When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
DAILY READING –
June 7, 1967, was a very emotional day for Israel. It was a day a long awaited dream came true for the Jewish nation. For the first time in 2000 years Israel repossessed Jerusalem.
Jerusalem used to be the capital city of Israel,
For the first troop of Israeli soldiers to break into Jerusalem it was like a dream. And for the first time in that many years the soldiers finally could have access into the city.
Israeli forces having repulsed the Jordanian forces had retaken the eastern Jerusalem. This was during the 1967 war. Jerusalem was the pride, the capital of the Jewish nation And after having been denied access for thousands of years, it was a historical yet very emotional moment for the Jewish nation as a whole.
Advancing through the Old City toward the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, it was very emotional for these soldiers. Every step brought them closer to the long held Jewish dream. To bring Jerusalem’s holiest site under Jewish control again.. There are sound recordings of the scene, as the commander of the brigade, Lt. General Mordechai Gur, announces “The Temple Mount is in our hands! I repeat, the Temple Mount is in our hands!” General Rabbi Shlomo Goren, chief chaplain of the IDF, sounded the Shofar at the Western Wall to signify its liberation. To Israelis and Jews all over the world, this was a joyous and momentous occasion. Many considered it a gift from God. Many of the soldiers clung to the western wall as if their lives depended on it. Many of the eyes were red with tears. The longing for Jerusalem is a deep yearning that beats within the Jewish heart.. David swore ‘may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I forget thee O Jerusalem’.
Nothing equals the feeling of having God’s promise come to pass in your life.
At that moment when you are told you are free from that disease, or that your wife has given birth after a long wait, or you have passed that exam, or been given a long desired gift, often it’s like a dream come true.
It is pictures of such moments that we keep before our eyes, during our walk of faith. As long as you hold on to the picture it is only a matter of time before you desire manifests. What the enemy tries to do is to try to discourage and get you to give up, but if you don’t give up you will surely win. The dream of possessing Jerusalem again seemed almost impossible, but the Jews never gave up. They knew from the prophesy of Ezekiel that Jerusalem would be back to the Jews one day. In the 1948 war with the Arabs they failed to capture Jerusalem, but that didn’t stop them. They kept on believing, kept on reminding God of His promise until it finally came to pass.
In the same let us keep pressing in with our desire before God. Let us not be weary, there is coming a due season, a reaping season. What God says He will do, He will surely do.
When The Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream.
With God nothing shall be impossible. Whatever promise God has made to you, know that it will surely come to pass. God is not man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said it, He will surely make it good. Keep reminding Him of His promise. Keep speaking words of faith into that situation. Keep praising God for its manifestation. And one day too your dream shall come to pass.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to align myself with your Word, so that my life can be ordered to manifest what you have ordained for my life in each season in Jesus Name.
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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials.