Life Down Under

The ministry of intercession

I thoroughly enjoyed my morning in the prayer room. Most days, I find intercession prayer meetings to be work, and I leave tired and feeling drained. Today, however, was one of those prayer meetings that left my spirit feeling alive and invigorated and in love. It's a wonderful thing to leave a prayer meeting feeling like that. During the prayer meeting, I was struck with the glory of the ministry of intercession. We get to stand in a room with a company of people, and say back to God what He tells us to say to Him, and somehow He moves, angels and demons shift, and things happen on the earth. It really is glorious that we serve a God who has chosen to not act in a vacuum, but to move and act in partnership with His people. Maybe, just maybe, today there was a young woman in our city who decided against having an abortion and a tiny baby will have the opportunity to live. Maybe today there was a believer in our city who was given an extra measure of strength and might in their spirit. Maybe today, somewhere in our city, there was a little boy or girl who was saved from the evil of child abuse. Oh, the priviledge and honor to lift our voice on behalf of those who have no voice and cry out for mercy. I gotta say, I love what we get to do.