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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Good morning Zebras,

As I shared Gary and I went to see “In Our Hands” the other night.  There were two parts I really liked.

First the Prime Minister of Israel did not go to war when everyone told him to.  According to the movie he did not want to go to war until it was obvious to the world that Israel had done all they could to avoid it.  If they went to war too quickly, he said, they would turn the opinion of the world against them.  So, they waited.

They waited again before they entered Jerusalem.  They had the city surrounded but the man in charge would not give the order to invade.  It seemed to frustrate the men, but when they were finally allowed to go in God had gone before them and emptied the city of the enemy because unbeknownst to them the Jordanian army had pulled out of Jerusalem.

Both times, it would have been so easy for the movie to give God the credit.

The Prime Minister waited because he thought he should-maybe God told him to.  And they never gave a reason why Moshe Dayan would not allow the troops to go into Jerusalem.  Maybe it was because he too was told by God to wait.

Waiting is huge with God.  It allows Him to get the glory and it gives Him time to go before you and defeat the enemy.

When I was younger I used to run ahead of God doing what I wanted to do and giving Him the credit.  Now that I’m older I am perfectly happy walking in His shadow and going where He tells me to go.  Hopefully Peter felt the same way.

John 21:18: “I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

Love,

Jill

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