Boqer Or (Good Morning Light)!

Mega and rav shalom to you’all this beautiful morning!  Let me first begin by thanking all the folks who have been emailing me that last few days with their congratulations concerning the Olympics here in Israel and also sharing with me the wonderful testimonies of their struggles and victories over the sins of gluttony, obesity, and procrastination.  It has been a real shock that there is a huge digital audience of believers who have been looking to me as a role model to encourage them to overcome the shame and toxic effects of overeating and physical inactivity.  Keep the testimonies rolling in as they are bringing such glory to Abba and I will continue to do His best within me to stay low and faithful in this leadership model!

This morning I was awoken in the shahar blackness of the predawn with a glory cloud invasion.  I was suspended in a state of pure joy and overwhelmed by the cloud of His presence.  As I opened my eyes the whole room was also filled with His tangible glory and it was just a place of sheer delight.  It was a open heaven portal over my bedroom of Abba’s pleasure and good will.  As I attempted to shave and get prepared for another exciting adventure here in the Promised Land, the waves of intoxication were so strong that I seemingly was guided painlessly thru the first few kilometers of my early morning jog.  I did not want to lose or be pulled out of this hazy cloud of His pleasure that surrounded my airspace!  So I just continued to worship and try to get even more evaporated into heaven with this nearness of a heavenly sweet spot of His approval.

Then it (He) dawned on me (no pun intended), that this was a reward from Abba for persevering in this current climate of clergy/laity lukewarmness and worldly mindedness.  It was the balm of Gilead to help recover from the sufferings as of late.  I want to be very open with you’all this morning…I have been thru a lot of suffering and trauma that comes with this territory and job description of bridging the gap for His glory to be seen here in the Middle East.  It is not a physical suffering.  It is not a mental suffering.  And it is not a emotional suffering.  Rather it is a spiritual suffering that is complicated yet in its process is very exquisite indeed.  May today’s communiqué refresh you on this divine wilderness path we all are definitely now on.

The Jordan River
(The Jordan River)

The best way to describe this suffering is to read about Yeshua in the Gospel accounts weeping over Jerusalem and its stubborn people.  Then to go to the Pauline Epistles and read about the daily care Paul had for the congregations and how he labored in childbirth for them.  Then go to the Prophet Hosea and read about God’s wrath, yet everlasting love for Israel in the midst of all of her harlot ways.  And also don’t forget to read the Prophet Jeremiah and his suffering of weeping for what was about to befall Jerusalem and the environs of Judah.  I’m not writing like a “know it all expert” about this area…I’m just a child to all of this deep speaking unto deep realms of the Holy Spirit.  However, it seems the deeper I get into the glory cloud as of late, the greater is the corresponding sufferings I also encounter.  The suffering is connected to pioneering a new work in this hot and volatile region of the Middle East.  This is a land filled with strife and hatred not just of Arab vs. Jews but also Jews vs. Jews!  You have to be so wise as a serpent and so gentle as a dove to live and thrive here especially if you are pioneering a new work that is not program-based but presence-based!  The enemy hates anything that carries an anointing in this region!

But the greatest suffering I have entered into by His divine choosing has been that of the sufferings related to the sacrifice needed to raise up the next generation of David’s mighty men and shepherds for the coming awakening.  There is a deep groaning in my belly that yearns for the glory of God to manifest not just in my personal devotion time and fishing expeditions (which has been awesome), but also upon the peoples that have been brought from all the nations to again rebuild this desert land.  We have all the ingredients here needed for this big bonfire.  We are in the pre-glory visitation of suffering that cannot be described in earthly speech or digital imagery.  We are in the rapturously joyous yet unfathomable valley of the deep pains of childbirth where all that matters is the faithful delivery of this child!  Oh the spiritual pain!!  We are in the gulf of the yes but not yet of His unseen promises!!!   Aaaaaaaahhhhhh……

Take some time today to open up your spirit man to the plow blade of this mystery found in 2 Cor. 12:1-10 and yield to this no-man’s land of glory suffering and help us labor in childbirth (Gal. 4:19)!

Let’s continue to draft together behind this pioneering effort of Abba in the Middle East He has entrusted all of us to build out.  He wants a tactical center to clean, train, and equip the new David’s that are called to soon shepherd His people here.  Our job is to pioneer and provide the framework for spiritual Palmach units to be implemented to spring these future leaders into the harvest fields.  It is time for the new breed of Desert Shepherd Warriors to be birthed and we believe this is the most urgent need in the nation of Israel right now!  Thank you and below is the current outline of the funds needed for this pioneering build out!  May His glory haze I still feel now writing this email be upon you in greater measure!  You are loved!

In His suffering for your faith,

Scott