The Song of the Watchman Encounter – 07-12-25
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I see a tower up ahead of me, and I look inside. It was made of stone and was round like the others I have been in, but this single tower was empty. There were no curtains in the windows, and no one occupying the benches there. It was such a lonely looking place. It hadn’t been used for a very, very long time.
I heard the Father saying again, “Sing the Song of the Watchman Sue.” I said, “What is the song, Father? I don’t’ know the song.” He said, Sure you do, for it lies within you.”
So, I climbed to the top of the tower and looked out over the landscape. Everything was hushed and still as if the land was holding its breath. I closed my eyes to listen, and I felt a gentle wind begin to blow.
I called to the winds and sang this song:
The Song of the Watchman:
“Arise O Watchmen and awaken the new dawn
Hearts a trembling and faithfully singing your songs
Let the lands awaken to the sound of the ones
Rising with the mornings, rising with the Son”
“Watchmen, Watchmen, what of the long night?
Light your lamps quickly and climb your holy stairs
Workers of righteousness with lamps fully aflame
Sing the dreams and the visions that heaven brings”
“Sleep no longer, the day is already far, far spent
Motionless, the towers await you. Watchers come forth!
The winds have shifted, and now the burdens are to be lifted
Cities falling on their knees to the One who truly hears and sees”
“Awake! Arise! Let the Standard bearers move forth
Armored sentries mounting the high walls in the North
Hearken to the burdened cries, Bear the breastplates wise!
Throughout the day, all through the night, with victory in sight”
Scriptures:
Psalms 119:147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word. 148 My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. 149 Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.
Isaiah 21:8 And [the watchman] cried like a lion, O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my station every night.
Isaiah 21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Isaiah 52:8 Hark, your watchmen lift up their voices; together they sing for joy; for they shall see eye to eye the return of the Lord to Zion. 9 Break forth joyously, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem! 10 The Lord has made bare His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whose direction the redemption of Israel from captivity is accomplished], and all the ends of the earth shall witness the salvation of our God.
*** May we each hear the Masters Call and stand faithfully upon the vacant walls!
- Susan G O’Marra
- 07-12-25
