Intercession

Do you ever have those days that you just want to escape
everything around you? Today’s one
of those days for me. I woke up
with an unbearable weight on my emotions and my spirit this morning, which is
kind of odd because I went to bed feeling just fine. I’ve spent the majority of this morning trying to make sense
of all of it.

 

Why do you think that this is? One of the things I’ve been asking the Lord about in the
last few days is what the relationship between intercession and worship
is. Maybe the weightiness I’m
feeling today has to do with that.
I guess we just have to be careful about what we ask the Lord for… He
might actually deliver on it.

 

I’ll be the first to admit that I know virtually nothing
about intercession. It’s all a
gigantic puzzle to me. I’ve heard
stories of people with an intercessor’s heart that wake up in the middle of the
night just feeling pressed to pray for a certain person or for a certain
thing. I’ve heard stories of
intercessors feeling the pains and emotions of those that they’re praying
for. But I really don’t understand
it.

 

Again, I asked the Lord to teach me through this just a few
days ago. Last night I spent some
time before bed praying for others and asking God to just give me a glimpse
into a lifestyle of prayer. Right
now I have friends scattered all over the globe doing ministry and I feel the
burden to pray for them… and pray for them regularly.

 

And another characteristic I’ve seen in intercessors is that
they have hearts that move! I mean their hearts truly break for the
things of God. It’s something I
want to grow in and work on myself.
Perhaps I have to encounter and receive the Father’s heart for others
before I can move into intercession… and even an understanding of intercession
and what worship has to do with it.

 

It’s a processing blog today. Sorry ‘bout that.
Maybe one of you reading this has some insight. Help a brother out…