The Golan Heights

In the late afternoon, I arrived at Nimrod's fortress, a supposedly impenetrable fortress built by the Crusaders on the Golan Heights. I prayed for a bit before entering the fortress. The walls made of very large, thick, rectangular stones were fascinating. Each stone required many men to lift it up when the walls were constructed. Once in place, with other stones on top, they were immovable....like our refuge and fortress who is God, like the Church when we-the living stones-each take our place in the house of God.

Besides this personal insight, God spoke a few things to me about the Golan Heights. As I prayed there and spoke with the farmers there, like Uri, I listened to them explain that their land was a battlefield a few years ago but now it's peaceful and they feel secure. I knew that there are not just men and women protecting their borders, but many angels. I also believe the Lord said that the terror from the North is looking to strike again.

Here is a pic from the top of a mountain called Keren Nephtali, the horn of Nephtali. There was an amazing view of the Hula valley below, and the border of Syria across the valley. Note the lack of life in Syria. Israel used to look exactly the same. But now the mountains are covered with evergreens and all sorts of life, even the one I was standing on. God reminded me of Isaiah 41:19-20:"I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it." Even as God's bringing the land to life I also believe He's bringing his people back to life again as they come to know His son.