It is Christ . . . who also makes intercession for us. . . . the Spirit
. . . makes intercession for the saints . . . —Romans 8:34, 27
Do we need any more arguments than these to become
intercessors-that Christ “always lives to make intercession” (Hebrews 7:25),
and that the Holy Spirit “makes intercession for the saints”? Are we living in
such a relationship with others that we do the work of intercession as a result
of being the children of God who are taught by His Spirit? We should take a
look at our current circumstances. Do crises which affect us or others in our
home, business, country, or elsewhere, seem to be crushing in on us? Are we
being pushed out of the presence of God and left with no time for worship? If
so, we must put a stop to such distractions and get into such a living
relationship with God that our relationship with others is maintained through
the work of intercession, where God works His miracles.
Beware of getting ahead of God by your very desire to do His
will. We run ahead of Him in a thousand and one activities, becoming so
burdened with people and problems that we don’t worship God, and we fail to
intercede. If a burden and its resulting pressure come upon us while we are not
in an attitude of worship, it will only produce a hardness toward God and
despair in our own souls. God continually introduces us to people in whom we
have no interest, and unless we are worshiping God the natural tendency is to
be heartless toward them. We give them a quick verse of Scripture, like jabbing
them with a spear, or leave them with a hurried, uncaring word of counsel
before we go. A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.
Are our lives in the proper place so that we may participate in
the intercession of our Lord and the Holy Spirit?
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