Places 35: Watch

Watch!

Evocative trumpets sound
from high and lonely promontories
awakening holy bands across the land.
Crying out for grace to stand,
intercessors fall in glory on the ground.

God will choose His own—
Elijahs to oppose the Baals,
Gideons to tear down the Asherahs,
Aarons and Jeremiahs to speak,
and Joshuas to lead.
God sows Himself in humble men
with courage to believe.

His trumpets sound,
“Come down, come down,
seek My lowly place.
Look upon My wounds, My face.
Seek my mercy, pray for grace,
surrender to My glory.

Keep listening for His call.
His Holy Word blows fresh
through ancient horns.
Open the pages of His book;
fear not the faith it takes to look
and seize the Word of Love He speaks today.

 

The story of Elijah is in 1 Kings and 2 Kings; Gideon in Judges 6-8; Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1; and Joshua and Caleb in Numbers 13-14, 26:65 and Joshua 14:6-15