A Call to Prayer from Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda: "This Liberty We'll Defend"

Justice Still Lifts Up Her Voice

The prophet Isaiah took up this lament: "No one calls for justice. Nor does any plead for the truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity...we look for light but there is darkness...we grope for the wall like the blind. For truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter. Truth fails and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it and it displeased Him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies...so they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy comes in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." This messianic declaration was fulfilled in type when the king of Esther's day lent his strength to God's people and destroyed Haman who had plotted genocide and stirred up the governors of Persia to evil.

The U.S. Army seal bears the motto "This We'll Defend" surmounting a liberty cap thrust aloft on a pike. The defense of liberty is the enduring thread that connects the selfless service of an American soldier, from the patriots who came to the defense of the revolution in 1775 to the men and women stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the other fronts for freedom around the world. American soldiers and Marines are front line watchmen on the ground preserving and extending America's destiny around the world. As the leader of the free world in a time when moral clarity is blurred, while men become lovers of themselves and despotism and chaos threaten the nations....justice still lifts up her voice. The Lady with her lamp lifted high from the harbor of New York still stands as a sentinel of hope for the oppressed.

God's Purposes Are Upon the U.S.

The United States of America was conceived in the heart of God. Our history holds forth many proofs, from Columbus to the Puritans down through the founding fathers, it was Spirit of the Lord who ordained to make America foremost among nations for His end time purposes. Those purposes are upon us. Our national destiny reaches far beyond our own borders and personal vision. For the first time in 300 years, a tyrant from across the sea threatens our shores. Osama Bin Laden's minions call for our destruction and the tyrant of Baghdad pays assassins to lay in wait for troops who have gone to lift a people out of the dust in Iraq. The remnant in America who know their God, from the Whitehouse to the battlefield to the church sanctuary, have come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

There is a great history lesson in the story King Joash and Elisha. It is one that we must heed or history will repeat itself. Joash knew that Israel's strength lay not in her armies but in the friendship and anointing of God. Israel's enemies viewed Israel's strength according to her armies. The king came to the prophet for help. With bow in hand, Elisha put his hands upon the king's. Together they shot an arrow into the sky in the direction of the oppressor's land. "The arrow of the Lord's deliverance!" the prophet told the king. "Now take the arrows and strike the ground." But the king struck three times and stopped. God had ordained complete victory but the king stopped short of it. There is no doubt that the war on terror and the subsequent battle for freedom in Iraq are events posed by the God of heaven in answer to the cry of the prisoner and in reply to the threats of an enemy who hates righteousness. But we must not stop until we gain the victory. During the Watch of the Lord on Friday, July 18, the Spirit of the Lord spoke to us and said, "Make up a wall. Stand in the gap before Me for the land." With renewed vigor of faith and purpose of heart to press through to victory in a battle begun by the Lord against the ruthless spirit of antichrist arisen against the innocent of our nation and the world we initiated 71 days of fasting prayer in Troop Watch. Within 72 hours of initiating that call the henchmen sons of one of the world's antichrists were delivered up.

A Call to Prayer

We must keep striking. We are inviting Christians everywhere to rally fresh prayers behind and before U.S. and coalition deployed military fronts. Join with us in vigilant prayer. Make up a wall of prayer to protect the lives of our sons and daughters standing in the gap for justice in Afghanistan and Iraq. Call upon the Lord to loose His angels in greater numbers for protection from the enemy and for the devices to snare the rebels being sought, Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden in particular. You will find extensive prayers from scripture on our web site to help you. You may write or call our office if you would like your name added to the calendar as you take the stance of an intercessor through the end of September to see God's will be done on earth as He has established it in heaven.

"Stand therefore having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness...take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance...." Ephesians 6:14-18


from Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda
Mahesh Chavda Ministries International
info@watchofthelord.com
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