God's Watchman

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***A QUICK NOTE OF THANKS. WHEN MOSES BUILT THE TABERNACLE (EXODUS 25) GOD TOLD HIM TO TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO GIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY ALL THAT WAS NEEDED. AS GOD MOVED ON PEOPLE'S HEARTS, THEY GAVE AND THE JOB WAS COMPLETED. GOD'S PEOPLE, SUPPORTING GOD'S WORK. THAT IS HOW GOD TOLD ME LIVEPRAYER WOULD BE FINANCED EACH MONTH, SO THAT WE COULD BRING THE HOPE AND LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST TO PEOPLE WORLDWIDE 24/7. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW PROUD MOSES WAS TO WATCH THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO GOD'S CALL. NO PROUDER THAN I AM EACH MONTH AS YOU PRAY AND SACRIFICIALLY GIVE TO SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO HERE AT LIVEPRAYER. THIS IS HOW GOD MEANT IT TO BE. THANK YOU FOR BEING OBEDIENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING FAITHFUL. MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE RICHLY BLESSED AS YOU FOLLOW HIM EACH DAY!

DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 2001
(Isaiah 62:6-9)

O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen on your walls who shall cry to God all day and all night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray, and give God no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes her respected and admired throughout the earth. The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem with all his integrity: "I will never again give you to your enemies; never again shall foreign soldiers come and take away your grain and wine. You raised it; you shall keep it, praising God. Within the Temple courts you yourselves shall drink the wine you pressed."

God's watchman. When I committed my heart and life to go into full-time ministry over 10 years ago, I accepted God's challenge to become one of His watchmen. In ancient days, the watchman was the person who occupied a tower overlooking the city and it's walls. It was his job to announce to the city when the enemy was preparing to attack. The majority of the Old Testament prophets felt as spiritual watchmen to the people, their warnings were for the most part ignored. They lamented the fact that the people never listened despite their prophetic insight and warnings from God.

I am sure many of today's spiritual leaders feel as those Old Testament prophets, as they sound the warning from God for people to turn from their sin and embrace God. That message of course is largely ignored. Early in my ministry, after feeling that same frustration, God showed me that it was not my job to "make people change." It was my job to share with them the fact that God loves them, that their is everlasting life through Jesus Christ, and that the answers they are seeking are found in Him. Period. I was to sound the alarm, blow the trumpet... that was my job. Only God can change a person's heart. That is a divine work we cannot accomplish.

Once I came to that realization, it was easier for me to focus on what my job was and to do it to the best of my ability. Soon after that, I got into producing programming for Christian television stations all over the country. Through that programming, I could do my job better by reaching more people, quicker. While I still do special services in churches which was all I did the first 3 years of my ministry, and while I still produce some programming for Christian television stations, my full focus and attention is now on our Internet ministry through Liveprayer.Com. God has shown me that I was to be a loud, and bold watchmen in this new medium that will ultimately be able to reach more people quicker than anything that has been known to man. My friend, I have tried to be a "watchmen" here on the Internet, and will continue to tell those on the Net that God is real, He is alive, and it is only through His son Jesus that we can enjoy a purposeful life here on earth and know God's free gift of everlasting life.

I love you and care about you SOOOOO much!!!! Let me encourage you today. Everyone that knows Christ as savior has been called to be God's watchman. Just remember, God has given you the job of sharing His love and message. That's it. The changes, the miracles, those will all come from God himself. You are His instrument to touch a person, He is the one that actually does the work.

Think about that today and take the pressure off yourself if the person you have been praying for isn't getting healed, or saved, or their marriage isn't restored. God is the one who will bring about the actual change! We are simply called to be faithful to share His message of hope and love in Jesus Christ.

Be one of God's watchmen in these last days!

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com.

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