DAY 29 – PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD
Sunday, January 29th, 2012GOD IS INTERCESSOR
We have all prayed for someone else, at one point or another. That is called Intercession…i.e. pleading their cause before God.
If and when God answers our prayers to the benefit of that person, it is His Will. If He does the opposite, it is still the Will of God! His Will and His Ways are perfect, whether we like it or not. But we press on.
In the Old Testament, believers had to go to the synagogue and have the priests pray for them. Since Christ, we now have direct access to the Throne of Grace and can press into and pray ourselves.
Even so, Romans 8:26-27 says “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but theSpirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” (Emphasis mine).
Therefore, this is how it works: we immediately know in the Spirit man or woman, if our prayers are meeting with agreement with Holy Spirit! Trust me! We do! If a christian is walking the Spirit-filled life, she or he will be sensitive to Holy Spirit’s promptings and, if we are really fortunate, He allows us to have prophetic insight into whether the person you just prayed for will be healed or have a broken heart mended or whatever the issue is!
This is the dynamic power God gave us as He revealed in John 1:12! We pray in the Spirit, Who IS God and then transmits to Father God, in Jesus’ Name!
There is a stunning example of Jesus interceding for Simon Peter in Luke 22:31-32a “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” (Emphasis mine)
Here is God the Intercessor, in the Person of Jesus Christ! Notice Jesus did not pray for Satan to leave Peter alone! He prayed that Peter’s Faith does not fail! So what happened not too long after that? Well, Peter boasted about his loyalty to Christ…and then denied Him thrice with curses! So, friends, you and I must be careful about the things we do and say when engaging in spiritual warfare….which is what is actually happening, depending on the level of Intercession.
