Janée Angel
Field Personnel in Antwerp, Belgium
Our daily engagement is with the Middle Eastern world inside the Belgian context. Our streets are filled with headscarves and the smells of fresh flat bread and spices. We see and feel the unrest throughout the region we serve and how that affects the city we live in. Our purposeful response to all that we see, hear and feel is prayer. Prayer changes things. It was wisely said that “prayer does not lead us to the greater work; prayer IS the greater work. Prayer is precious to the Father. In fact, it is one of the two things that scripture says that He collects—our prayers and our tears.
I love to pray the prayers that agree with the heart of God. So I pray scripture every day. Prayer is also a way to bless the people and bless the land. When we want God’s best for those around us, we are loving our neighbor with agape love. We are blessing them with the desire God has for each life.
Daniel was a man of prayer. In Daniel 9:17-19, it says, “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
Blessing
Because of the mercy of God, be blessed by His presence among us.
Be blessed by his heart for each people and each land.
Be blessed because we are His.
Be blessed because He hears and listens.
Be blessed with His favor because we bear His name.
We are blessed because in turbulent times, we can wait on God; the only One who can offer peace and calm
to the storms around us.
When our eyes cannot see the outcome that we desire, we are blessed because we can trust in the One who is working things out and will make all things new.
Pray. . .Give. . .Go.