share this...
How It All Began
When in Israel for a series of meetings in January 2009, one of the Messianic leaders of the Land indicated to me that we had not entered the country in the correct way. I asked him what he meant and he explained that Tel Aviv was very much part of the Jewish heritage, that it should never be ignored and that we needed to enter the land properly by the right channels. I again asked what precisely he meant. He replied that we all come from the nations either as a tourist but most importantly as Christians and as soon as we arrive in Tel Aviv we drive straight to Jerusalem as if Tel Aviv has no significance in the history of the Jewish people! He explained the significance of the capital of Israel as the entry point or port of access to Israel. The Port which used to be the main entry point into Israel is located in Joppa, now a suburb of Tel Aviv, where Jewish settlers disembarked 100 years ago. The Lord began to impress upon me the significance of going through the gates in order to go to Jerusalem. At that point I left the whole issue while I waited on the Lord for more insight as to what he wanted me to do about this. I was ironing my clothes getting ready for the Israel Prayer meeting for the delegates to the Prayer Tour when I heard the whisper of the Holy Spirit that I was leading a team to Israel for the last time. I was initially very shocked at this prompting of the Holy Spirit, as I believed in my heart that part of my calling was to bring an understanding to the church concerning Israel and...
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