Wednesday May 08th, 2024
« Who will condemn us? No one! Christ has died for us, and more importantly, He was brought back to life. Christ has the highest position in heaven. Christ also intercedes for us »
1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.
3 This is good and pleases God our Savior,
4 Who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.
5 For, there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.
6 He gave His life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.
7 And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I’m not exaggerating—just telling the truth.
8 In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.
We would continue with the discussion we started yesterday on the benefits of intercessions.
In our Bible reading today, we are exhorted expressly to engage in intercessions for all men and specifically for our leaders.
In this text we see some important benefits of interceding for our leaders.
- The Bible says our intercession for our leaders will cause us to lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty.
This is very important because living under an ungodly leader will promote corruption, as well as a departure from the faith. The Bible says in Proverbs 29:2 NJKV
« When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan »
In order not to mourn therefore, we must intercede for our leaders-spiritual, political and so on.
Believers must therefore not join the world in cursing our leaders but rather pray for them so we can lead a peaceful and godly life.
- Intercession can also bring about a positive transformation in the life of the intercessor.
In Job 42:10 we see that the Lord turned around the captivity of Job after he prayed for his friends.
We should also note that Job prayed for his friends while he was still in distress and under intense attack from the enemy.
This tells us that God expects us to engage in intercession irrespective of the situation we may be faced with and He will reward our labor of love.
- Another benefit of intercession is revealed in the effect it has on unbelievers.
When we intercede for sinners that they may be saved, our society will be safe for us to live in.
As a matter of fact, law enforcement agents may eventually go on holidays when people are converted from criminal tendencies as a result of our intercession.
In addition, our intercessory efforts would complement the work of our Great Intercessor – Jesus Christ, who is presently at the right hand of God, interceding for us.
As followers of Christ, we must emulate Him and commit to a lifestyle of interceding for all men.
Application – Put up an intercessory program for some specific people who need divine intervention in your locality.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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