Tips For the Journey

God taught David that He didn’t want to inhabit a place that wasn’t prepared for Him.   We absolutely want the Lord to inhabit every second of Israel 12.12.12.  This being the case, we thought it would be a good idea to start sharing with you some tips for the journey ahead, both spiritual and practical, so that you could start preparing now. When we meet together in Zion in December, let us all be ready…body, spirit and soul.

Tip #1:  Walk About Zion

Walking was so much a part of the culture during Bible times. They didn’t have the conveniences of air-conditioned buses, or taxis, or Mercedes.

In spite of enjoying our many modern conveniences, practically speaking, this trip is going to involve quite a bit of walking. If you are not accustomed to walking a lot, now is the time to begin conditioning your body for what is to come. This is a land of hills and valleys and there are more steps than escalators or elevators. Don’t be afraid, we will always move at an easy pace, but we highly recommend that you begin methodically building more strength and stamina now.  Start walking.

The Psalms tell us to walk uprightly. That speaks of walking while holding a posture that enables your lungs to be used to their full capacity in prayer and praise.

Begin preparing now by rehearsing the Psalms of Ascent. Use walking on your stairs at home or at your office as opportunities to prayer walk, and whenever possible to sing your song as you prepare for the journey.  In David’s time the musicians were commissioned to stroll and worship.  Now is your time to become comfortable with singing your worship as you walk and to become familiar with the feeling of intentionally releasing the presence of God wherever you go.  Start walking!

“Walk about Zion and tell the towers thereof.” Psalm 48:12.

Release of a Sound

Numerous times in Scripture Israel came to a point of pending desolation. Enemies would encamp against them with full intentions of devastating them beyond redemption.

Midianites came against them, Amalekites, Amorites and Moabites, Hitites as well as many other "ites".

At the time of Israel's greatest need and desperation some shepherd boy or maiden or a priest, a king or an ordinary citizen would encounter God and begin to worship. As the worship of God began to happen, a strategy would unfold that ultimately would lead to the release of a sound. At that moment all circumstances would change and God would move mightily on behalf of Israel.

This principle is throughout Scripture. Sometimes a single worshipper would be instrumental in changing sure defeat for God's people into an astounding season of victory and favor by a simple act of obedience to God’s promise of deliverance. As he or she would declare even a portion of Gods promises to Israel, God would move according to His promise. Whether the sound was the sound of a shepherd’s sling put in motion with a prophetic declaration, or four leprous men simply walking unknowingly toward the enemy invaders at God's promised time, God proved over and over His ability to use outlandish, bizarre and, may I add, ridiculous ways to defy the dark and idolatrous enemies of Israel.

There was always a sovereign factor involved and there was always a response factor involved. Those who proved obedient to His strategies and faithful in their worship were privileged to see firsthand some of the greatest miracles in the history of mankind; Joshua at Jericho, Jehoshaphat at En Gedi, David in the Valley of Elah, Gideon in the Valley of Jezreel. He is always looking for obedient worshippers that are willing to believe His promises, move obediently forward and release the sound of their praise against the odds.

I wonder what God will do when obedient worshippers sacrificially carry their sound from California and Mississippi and Canada and Wales and Michigan and Oklahoma and Scotland and Hawaii and Kentucky and Ireland and... 

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