Setting up the Watchtower of the Lord

UV 804/10,000 Watchtower of the Lord “It was also called Mizpah because he said, “ May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.” Genesis 31 v 49 The word “ Mizpah” means watchtower. We need to set up watchtowers for the Lord in different areas of our lives. Jacob and Laban had set up a Mizpah to have the Lord as a witness of the covenant of peace they had agreed upon between them. Similarly, we need to have a Mizpah over our important relationships, our families, our partners. We need to invite the Lord to watch over us and ours. We need to have spiritual prayer towers or watch towers where we beseech the Lord to lead, guide and protect us. When I was posted as Commissioner of Police of a city I was given this promise, “ Except the Lord watch over the city, the watchmen watch in vain.” When we pray and invite the Lord’s blessing upon whatever we do, we are entering into a covenant with the Lord, acknowledging that it is beyond our competence to watch over our lives. His eye will be upon us to guide us and keep us from evil and its consequences. The Lord also calls each of us to be a Mizpah or watchtower of prayer for our nations, cities, generation, families and people. When Jacob was terrified that Esau was advancing towards him with 400 men, the Lord reassured him that he was dwelling in a camp of angels of Mahanaim. The Lord will likewise deliver us of all our fears. Jacob celebrated his deliverance by setting up an altar at Bethel to El-Israel or the God of Israel. Similarly, when we apprehend a problem or threat, we need to set up a watchtower of prayer and when the threat has passed, we need to worship and thank the Lord at Bethel. Prateep V Philip