“So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with
him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.” (Daniel
9:3)
Many times we forget that God has a purpose for
the unsaved of this world and is looking to us to be their intercessor. When we bring the needs of others to
God in prayer, we interact in partnership with His heart.
In Daniel 9 we can see that Daniel was
concerned for God’s people in captivity and sought to know what God would do
with them. When he discovered in the
Scriptures why his people were in captivity he began to intercede for them,
confessing the sins of the nation and agreeing with God regarding them. Then he pleaded with God for mercy and
deliverance for them. We can see in
Daniel 9:23 and 10:12 that on the very first day Daniel began interceding, God
sent a messenger who had been withstood for twenty-one days until there was
finally a breakthrough.
God delivered His people in part because Daniel
interceded for them. We need to hear
from God for all the unsaved people of the world and intercede for God’s will
to be done for them. We need to insist
in effective, fervent prayer until there’s a breakthrough.
God’s hand is moved, His angels are sent, and
His provision is granted in response to our prayers. Do you make time to get away and hear from
God for your people and to intercede for them? There is nothing like time alone with God to
hear what He wants for His people.
Make it a part of your busy schedule to spend
quality time with God.
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