Truthfully? I suck at intercession. (I hope that was okay to say.)
“And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.” Isaiah 59:16
The Hebrew word here for here intercessor is “paga.” Literally to reach for, meet up with someone…or to go to the edge of a boundary. It all means to run after and even fall upon someone. Think tackle. A hot pursuit to grab hold of.
These terms help me. They excite me, even. Our God…desires for us to ask our petitions by…pursuing Him…tackling Him…and run into the boundaries of the throne room itself. I don’t think this means intercession is hard or difficult…it is more like an invitation to join Jesus in His adventure. To blaze a path through hell for what is urgently on our hearts.
In the power of His presence…intercession for our loved ones, for circumstances…for nations…isn’t impossible…it is His invitation to go deeper.
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