Mesilot in their hearts

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Psalm 84 has become a bit my life psalm. It talks about the beauty of being in God’s presence and how of how that affects our daily life. For me the second part of verse 5 (or 6, depending on your translation) speaks the most. It says Your ways are in their heart, or Whose heart is set on pilgrimage or In whose heart are the highways in different translations. In Hebrew the word Mesilot is used, which is translated to ways, pilgrimage or highways. The root of this word (salal) means to pave. The same root is used In Isaiah 57:14 and 62:10 when it says Heap it up! Heap it up! and Build up, Build up!. The idea of Salal is to build or heap up, to make the way higher, so that floods can’t pass over it. That is why it is called a HIGHway, because the way would literally be higher. In both verses in the book of Isaiah the context is about preparing a way. This reminds us also of Isaiah 40:3 Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight a highway in the desert for our God. This verse is repeated in the Gospels, when talking about John the Baptist, preparing the way for Messiah Yeshua to come.

My life is literally on the road, so I need and want to find my home in God, as is described in Psalm 84. But also the whole idea of preparing the way for Yeshua to come (in this case to come back) is very close to my heart. So, here I am, having Mesilot in my heart.

And yes, it is also time to literally go on the road again. After almost 3 months God calls me further. This is what my schedule for this time looked like at the end of February:

• 27 Apr - end of May Fountain of Tears, Arad, Israel

• 1 Jun - 20 Jun Fountain of Tears, Birkenau, Poland

  together with a friend from the Netherlands

• 21 Jun - 14 Jul Paray-le-Monial, at my sister's place, France

• 15 Jul - 18 Jul Now Generation TJCII meeting in Marseille, France

• 19 Jul - 3 Aug at the founders of Mission 4 Unity near Toulouse, France

• 4 Aug - end of Aug not yet planned, Portugal?

• End of Aug - sometime in October? Argentina

The time in Poland was cancelled fairly soon and it was decided that I would stay here in Israel at the Fountain of Tears until mid June. And then my flight to France was cancelled because of the war with Iran. And my trip to South America got postponed. And then all visas for people in Israel were extended until the end of September. So, with so many things changed I felt that I needed to put everything before the Lord and ask Him again what to do, how to continue. He spoke very clearly that I was to go to the TJCII Now Generation meeting in Marseille, France. So I am leaving this Wednesday to Cyprus, spend some days there with a friend and then continue to France.

Going to France I also thought it might be good to connect with people in France with a heart for Israel and for unity in the Body of Messiah and just see, what God is doing. And then Abba gave me a first open door: I am going to spend some days with some people that are just getting involved with TJCII in France. This will be right after the meeting in Marseille. At some point in summer I will still go to Toulouse to stay some time with the founders of Mission 4 Unity. From there I might also ‘hop’ for a few days to Spain. I have never been to Spain yet and in regard to the history of the Inquisition this is an important country… But in all from the 23st of July on I don’t have a clear plan yet. I have a lot of possibilities, ideas, connections to follow up on, but no idea what is for now and how. So, I am going with Mesilot in my heart, having God’s presence as my home and trying to follow His lead to prepare the highway for His coming!

I would love your prayers for this exciting and also scary walking in faith part of my journey: that God will guide me, provide for me and that my heart will rest in Him, trust in Him and be filled with His shalom. Thank you!