Syria and Israel regard each other as enemies. A state of war has existed between them for decades. And yet, patients began to be dropped at the patrolled border of Israel and Syria nine months ago seeking to be crossed into the Israeli medical facilities for medical attention. Casualties are left by guides on the Syrian side of the boundary fence and picked up by Israeli paramedics. The informal system of patient transfer has become so well-established that some patients have even arrived with letters of referral written by doctors in Syria for their Israeli counterparts. This has started relationships between Israeli medical staff and Syrian people who wish for peace between the two nations. The Israelis say they are treating everyone who needs treatment. That often means women and children but it is possible that among the young men who have been patched up, there may well be fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, or jihadist rebels who in other circumstances would attack Israeli targets if they could.
Pray for Israel’s protection as she continues to reach out to the otherwise hostile nations around when they are in crisis. Proverbs 3:27; 25:21-22.
Pray that the Almighty God will reward the kind actions of the medical personnel who have been selfless in their service to perceived enemies. Proverbs 19:17, Luke 6:35-36.
Scripture: Mark 10:38
Verse 38 says, “But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’” Do we know the price tag of what we ask? If we were to look at all the different things we have asked God to do in our life, what would be the price tag in order for us to walk in those requests? What is it going to require to walk in the last days where we are facing an antichrist spirit of immense proportions? Are we ready for the days that are unfolding on us? Are we ready for the days of the book of Revelation because they seem to be unfolding week by week.