Rhapsody Of Realities 18 September 2024 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (Christ Embassy): Intercession Is For Others
TOPIC: Intercession Is For Others ( Rhapsody of Realities 18 September 2024)
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them (Hebrews 7:25).
Intercession involves standing in the gap between two parties or more. It’s about pleading a case on behalf of someone else, often without their awareness of their predicament or their need for help. For instance, when you intercede for someone who isn’t born again, they may not be conscious of their spiritual state or their need for salvation.
In such cases, you’re presenting reasons to God on their behalf. You’re bringing their ignorance and lack of understanding about their spiritual standing before the Lord. Consider how God described the Ninevites to Jonah—they didn’t know right from wrong. But God sent Jonah to them to preach and get them to repent from their wickedness.
Remarkably, the Ninevites, from the king to the common people, took Jonah’s message to heart and repented sincerely, fasting and wearing sackcloth as a sign of mourning and penitence. Their collective repentance moved God. In Jonah 4:11 (NIV), after sparing Nineveh, God explained His compassion to Jonah: “And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
Similarly, when we pray for sinners, we’re telling God that they don’t understand their situation and their need for salvation. We acknowledge that they deserve God’s judgment due to sin, but we plead our case on Jesus’ sacrifice for them. We’re not persuading God to save them because salvation is already available through Jesus. Instead, we’re asking that the Lord will arrange circumstances that will lead them to accept this salvation.
This type of intercession extends beyond the lost to those who, even though are already Christians, may still be ignorant or struggling with their faith. It’s about selflessly praying for others; advocating for them in prayer before God, whether they are aware of their need or not.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I pray for those in my world who are yet to receive salvation, that their eyes and hearts be open to receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I pray that you’ll orchestrate circumstances, situations, materials, and people that’ll cause the radiant light of your glorious Gospel to shine brightly in their hearts, dispelling darkness, and ushering them into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
1 Timothy 2:1-4: I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Romans 8:26-27 NIV – In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Colossians 4:3 NIV – And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Galatians 3:15-25 & Songs of Solomon 6-8
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Timothy 4:1-8 & Jeremiah 36
Remember to share with all your friends and loved ones today. Thank you and God bless you richly.
Rhapsody of Realities 2024 Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.
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