Kicking it up a Notch...continued!

"Interesting" would prove to be an understatement. Sometimes I want to throw up (sorry) when people talk about 'Divine appointments'.  Not because I don't believe in them, but because the term is thrown around so much.  Well, the ENTIRE DAY was one long DIVINE APPOINTMENT!

Worship came to a close and three men walked to the front.  The pastor was on sabbatical, so deacons and others took turns filling in the pulpit.  Today the speaker happened to be a man named "Rob Kiff".  Before a word was spoken, deacons stood on either side of him, laid hands on him and prayed.


This man began to teach from the book of Jonah.  As it turns out, his key verse was
Jonah 2:8...
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs."

Once again Henry and looked at each other...this time completely astonished!  The Lord had been using that exact verse to help Henry release Sunrise Medical Campus! Pastor Kiff went on to talk about the importance of walking by faith, not by sight.  He told of a mechanism eagles have in their wings, which allows them to lock them during stormy weather.  He said:

"Whatever God is calling you to do, you lock your wings and soar!  And the ONE PLACE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE is on Mt. Nebo, where Moses was allowed to get a glimpse of the Promised Land, but was not allowed to enter because of his disobedience!"

At the conclusion of the service I thought to myself, "I'm never going to see this man again.  I'm going to ask him the million dollar question."  I approached him, introduced myself, and thanked him for his timely message.  Then I summoned all the courage I could muster:

"My husband thinks he hears God calling us to leave the United States. 
ARE WE CRAZY???"

 A somber shadow suddenly dimmed his countenance and he replied with a question:
"Do you know about Armenia???"

"No" I admitted, "I don't."

"Just prior to World War I, thousands of Christians and Jews heard the Lord warning them to leave their country.  Many heeded the warning, in fact quite a few ended up in the United States.  Many did not heed the warning however, and shortly afterward the Turks invaded, slaughtering over a million of them."

There was my answer.  I knew about Noah and the flood...I knew about Lot's rescue just before Sodom and Gomorrah were completely destroyed in God's judgment.  I had NOT been aware of this modern precedent however...that God has continued to speak, warning His people of imminent danger...

I now knew it was entirely possible that Henry
was hearing the Lord correctly. 
The implications of that were unfathomable.