and there isn't much you can do about it?
God catches me off guard so often with the things he breaks my heart over. The school ended two weeks ago so we are no longer using the big classroom on the first floor. The building manager has since rented it out to a Jewish group. From what I hear, this happens every year. And by Jewish group, I mean over 2,000 Jews that come to Davos every summer.
The other morning Adam was flipping though his Bible and a piece of paper fell out. It was a prayer request that neither he nor I had seen in five years. It was from a Jewish women who attended our home group when we lived in Florida. It was so simple and deep. She was asking for the strength to believe in Jesus even though she knew that to do so was breaking a commandment; to respect the wishes of ones parents.
Adam and I talked about how odd the timing was of this prayer request surfacing, what with the group using the classroom.
Yesterday I took some laundry down stairs and noticed that they left the door open as they were gathering. So naturally I looked in. Who wouldn't? It was quite a sight to see! I'm not sure how to describe it but there were banners all around the room with Hebrew writing and lots of men with giant hats. I got a bit excited, these are God's chosen people after all. I had a feeling like there was something very special about them and what they were doing.
Then it hit me, we're God's chosen too. What we're doing is equally as special.
Then it hit me again, they're God's chosen people who don't know Jesus. They know God's word better than any other people. They have every word memorized. Every word! Yet they completely miss it because they don't have the Holy Spirit to help them understand it. These people dedicate their lives to knowing God's word and living according to the Torah but they don't know Jesus. The sad and ironic part is that every word, every law, every feast points to Him.
It breaks my heart; this tree that I've been grafted into. This tree that doesn't know that it has living water to drink from. They've missed their Messiah who rode in on a colt rather than the king on a steed they were expecting.
We've been praying for them. It's amazing how genuine your prayers become when your heart is broken over something. These people, who have been set apart by God, who believe they are seeking Him out wholeheartedly, don't know the love and freedom from the Law that was purchased for them by their Messiah, our Messiah Jesus Christ.
Where ever that Jewish woman from our home group is, I hope that she is walking in the freedom and love of Jesus Christ.