Dr. D's Devotional
Title: Intercession
by Dennis Reschke
Intercession
Again I feel I must interrupt the teaching on Ps 23, and finances,
to pass on this timely word I received from another source. In this time
of national disaster, we as the Body of Christ, above all other people,
must show humility before Him by interceding for the lost and even our enemies.
We must overcome evil with good and not let the feelings of bitterness,
hatred, prejudice, and fear cloud our judgment and choke the Word in us.
God would have all to be saved, even our enemies.
Real Intercession
"And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that
there was no intercessor." (Isa 59:16)
When somebody hurts us, our natural human reaction is to strike back...to
ask God to clobber them. But that's not God's way.
I realized that one time when some relatives of mine got robbed. I was praying
about the situation and puzzling over it. "Lord," I began to ask, "why did
You let that happen? Why didn't You just knock that thief over the head
when he tried to do that?"
Suddenly, God enabled me to back up from that situation and look at it with
spiritual, instead of just purely natural eyes.
When I did that, I knew the answer to my question almost as quickly as I
had asked it. It was because of His mercy. God has great, great mercy. Not
just for me and my family but for theirs too.
Think about that next time someone does you wrong. Instead of asking God
to knock that person in the head, like I did, consider the fact that--as
ornery as he may be--he may well have a grandmother somewhere who's praying
for him to be saved. Stop and remember that God loved him enough to die
for him, that He's longing to pardon--not punish him.
Then you can begin to pray for him instead of against him, uniting yourself
with his grandmother (or anybody else who happens to be praying for him).
You can go to the Lord for mercy for him and you can go up against the devil
on his behalf. That's real intercession and it throws the forces of darkness
into total confusion. They have absolutely no defense against it.
The Lord is looking for people who are bold enough, committed enough to
do that. Dare to be one of them. When you're tempted to clobber somebody,
dare to change his life instead.
Luke 6:27-36
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