Tapping into the wells of God cannot be done by man's strength, it is an utter letting go of self and giving in to the Spirit's guidance of decision. Simply opening up and allowing sweet Jesus to have all. The joy of partnership is found in the pain of bearing griefs together. For there is a time to laugh and a time to cry, a time to mourn and a time to dance. It's about sensitivity to the One in relationship with.
The mind can comprehend pain, suffering, evil and darkness. The heart, however, never willfully chooses to give in to such sorrow. Especially when the pain addressed isn't for a loved one or even someone in your city, but halfway around the world; a complete stranger.
There you are pleading with God. Standing in the gap between wrath and love, demanding mercy. Asking for light. Crying out for justice, true justice. Not just money or a helping hand, but a real way out of hell on earth and in the age to come. Jesus is justice. Salvation is the only true freedom, no matter how free one may get from physical chains, beatings, bondage and oppression. It's a matter of the heart.
Still, it's good and right to stand in the gap and plead someone's case before God even if you aren't necessarily "feeling" it. Demons move and angels win, light breaks in. But had you never taken a stand time and time again there wouldn't be a chance to weep with the Lamb of heaven over injustice.
Months and months have gone by and I hadn't felt deep intercession, I hadn't been moved by the heartbeat of heaven. Pressing through the mundane in genuine, sincere intercession finally my heart moved. Finally tears dropped. Finally emotions pushed through the block of my busy mind. The months of standing on truth were well worth the fifteen minutes of bearing the burden of the Lord for His heart for children in Mumbai, India trapped in human trafficking.
No, I didn't see immediate breakthrough. But history with the Lord happened. Partnership with His heart occurred.
I want to encourage every weary intercessor to keep pushing through. Continue praying, asking the Spirit to give you the gift of intercession, to teach you how to pray, to feel how God feels about injustice.
I heard the Lord say Isaiah 45:3, I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret place, that you may know that I, the Lord, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel.
To the darkness I declared, "you cannot have them, give them up!"
I saw this picture of a little girl; so innocent, so precious yet preyed upon by wicked men. Everytime "let there be light" was sung I would see this "rope" of children holding one another's hand. They were coming out of this deep, dark pit and into light by every chorus and every prayer, conveyed into the arms of Christ.
I then saw the prayers of the saints releasing light around individual children in their beds, in cages, behind bars. It's all by the name of Jesus. Every chain is broken by the blood of the Lamb.
The darkness must give up these treasures, they cannot have them. They are our sons, our daughters, our brother, our sisters.
Letting Jesus hold my heart makes me a lover. Jesus letting me hold His heart makes me an intercessor.
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