Can You Hear the Trumpet Call to Prayer
Can You Hear the Trumpet Call to Prayer
With 9/11/14 less than a week away and the numerous warning the USA has received, it is time we hear the trumpet call to prayer.
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The Lord deposited a visual in my spirit of a trumpet being lifted up to sound an alarm. Over and over again the trumpet was lifted up and set to sound. The Lord has a message for His church from Nehemiah 4:19-20.
“Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!” ”
The “there” is prayer—join in prayer.
Like Nehemiah and the Jews we will probably hear voices telling us, “the task is too difficult” and “God will not hear us.” But, God is a big God, the task isn’t too difficult for Him, and we must pray for our nation concerning the threats against her.
Though the United States has a great army that we are most thankful for, it has been the Lord Who has protected and blessed us. [“No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.” Psalm 33:16] God has been our Protector, our protection. But we, as a nation, have torn down our protective wall as we have turned away from the Lord and served other gods. Now, we hear the threats of our enemies. They want to destroy us. It is all over the media—chatter from ISIS planning large scale terror attacks on September 11, and the possibility of ISIS using the 11 missing jets from Libya as weapons against us. Our response must be prayer to the only One Who can help us.
When you read this, hear it as a trumpet sounding an alarm, not as judgment. An alarm that must be answered with prayer and repentance. We, like Israel of old, have sinned against God. If you can, get together with others to pray before Thursday, September 11, or pray by yourself—to pray for our nation.
From Nehemiah 4 we also see that Nehemiah [:13] “…stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.” Lowest points and exposed places are the vulnerable areas on the wall and can relate to targets in the United States—the vulnerable places where the enemy could slip in for a terror attack. Pray especially for the vulnerable areas of our nation, like boarder states.
Verse 4:16 says from that day on the workers carried swords as they worked, while others stood guard with weapons—that is, everyone was engaged and equipped. We, as Christians, have weapons that are spiritual. And although ISIS’ threats are very real, it is ultimately a spiritual battle. God hears when His people pray. Prayer is the greatest weapon. The answer Nehemiah gave to the Jews was, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” We are not just praying for ourselves, we are fighting for the generations that will come after us. Let us not be like Hezekiah who said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!” For he [Hezekiah] said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?” 2 Kings 20:19
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her
and guide her,
through the night,
with Your Light,
from Above! Amen!
