Today – I was stopped dead in my tracks:
“What if we became people of intercession? Pleading before God for
the world, the community and each other.”
It’s too often that I forget the power of prayer.
Or maybe…I have never fully understood it –
because if I ever had…something tells me I would never stop praying.
What if we truly, whole-heartedly believed that prayers DO make a difference. That they really DO change things.
What if I believed that that teen who
struggles with drugs and was kicked out of his home, could change his ways with
just a simple request from me to God?
What if that abused woman could find the
strength to gather her children and run away if only one person cared to notice
her struggles and intercede at the Kings throne for her?
What if healing really could come to that
family suffering from the loss of a child if only their community would lay
hands on them and pray to the God of peace
for their comfort.
What if that nation could be delivered and
restored…
What if justice could be found…
What if war could cease and peace flourish…
When the Israelites became discouraged
because Moses had been gone for so long – Aaron took their gold and created an
idol in the shape of a calf for them to worship.
God’s anger burned against the people and He
threatened to destroy them.
But they had an intercessor
who saved their lives:
“But
Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your
anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power
and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that
he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the
face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring
disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to
whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as
the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised
them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” Then
the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had
threatened.”
- Exodus 32:11-14
What if we believed that when we spoke - God
would listen.
“The Lord is near to all who call on Him – To
all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He
hears their cry and saves them.” – Psalm 145:18,19
What if someone was praying for me…?
“In the
same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to
pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” –
Romans 8:26
“wordless groans…”
“…the
SPIRIT HIMSELF intercedes for us…”
“…through wordless groans…”
What if YOU were being prayed for with
“wordless groans”…?
What do you think would change in your life?
What sin would you overcome?
What win would you own?
What if we truly believed everything the Bible promises...would our lives look the same?
Why do we always choose to overlook how loved we are……
