“ A Call to Prayer”
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.” (Matthew 12:43-45)

Calling all saints! We are sitting in another window of time and God is beckoning; who will come and stand in the Gap for the land that I will not destroy it? We’ve experienced what many of we intercessors have been praying for some time now; that being that the Lord would replace the wicked king from among the Palestinian people. Now Arafat - that wicked ruler that was alone responsible for the deaths of so many - has been removed.

So here we are, standing in a vacuum according to the verse above, in a room that has been swept and put in order (spiritually speaking) and the whole world holds its breath to see what will become of it. Will we see salvation come to Ishmael and peace to Israel? Or will seven more, worse than the first take up their abode and make the conditions worse than before? We’ve prayed beloved and we’ve indeed seen God answer BUT we are not finished. We’ve actually only begun. We need to pray in to office a God fearing man, a godly king with a heart like David who will lead his people into the great grace of God.

Do you have faith for it? Can you, like Abraham call those things which are not as though they were? Will we believe beyond belief for a leader to be sent from God to rally all heaven for the sake of the people of the Middle East? Are you one of those doomsayers whose theology says; “Oh well, we know that things will get worse and worse and then the end will come? Or are you persevering, joining the ranks of Moses, Joshua, and yes, the king of Nineveh, who turned the heart of God by petition and through faith released God’s mercy instead of the God’s judgment?
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Yes God’s will is that none should perish, but that all should come to repentance. This could be that moment in time when God would love to extend His hand of mercy to Ishmael and save a people, if only to make Israel jealous. We must pray through until God answers. We must plead the mercy of God until we taste it and see it released on the Arab and Jewish people. God is looking for a bride who changes history, not one who sets idly by and accepts judgment as the only option. Pray, Pray and then Pray some more.

Pastor Rick