READ: Ezekiel 21,22; Psalms 133; Hebrews 7
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 22: 30 I
looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me
in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found
no one.
When we make intercessory prayers
for others, God listens to them. He is the God who answers our prayers. Starting
from Abraham’s prayer for Lot (Gen.18), we see many examples of intercessory
prayers in the Bible. In Exodus 32 and Psalms 106, we read about Moses’s prayer
for the Israelites when they sinned against God. He remembered God’s promises
to the patriarchs and pleaded for God’s mercies to save his people. Moses “stood
in the breach before” God and saved his people from destruction ( Ps.106:23).
God appalls when he finds no one to intervene and pray for others (Is.59:16,
63:5). Hebrews 7:26 says, Jesus, our great high priest, continually intercedes
for us. As followers of Christ, we are to stand in the gap for our nation and
people to save from destruction.
APPLICATION: When God
looks for someone who would stand before him in the gap and intercede for his/her
people, I will say, “Here am I.” I should not overlook ungodly ways and injustice
among my people. I must pray for them that they may find God’s salvation and find
rest in him. I should be faithful to God in proclaiming his word.
PRAYER: Father God,
thank you for listening to my prayers and answering them. Lord, I want to
intercede for my people in prayer. Lord, give me “the Spirit of grace and
supplication” (Zech.12:1) and help me to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions
with all kinds of prayers and requests” (Eph.6:18). Amen.
- Arputharaj Samuel
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