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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