Today was an awesome day! We started out early from the Dead Sea and headed up to Masada! This was a fortress built by King Herod. It is amazing how people even got up there? We rode in a cable car up to the top of the mountain. Once we were there we saw all of the storehouses and cisterns where they could store water and food.
The most famous story about Masada was the siege of it by the Romans in 73 or 74 A.D. There were 960 Jewish people who were in Masada! The Roman siege lasted for three months. They built a ramp going up Masada out of earth and wooden supports.
The night before the Romans break through the walls, all of the people commit suicide to keep from becoming slaves of the Romans or being killed by them. They would rather die than become a slave of Rome!
The next place that we went was called Tel Arad. This is a place where a 3000 year old altar stood, where sacrifice was made. Mike ask me to pray a prayer of rededication as the students that I am with laid their hands on the altar!
As I prayed for the students I became overwhelmed by the presence of The Lord and began to weep, and I fell to my knees right before the altar where sacrifices were made over 3000 years ago! I was just overwhelmed because I am actually here in the place where scripture happened! I am not worthy of God's grace and the sacrifice that was made for me in Christ! What an awesome time of prayer!
Now people hold your seats, the next place we went was the Valley of Elah! This is the place where David killed Goliath! I was there! As I stood in the valley and our guide read the story all I could think about was the word victory! God has given us victory over the enemy!
Samuel had already anointed David as king and now David was going to step on the scene as the victorious leader of his people!
Victory is not a one time event, victory is something that you walk in! Victory is something that you fight from, not for! What an amazing day for me today and yesterday, being in some of the places that David was!
But tomorrow we are going to be in Jerusalem and we are going to the Mount of Olives!
Folks, please pray for me! I don't know how much more of these blessings that I can stand!
Blessings,
Pastor Jason
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