Isaiah 21:11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Every burden has a voice. it is the voice of that burden that cries and communicates to you the pressing challenge of heaven over the land. If you hear nothing nor see anything in the area God has domiciled you it might be a clear indication that you are not a custodian of the territorial burden.
Here we see a burden of dumah. Please note that Dumah here is another word for edom which is a city that originated from the house of Esau. So it means every territory has a burden over it. And it is from the voice of the burden that heaven communicates to every of his Watchman. The voice was crying from seir. Seir is one of the prominent mountains of dumah. If you are not on the mountain, which symbolises your watchtower, how can you hear the voice???
Many watchtowers have been vacated and cold. Men who watched these territories are no more on their duty posts. The voice of the burdens of these towers are screaming out loud day in, day out and it echoes into the empty darkness!!!
Watchman, WHAT OF THE NIGHT!!!!
There is a crucial time that heaven is more particular about in our territorial engagement, it is the Night!!! It is easy to watch by day. It is easy to be busy when men have nothing to lose, when no sacrifice is required. It is easy to feast your eyes on the goings on and not be at any form of unease. But it is in the night that darkness thrives. The kingdom of darkness will propagate evil when men are in the deep of the night. Jesus said it was while men slept that the enemy planted the tares.
The Night is the true calling of the Watchman. When comfort comes beckoning, when it's not convenient to keep watch. When no one can actually check your diligence, when you are exposed and left alone. When all you see is darkness and nothingness, when the sound you hear is dead silence and the howls of owls and jackals. That is the time heaven wants watchman to stand guard.
There is a voice crying out over our land. The burden of this voice has not been engaged for kingdom benefits, rather it has depleted our numbers. And strong men has slept. Where are the men who held consistent watches and by their cry the gates of the city were opened and sustained? Functionaries who operated in these towers before now has cast of restraint and even though the voice of the burden over these lands are crying, no man has responded. Many have slept!
Africa has a burden, Nigeria has a burden, Imo state has a burden, Owerri has a burden, your village and family enclave has a burden. How much of the voice of this burden have you heard??? How long will the angel of your territory cry and wait or should heaven look for another?
As a Watchman, your voice is the authority over the territory. Do you notice how easy it is you glide in prayer and touch heaven when the heavens over your area are opened, but when your duty post is left vacant, the same heaven now seems like sealed brass. The day you stop crying that day the lampstand over that land dims and fades. Angelic presence are weakened, darkness runs riot and demonic marauders are free to unleash hell and treachery in that enclave. Have noticed a rise in unrighteousness in the land? Has the minions of darkness gained the boldness and advantage over our grounds, has authority in decision making been removed? Who are the enforcers Manning the gates now???....Check oh Watchman!!! Your post is vacant!!! Check to see how your strength has been marginalised by comfort, food, carnality and carelessness....The Angel still cries...Watchman what of the Night???
"And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
(2 Samuel 11:11)
But thank God that this watchman was alert on his post....he answered!
"The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come." (Isaiah 21:12)
Despite the think darkness and stretch of empty hopelessness that existed, the watchman's frequency was top-notch. He said....THE MORNING COMES!!!
A true watchman will see into the night to extract the strands of the prophecy hanging over the territory. It is the heralding of the morning. Where darkness gives way for the glorious dawning of a new day.
YOU ARE GOD'S WATCHMAN!!!
"Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me." (Ezekiel 3:17)
Dust yourself, recover thy strength and Stand your guard. The morning comes over this nation, over Nigeria, over our families and over our children.
I charge you with these words below....
"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation." (1 Thessalonians 5:5-8)
And the words of the song writer...
Christian! seek not yet repose,
Hear thy guardian angel say;
Thou art in the midst of foes;
Watch and pray.
Hear the victors who o’ercame;
Still they mark each warrior’s way;
All with one clear voice exclaim,
Watch and pray.
To ARMS OH WATCHMAN!!!
Grace & peace be multiplied to you in the place of prayers. Amen
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