Summit Countdown!
It’s almost here – The Summit. Prayer ministry tonight was electric with a sense of anticipation. After all we have seen God do these past couple of years, connecting the dots in so many areas and relationships, we absolutely believe that this is a very critical moment that is coming up.
Tonight we prayed specifically for some of the short term mission trip opportunities coming up this next year and beyond in accordance with Jesus’ instruction to pray to the Lord of the harvest that he would send workers. Also, we prayed for over half a dozen open doors for six months to a year to work with some of our partners in various places around the world. We are trusting that over the course of this next week God is going to be at work, calling out specific individuals to fill these needs.
This morning I was reading Numbers 23. God speaks through a carnal prophet by the name of Balaam who is being coerced by King Balak to curse Israel. God is not going to let that happen. Instead, he is going to use Balaam to bless Israel! Remember, this is coming off of 40 years of carnality and rebellion in the wilderness. Here is what God puts in his mouth to say.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! (Numbers 23:21-23)
Israel has a 40-year track record of sin, yet God has chosen not to take that into account. He is counting them as righteous, as he has with us due to the finished work of Jesus Christ. They are worthless, yet God says they are priceless.
Why would he do this? I think we have a hint of an answer right here. It is so it might be said of Israel, “What hath God wrought!” It’s not about Israel and what they may or may not have done. It’s all about God!
This is my prayer for The Summit. When it is all over, that people might not say, “What wonderful speakers, what marvelous praise,” but that they might say, “What hath God wrought!”