We know that all things work together
for good to those who love God… —Romans 8:28
The circumstances of a saint’s life are
ordained of God. In the life of a saint there is no such thing as chance. God
by His providence brings you into circumstances that you can’t understand at
all, but the Spirit of God understands. God brings you to places, among people,
and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose through the
intercession of the Spirit in you. Never put yourself in front of your
circumstances and say, “I’m going to be my own providence here; I will watch
this closely, or protect myself from that.” All your circumstances are in the
hand of God, and therefore you don’t ever have to think they are unnatural or
unique. Your part in intercessory prayer is not to agonize over how to
intercede, but to use the everyday circumstances and people God puts around you
by His providence to bring them before His throne, and to allow the Spirit in
you the opportunity to intercede for them. In this way God is going to touch
the whole world with His saints.
Am I making the Holy Spirit’s work difficult
by being vague and unsure, or by trying to do His work for Him? I must do the
human side of intercession— utilizing the circumstances in which I find myself
and the people who surround me. I must keep my conscious life as a sacred place
for the Holy Spirit. Then as I lift different ones to God through prayer, the
Holy Spirit intercedes for them.
Your intercessions can never be mine, and my
intercessions can never be yours, “…but the Spirit Himself makes intercession”
in each of our lives (Romans 8:26). And without that intercession, the lives of
others would be left in poverty and in ruin.
No comments:
Post a Comment