Burned to the Roots

Burn Israel:Sean has left me with the most difficult task of this trip…to write a report within a few paragraphs and not a novel.  How does one squeeze 15 days of one of the most revelatory, historical, monumental, life changing trips to Israel into a short “blaze” recap?  Allow me to try…

I truly don’t know where to begin…

yes we saw all the historical biblical sites,
yes we Burned in Jerusalem flipping the spirit realm upside down,
yes we went into the West Bank city of Hebron, where the Father’s of the Faith are buried and by the Spirit of God we were there on Father’s day,
yes we went into refugee camps to cry out and bring the presence,
yes we went into Jericho, the oldest city in the world,
yes our prayers broke through for a particular ministry to get new buildings (one in Jericho, and 2 in Jerusalem,)
yes we worshipped where the original tabernacle of David stood, in the middle of a Muslim neighborhood…
yes we ate more falafel, schwarma, and hummus that we thought possible,

I could go on and on and on and share all of the wonderful things we did, what we saw, and how effective our worship and intercession was, however God did something so special with our team that I think reflects what the Burn is truly about.

The Love of Christ:
Of course the Burn is vertical worship for hours on end ushering in the presence God to change territories and nations, but I want to share another aspect that I think sometimes gets overlooked.  The Burn is about relationships, love, and family.  The Burn is about, tearing down the walls of religion, denominations, agendas, and the self centered culture we live in.  As we begin to minister vertically to the Father, He begins to do something horizontally in the earth, but specifically within the hearts of His people.  Ravenous radical worship not only affects the Heart of the Father, but it tears down all of the facades and fills all of the wounds within the hearts of His people.  There is no greater bond than to have His presence in our midst.  One of our team members, Paul Mozley, released the anthem for the trip during our first Burn session overlooking Mt. Zion that truly expresses this reality, “Now is the time to break down the walls that divide”.  Only the Love of Christ can do this, and this He did to our team.

This bond of unity and love was personified not only within our team, but at the culmination of the Burn on Mt. Carmel.  The presence of God drew ministries throughout Israel together that had never met before!  You would think that all the Christians would know one another and work together in a country the size of New Jersey, but this has not been the case in a county where literal walls streak across the horizon and walls of religion, denominations, and fear permeate the spiritual realms.  The Burn lifts up Christ so that all men are drawn unto Him and His presence tears down the walls.  We had Messianic Jews, Christian Arabs, Americans, Canadians, Russians, Norwegians, just to name a few all worshipping together in spirit and truth!

“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;  I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.(John 17:22-23)

“By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).

Jesus is the perfect bond of unity!

Issachar Anointing:
Another key blessing from coming to Israel is connecting to our roots and gaining a prophetic perspective of the times that we live in so that we are not ignorant.

As most of you know, (I Chron 12:32) “Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do”.  This is a vital part of Burn Israel, to understand the times in which we live and gain revelation of what to do.  We must not forget that the single greatest prophetic fulfillment of this generation is the return of the Jewish people to Israel. (See Isaiah 11:11, Ezekiel 36:24) This in itself should stir your faith to know that first of all, the Lord is faithful and also that the end of time is near.  This is all the more reason to go to Israel and see for your self what the Lord has done in a generation.  I truly believe that it is vitally important for every Christian to visit the Holy Land at least once in their lives.  It will open the Word to you in a new way, wreck your heart for the Jews and Arabs, and give you a real sense of the urgency of this hour in which we live.  The time is short…seek the Lord and go forth into your destinies!  Ps 115:16, “The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth He has given to the sons of men.”  Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make a difference because the Lord says you can!
Isa 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

Isa 62:6
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;