To the high places


Cusco and Machu Pichu have long been the spiritual capitol of the Andes. One morning I went up to pray and proclaim at a temple ruins. When I got there I met a man and I told him I was going to pray. He acted excited and braught me to one of his ¨hot spots¨ I supose. I began to pray and intercede for the land. I was imediately filled with the Holy Spirit. At the same time, the man began to chant around me and pray over me. I turned around and said, ¨I will pray for you¨. It was clear that he was a medicine man or witch doctor. I layed my hands on him and proclaimed the truth of Jesus´s diety. After a few minutes, and to my amazement he declared, ¨Jesus is the light of the world¨ .

We must realize the spirtual authority we possess simply as friends of Jesus and children of God. We must magnify God and proclaim the truth of His goodness. Then the words of Jesus will be fulfilled ¨when I am lifted up I will draw all men unto me¨. Our job is to lift up Jesus, (proclaim his death, resurection, holiness, goodness and loftyness ) His job is to draw men (and women and children) unto himself.

We took a train to Machu Pichu where I knew the Lord had somethin planned for us. After our day tour of the ¨lost city¨of machu pichu, we checked into our hotel. It was smack dab between a raging river(life) and a rail road track(provision). And the best part, there was a jail right across the street. I wanted to get in that jail!

Later, as I was talking to a worker about hiking up a particular mountain he said ¨take off your watch or you will fall to your death¨ I told him that Jesus is Lord of all and more powerful than any other god or gods. He seemed suprised and said ¨You are christian¨ As the Lord would have it, the following night I was preaching in a local church. The believers there were encouraged and the Lord released many powerful prophetic words. The local jail was empty at the time.

When we arived back in Cusco, we found a connection to a local orphanage. It had 25 wonderful boys. We were able to share with them how much God loves and protects them, and how he has a plan for their lives. We gave them each a soccer ball and some candy. It was complete mayhem with 25 boys and 25 balls! Our boys loved it and Spencer didn´t want to leave because of his new ¨friends¨

There are many spiritual mystic pilgramages to Peru because of what they call ¨the energy here¨. I asked several tour guides, what do they do with the ¨energy¨? Do they visit the poor? Do they pray for the sick? Do they encourage the downcast? Do they visit the orphans? Do they declare eternal life in Heaven? No! It is the same gi´me, gi´me, gi´me mindset that has plagued humanity, and even religion, from the beginning. We all need to think less of ourselves and think more of others. God gives us talents, money and influence not for our benifit, but for others (which eventually leads to His Glory). It is a true statement that the more you give, the more you recieve. Instead of keeping everything God gives for ourselves, lets give more of it away. Giving is the key to recieving.

Our last day in Cusco was awesome. We went strolled around town and ended up at a big childrens playground. It was quite evident that most peruvians have never seen a family of 6 from America. They are a warm, friendly people and as soon as we would start talking to someone, a dozen or so people would gather around.

Later, we went to the plaza to enjoy the afternoon sun. A young man came up to us to sell his artwork. I told him I wasn´t interested in buying paintings but I was intersted in where he was going to spend eternity. I realized he was a young con man, not an artist at all. He knew I knew he was lying to us and seemed quite shocked when we invited him to have pizza with us. (sidenote: If you have never seen Les Mesarables, the movie, rent it, better yet, buy it!) As we ate dinner with the young man, the sweet Holy Spirit took over. The man had never known that God loved him nor that he could have forgiveness instead of guilt for his sins. He pleaded with us to go and pray for his family, but God had something else planned that night for Jennie.......