MONDAY OCTOBER 7
“On
behalf of a man he pleads with God.” Job
16:21 NIV
THE
MINISTRY OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER
The bible says: “So Joshua fought the Amalekites…and
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his
hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites
were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired…Aaron and Hur held his hands up…So
Joshua overcame the Amalekite army” (Ex 17:10-13 NIV). This story illustrates
the power of intercessory prayer. Far from the crowd, but seen by the eye of
God, are men and women who “hold up the hands” of ministries in prayer. And God
is looking for more of them. Charles Finney wrote, “Mr. Clary continued as long
as I did, and he did not leave until I had left. He never appeared in public,
but he gave himself wholly to prayer.” Finney may have impacted nations, but he
didn’t do it alone. Job writes, “My intercessor is my friend…on behalf of a man
he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend” (Job 16:20-21 NIV). The
ministry of intercessory prayer is: (1) a ministry of identification in which you stand with others; (2) a ministry of sacrifice that calls you away from the
pleasures and comforts of life; (3) a ministry of authority, for your prayers move the hand of God on behalf of
others. Today the God who said, “I sought for a man among them, that should…stand
in the gap before me for the land” (Eze 22:30) is looking for intercessors. You
can be one of them!
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional.
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