When God was ruling over the children of Israel through Samuel the prophet and judge, the people wanted a king other than God or Samuel to rule over them. When Samuel told the Lord that the people had rejected him, God said, “They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them” (I Sam 8:7).
Earlier, when the people had made gods for themselves, Moses had interceded for them and saved them from the wrath of God. Now when they asked for a king, Samuel realized how much God would be grieved. He bore the grief of God as his own. He pleaded with God asking Him to have mercy on them. Not all can pray like this; only those who understand the mind of God can.
In Isaiah 59:16 we read that God wondered that there was no intercessor. God still wonders that there is no intercessor. Some ministries are visible, while the ministry of intercession is a ministry done in the closet, seen only by the heavenly Father above.
The Holy Spirit is an intercessor. “The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom 8:26), and Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us (Heb 7:25). Should we not then share the burden of the Lord in unceasing intercession before His throne of grace? Is not God on the lookout for such intercessors?
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
Earlier, when the people had made gods for themselves, Moses had interceded for them and saved them from the wrath of God. Now when they asked for a king, Samuel realized how much God would be grieved. He bore the grief of God as his own. He pleaded with God asking Him to have mercy on them. Not all can pray like this; only those who understand the mind of God can.
In Isaiah 59:16 we read that God wondered that there was no intercessor. God still wonders that there is no intercessor. Some ministries are visible, while the ministry of intercession is a ministry done in the closet, seen only by the heavenly Father above.
The Holy Spirit is an intercessor. “The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom 8:26), and Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us (Heb 7:25). Should we not then share the burden of the Lord in unceasing intercession before His throne of grace? Is not God on the lookout for such intercessors?
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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