Life Down Under

The Nightwatch

I have less than 10 minutes to go before my self-imposed 11pm bedtime....so this will be a short post. :-)

I've just been emailing this evening one of my dear friends who did (and still does) the nightwatch at IHOP-KC. We actually did the nightwatch together waaay back in the day....which seems like a lifetime ago now. As I was emailing her, I remembered a verse that was so real to our small nightwatch community back then: Psalm 143, " Behold, bless the Lord, All you servants of the Lord, Who by night stand in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the Lord. The Lord who made heaven and earth Bless you from Zion!" Oh, the unique blessing that is promised to those who stand by night in His house!

Thinking of this made me reflect on my own nightwatch days - those months in which so many memories were created; when so much of who I am today was formed on the inside of me. It also reminded me how highly I esteem those who are still laboring in intercession through the night in Kansas City. And it also made me long for the day when the nightwatch is birthed here in New Zealand. Blessed is the city who has worshippers and intercessors crying out before the Throne even through the night. And I'm unashamedly jealous to see that here someday.

So....if there are any nightwatchers out there who are reading this, thank you for your labors. And may the Lord bless you from Zion!