After approximately 24 hours after we left Changing Lives, we arrived in Tel Aviv/Jaffa for our first night. It is a beautiful and modern city, especially at night. We toured part of the city of Jaffa (biblical Joppa) in the early evening, noticing the flat roof construction of the houses.
The city of Joppa seems to have a disturbing pattern when it comes to spiritual response. When the lord told Jonah to go preach to the Assyrian city of Nineveh, he said, "No" and ran the other direction. He went to Joppa, boarded a ship and headed for Tarshish. . instead of Nineveh.
Fast Forward
Peter is on one of the flat roofs of the city at the home of Simon the tanner, again in Joppa. About noon, Peter goes up on the roof to pray. He saw heaven opened and a great sheet with all kinds of unclean animals. A voice said, "Arise Peter, kill and eat." And Peter, just like Jonah said, "no." Three times this was repeated and each time a voice responded, "What God has made clean, you must not call common."
May we be quick to hear and obey the voice of God. May we recognize that there is no distinction any longer between Jew or Gentile, and may our attitde be, "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening." When we hear, may our response be, "Yes!"
Enjoying the journey,
David
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