The New Testament gives us a clear picture of Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Father ever making intercession for us. Jesus is our Intercessor and as such He has called us to be intercessors as well. What does that mean? What is an intercessor? What is intercession?
Ezekiel 22:30 is the verse we most commonly refer to when talking about intercession, it says “So I sought a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.” Intercession begins with God. It is not man trying to move God, it is God seeking out men that would stand with Him, for Him and between Him and those that are under His wrath. Intercession is all about the love of God. It is God’s love that seeks out those that will intercede, it is God’s love that births intercession in our hearts and it requires God’s love to be able to hear, listen and proclaim according to the leading of God rather than the desires of men.
I pray today that we will all take up the invitation from God to be those that build a wall and stand in the gap, that we would all love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength and then love our neighbors as ourselves, that we would make our prayers, our petitions, our actions for and about the love of God. I pray that we would all choose intercession, choose the ministry of reconciliation and choose the heart of God toward the world. May the love of God move us to prayer, to fasting, to declaring and to obedience. May we choose to be partners with God in intercession so that we can become the laborers for the harvest that is ripe and ready to be reaped.