Intercession of the Holy Spirit
Scripture: Romans 8 v 26 - 27:
"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself
maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God."
The blessing of my life is to be an Intercessor called
and appointed by God and not by man. It is not an art learned in church or
promotion in a prayer group, it is rather unexplainable to those who are not of
the same calling.
Intercession seems to be unique to each person too. The
Welsh intercessor, Rees Howells, who passed away in 1955, defeated Hitler, in
World War 2, on his knees. He was one who obeyed the Holy Spirit moment by
moment throughout his life.
When he was shown a need, like the starving widows of
India, he would move out of his mother's house, into a bare room and allow
himself only the same daily handful of rice the starving widows lived on. Then
he could truly understand their plight and pray it through. He was standing in
the gap for them.
However, there are many situations we cannot duplicate
and only the Holy Spirit can manifest them. You can pray up to a point and then
you become aware of a different anointing. It is when the Holy Spirit takes
over. You sense Him but you cannot interfere. In my experience when He has
broken through a single high-pitched sound lasting a fraction of a second is
uttered. It is like His intercession is compressed into that one sound.
I have heard people groaning for hours in intercessory
prayer. I have not witnessed the Holy Spirit in it. When the Bible says His
groans cannot be uttered I have to agree. He is in deep communion with God at a
level we cannot aspire to but we see the results stretched out over a period of
time, even years, as the will of God unfolds.
When the Christians as a whole are stirred to pray, the
deeper needs are given to the Intercessors by the Holy Spirit, the deepest ones
are dealt with by Him. Intercessors are called by God because He has given them
enhanced revelation gifts to enable them to receive deep communication from Him
and the instructions on how to pray it through.
My intercession and ministry to Karen Ann (search
archives on my blog for "the Miracle of Karen Ann") took me to a new
level of standing in the gap for a helpless case. But it opened a door that
only God can close that enables me to communicate with unreachable people
through the Holy Spirit and via the Throne of God.
It enables the Lord to give the most bound people on the
planet a glimpse of the love God has even for them and through the groanings of
the Holy Spirit some are able to come out of the grossest sin to be born again
and become witnesses to their peers of the blessing of salvation.
Its important to let God be God and not try to do what
only He can do. Our clumsy efforts usually lead to delays in getting answers to
prayer but He is kind and loving enough not to press us too hard. Don't try to
be an intercessor unless God calls you and anoints you to intercede. You have
to be able to withstand all sorts of misunderstandings.
People think Intercessors are strange and sometimes we
appear to be but its always in obedience to the Lord and for Him to work out
some tricky situation. So trust the Lord to know His children and even if they
do peculiar things its for the benefit of others.
Prayer: Father God, thank You for the Holy Spirit and all
the unexplainable miracles He does to perform your will upon the Earth. We
appreciate His powers and the people He raises up into anointed ministries.
Increase our understanding to know Him better and show love to those who are
used of Him to bless others. In Jesus' name. Amen.