Real Intercession

When someone hurts us, our natural human reaction is to strike back, to ask God to knock them out.  However, that is not God’s way.

I realised that one time when family of mine were abducted and assaulted.  I was praying about the situation and puzzling over it.  “Lord,” I began to ask, “why did You let that happen?  Why did You not just knock that crook 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 eyes, 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 and friends, but for others 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 stubborn as he may be, he may well have a grandmother somewhere who is praying for him to be saved.  Stop and remember that God loved him enough to die for him, that He is longing to pardon him, not punish him.

Then you can begin to pray for him instead of against him, uniting yourself with his grandmother (or anyone 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 is real intercession and it throws the forces of darkness into total confusion.  They have absolutely no defence against it.

“And He saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor [no one to intervene on behalf of truth and right]; therefore, His own arm brought Him victory, and His own righteousness [having the Spirit without measure] sustained Him.”  Isaiah 59:16 (AMPC)

The Lord is looking for people who are bold enough, committed enough to do that.  Dare to be one of them.  When you are tempted to knock someone out, dare to change his life instead.

“Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus.  I surrender my family to you, yet I know You want what is best for all Your creation.  Help me to realise that Your goodness and mercy extend to ALL whom You love.  We lift up every person, good and bad, saved, and unsaved, and ask that You have Your will and Your way in their lives.  Thank you for the opportunity to be able to lift them up to You, and for the blessing of being able to serve and sow into Your kingdom.  Amen.”

God’s Richest Love and Blessings be your portion in Jesus’ Name.

André and Nicole Binneman

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