When I pray for Israel, I pray also for Israel’s enemies. It’s not easy, especially when you hear about the vile and evil hatred perpetrated against them by the Hamas. Hatred runs deeper than anyone can imagine.
What I love about God is that just when you think there is nothing you can pray that will change the hearts of the enemies of the Apple of His Eye, He manifests His sovereignty and power. Miracles are an everyday thing for Him.
Mosab Hassan Yousef is a young man of 30 years. He was born and raised under the teachings of radical Islam in Ramallah. By his own testimony with Fox News, he tells of his hatred of Jews and Christians. He is candid about his involvement with Islam under the teachings of his father, a political Hamas leader. He is forthcoming about the violence her perpetrated against Jews, both as a child, and as a young man – serving as president of a radical Islamic youth movement.
During his interview, Yousef spoke candidly about time he served at Megiddo prison in Israel, one among many Hamas leaders. In short time he began to see the evil of Hamas and radical Islam. He tells of a walk he took through the streets of Jerusalem one day when he was released. He was invited by a Christian to attend a Bible study; he did just that. Almost immediately, he began to study the Koran and the Holy Bible at the same time and found countless contradictions in the Koran but there was one verse in the Bible that mobilized his need to understand more about Jesus and that verse was, “love your enemies.” During one of six interviews with Fox, Mosab Hassan said, “I had never heard this before . . . nobody ever taught me this.”
The State of Israel is the only nation I have ever heard of who lets their enemies know that they plan to defend themselves if violent, aggressive acts continue against them and calls in advance to let them know. God has taught this to His Chosen Treasure how to love and written it on the tablets of their hearts. If I have learned anything from Israel, from the Jewish people, it is this: it is possible to love your enemies.
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” Matt. 5:44.
