In corporate worship yesterday, I noticed a sweet young black man on his face near the altar. I knew nothing of why he was there. The Lord gave me something for Him but said “Until you feel his ache, you have no right to speak”. He instructed me to go behind the young man and bow with my face to the ground and pray in the Spirit….until the tears flowed and my heart ached so deeply, my chest actually hurt physically. After, he saw me a few feet behind him and reached down to help me up at which point I sat him down and told him what happened.
Matthew 26:38-39 is such an example in this. Jesus takes His three trusted disciples Peter, James and John a little deeper into the Garden of Gethsemane. He asks them to watch WITH Him and goes deeper in falling to the ground overcome with grief for the hour He was about to face. When He returns to find the sleeping He asked “Couldn’t you keep watch WITH Me for one hour”? What was He asking them to really do here? To be WITH Him in His grief! In those moments, to feel the pain of His heart. Yahweh still asks us that today, just as He did me yesterday…Are you willing to “pray WITH Me”? Agree WITH Me? Feel My heart for My people? To grow in the area of intercession is not to learn a new method, or get better at the old ones. It is to grow deeper in relationship with our God through Jesus Christ and knowing Him intimately so that we are carriers of the presence of God on the earth. How can we carry His heart if we don’t allow ourselves the glorious pain of feeling His heart? Yesterday was a small taste of what this means for me and in the culture we live in today, I am sure the pain will only increase. But this is part of grace!! Paul reminds us in Romans 5:20 “Where sin abounds or increases, grace abounds or increases more”. For grace to abound and be extended to those in sin or pain, this will be a requirement; to feel God’s own heart so we can extend His heart, His love, His compassion and His grace to a lost and dying world. #MyGodisYahweh
Renee Hymel
Lover of God’s Word | Intercessor | Blogger #myGodisYahweh
Fav Scripture: Eph 6:10-11
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the enemy’s schemes”.