Someone’s Praying…
For this reason… Ephesians 3:14-19 I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
It’s not that I don’t want to pray for people…
But…
There is NEVER enough time in the day for everything that needs doing! There are TOO MANY NEEDS to pray about! There are NO WORDS to guarantee the desired outcome! And finally, WHO AM I to decide what someone needs or doesn’t need?
Don’t get me wrong… I love my time in God’s Throne Room. I feel privileged to be given a seat at Jesus’ feet and I know that every person God brings into my “space of influence” is a gift I should treat with SPECIAL CARE.
But…
I am at a loss for words and confidence when I pray for requests I have been given to take and lay at heaven’s altar. Not that I shouldn’t stand in the gap with my fellow countrymen of this earthly travail… there are times that REQUIRE as many “army buddies” one can get to DO the TURTLE FORMATION (shields up and circle formed to protect from fiery arrows coming upon us). Ezekiel 22:30 “I searched for a man among them who would build up a wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land… but I found no one.”
Most times the need is to protect from our enemy but sometimes… maybe a lot of times… the need is to protect from ourselves – our plans and desires that put us in real danger of closing ourselves off from our REAL Protector – God, who does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance… 2 Peter 3:9.
Then there are those requests for prayer, where the person is not asking for standing in the gap WITH them, they are asking for you to stand IN PLACE OF them! Not necessarily alone if they have asked several people to pray, but definitely without them. Some think that their voice won’t be heard by God (judged by the answer they didn’t want), or some find it just to risky to ask, for fear they will not get what they need want.
Barring the compliment (??) that my warrior prayers are more apt to be heard and fulfilled, I HESITATE to stand before God with requests I SUSPECT should only be COMMUNICATED and ANSWERED between Father and Child (maybe even a “wrestling match” between the two now and then)!
Please note that I am NO WHERE NEAR the expert on prayer delegation. I’m just an amateur, who shakes in her boots with IMPORTANT requests and messages contained in the bag I pack for my visit to the throne Room.
So… in order to do the “job” WELL…
I CLAIM a favorite prayer of the apostle Paul… not for purposes of plagiarism in order to have the RIGHT WORDS… but I claim them because they are GOD”S WILL for His possession and therefore will NEVER RETURN VOID!
I bow my knees before the Father… if you are asking me to pray honey, THIS is WHO I RUN TO!
From whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name… He KNOWS your name and He’s GOT YOUR NUMBER (the very hairs on your head!)!
He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith… I don’t care who you are! THIS right here is EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER NEED!
That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, (P.S. you have to COME to the Throne Room often for this knowledge – NO SUBSTITUTION for class participation!) that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God… Talk about an answer to prayer! IF you know this… than YOU KNOW there is NOTHING… neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, or depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus… (Romans 8:38-39)
I think I have found the PERFECT PRAYER…
Oh, Lord God, our loving ABBA… grant that I, and my precious, precious gift you have given me (fill in any name with any request I have been asked to pray for) may be able to comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ. That both of us… along with ALL YOUR SAINTS… will be rooted and grounded in love. So that in all these things (needs/wants/whatever) we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. (Romans 8:39)
I’m soooo excited!!!!!!
I found the prayer that answers all my (and everyone’s) concerns, needs, wants, emergencies… I can go to the Throne Room now with joy instead of trepidation for those who I am partnering in prayer with!
My only question now is… Do I HAVE TO TELL THEM I may be changing the wording of their requests just a little?
Or… is all they need to know SOMEONE’S PRAYING…????
LET’S PRAY!
**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible