Three very fundamental points for repentance on behalf of the nation and individuals of the nation stick out to me:
- Repentance for being self-centered instead of G-d-centered
If we were G-d-centered as a nation, our first response in times of troubles or of making decisions would be prayer. Now, there are many religious people living here, which do open their prayer books and pray and expect miracles, but a G-d-centered nation would expect prayer to be 2-way communication in which the well tested prophetic voices are part of the decision making process.
- Repentance for unbelief and lack of knowledge
Trying to reach our goals in our ways led to a lot of harm. Even actions in self-defense are usually quite different from actions in the Spirit of Yeshua. It is all about Him, not about us. Therefor, believing Him and getting to know Him and His ways better and better is an essential pre-requisit for doing what is right.
- Repentance for hatred and lack of care and love towards Arabs, and especially towards Gazans
Finally, it might be necessary to take initiatives in order to stop and prevent evil, but when we enter the discussion of right and wrong and justified and unjustified, we have to constantly remind ourselves that we all are wrong and unjustified except through Him, Yeshua, and that any hatred for the lost is out of place, that we are commanded to love our enemies and that any necessary means of restraint of evil and discipline have to be motivated by care and love for them, the enemies. Our own fears, hurts and anxieties we have to give to the Lord and let Him take care of us. We can not act in response to them with our fears, hurts and anxieties serving as fuel for our actions, except if the action is turning to the Lord!
Thoughts for political leads
If we are in the Land because we truely love the land - not a selfish love - but a love that wants to see the land restored, not for ourselfs, but for G-d's purposes, let's not fight about to whom it belongs, but what we can do, together, to heal the land. The water crises breakes the land, let's see how we can develope the desert to make it bloom!
G-d commands His blessings where brothers dwell together in unity (Hineh ma tov u'ma nayim...) I believe we need to seriously take the lead and face our internal problems of disunity, rejection of one another or of groups within, of blame, of corruption and dishonesty, of selfishness ... and challenge one another regarding our beliefs and life-philosophy-systems, whether they are coherent and true and leading to G-d or not and engage together on an honest quest for truth and for the presence of G-d in our midst as a nation.
- Repentance for being self-centered instead of G-d-centered
If we were G-d-centered as a nation, our first response in times of troubles or of making decisions would be prayer. Now, there are many religious people living here, which do open their prayer books and pray and expect miracles, but a G-d-centered nation would expect prayer to be 2-way communication in which the well tested prophetic voices are part of the decision making process.
- Repentance for unbelief and lack of knowledge
Trying to reach our goals in our ways led to a lot of harm. Even actions in self-defense are usually quite different from actions in the Spirit of Yeshua. It is all about Him, not about us. Therefor, believing Him and getting to know Him and His ways better and better is an essential pre-requisit for doing what is right.
- Repentance for hatred and lack of care and love towards Arabs, and especially towards Gazans
Finally, it might be necessary to take initiatives in order to stop and prevent evil, but when we enter the discussion of right and wrong and justified and unjustified, we have to constantly remind ourselves that we all are wrong and unjustified except through Him, Yeshua, and that any hatred for the lost is out of place, that we are commanded to love our enemies and that any necessary means of restraint of evil and discipline have to be motivated by care and love for them, the enemies. Our own fears, hurts and anxieties we have to give to the Lord and let Him take care of us. We can not act in response to them with our fears, hurts and anxieties serving as fuel for our actions, except if the action is turning to the Lord!
Thoughts for political leads
If we are in the Land because we truely love the land - not a selfish love - but a love that wants to see the land restored, not for ourselfs, but for G-d's purposes, let's not fight about to whom it belongs, but what we can do, together, to heal the land. The water crises breakes the land, let's see how we can develope the desert to make it bloom!
G-d commands His blessings where brothers dwell together in unity (Hineh ma tov u'ma nayim...) I believe we need to seriously take the lead and face our internal problems of disunity, rejection of one another or of groups within, of blame, of corruption and dishonesty, of selfishness ... and challenge one another regarding our beliefs and life-philosophy-systems, whether they are coherent and true and leading to G-d or not and engage together on an honest quest for truth and for the presence of G-d in our midst as a nation.
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