Merriam-Webster defines the noun “gift” as: “something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation”.
Normally, a gift comes from the heart from the one who has it to give. Every once in a while, and I’m sure it’s happened to all of us, we receive a gift that just – well – you know – the gesture was thoughtful and all, but eek! For the most part however, the gifts we are given are a reflection of the giver’s heart for us; the gift can be a tangible or intangible expression of their love for us. Some of these gifts turn out to be family heirlooms that are handed down from generation to generation and while the monetary value of the gift may or not be significant they hold an incalculable, intrinsic value that render them irreplaceable. These are the gifts that cannot and should never be re-gifted.
If you’ve been reading Unveiling Hope for any length of time, you know that there are some things that I am so passionate about I cannot keep my quiet about them. I’ve argued with myself back and forth for weeks about whether to post this. It’s burning inside me. I cannot hold it in any longer.
God promised, to His Chosen People, a land flowing with milk and honey to the descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Under the leadership of Moses, God brought back His people to a land He first gave to Abraham. This was His gift to His People. It belonged to Him and was His to give. Until 1948 most everyone but the Jews failed to recognized Israel as a state, or it’s right to be a state; sixty-one years later it seems little has changed – how tragic.
My heart has been burdened to pray for an impartation of wisdom for the Knesset. In the name of peace, as I too often read, the government continues to consider re-gifting God’s transfer to them. What makes me weep is the fact that Israel’s enemy does not really want their land – they want to be rid of Israel – the Jews – God’s Chosen. If every Jew in Israel moved into the least desired corner of the country and gave the rest up – in the name of peace – as God lives that would be the next parcel of land Israel’s enemies would want.
I pray O Lord, wisdom, courage, understanding, and revelation for the members of the Knesset. I pray for your Truth to be unveiled in the media. I pray for those who claim to be allied with Israel to stand up with a firm spine and not simply speak words of affirmation and encouragement, but to move with action and in prayer for Israel at an international level.
“But if I say ‘I will not mention him or speak anymore in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot,” Jeremiah 20:9 NIV.









