Monday, April 6, 2009

Intense Intercession

-Meditation-
Job 36:26(NKJV)

"Behold God is great, and we do not know Him."

Intense intercession

So what is intense intercession? How do we intercede.... and how do we intercede intensely? How do we get to the place where intense intercession flows from our hearts, and our mouths? How can we get to the place of intense intercession.... all the time? Is our intercession meant to be intense all the time?? What is intercession?          And How are we going to do it?


So I was thinking about all of the above... and I was praying and talking to Jesus and listening. As I listened I just thought about those two words... INTENSE    and    INTERCESSION

I began to listen to Jesus, because I was, and still kinda am, having a quiet time, and I was just listening, and when I listen He is just speaking to me, and showing me so much stuff, which is another reason for me to listen more, and more. But as I was listening, He just spoke to my heart, and said 
'Intercession isn't just praying really hard, it is also being still before the LORD, and listening to the heartbeat of Jesus. And letting His LOVE engulf you, and out of that place your heart is radically awakened to intercession, and you are empowered by the LOVE of Jesus, by the flame in His eyes, to make your prayers as intense as the LORD's fire on Elijah's offering.'

Intense Intercession doesn't come, and isn't made by raising your voice at God, or pacing back and forth, or EVEN from our mountain-top experiencing, but rather it is from sitting in the presence of our Bridegroom, listening to His voice which is like the sound of many waters.

Intimacy is oneness with Jesus.
Being one with Jesus is a great joy! And sometimes, just as a bride, we bear His burden. We share our hearts with one another, and even though Jesus knows everything-because He searches our hearts- He wants us to come to Him, in our problems, and in our joy, and He wants us to come to the place that when we get hurt, we run to Him, and when we win a prize, we run to Him. And He so so SO wants, and desires to share His heart with us! What a trade!! He wants us to know the yearnings of His heart, and will gladly reveal Himself to us. Sometimes He makes it so that we actually get to prove our love to Him, by seeking, and searching for Him diligently, just so that we can have more of Him, and oh how that moves His heart!! 

When He shares His heart with us, we can better intercede, because we know what to agree with Him with intercession.

Whenever we intercede, God moves on our behalf. When we pray that His kingdom would come, and His will would be done, and that He would come back, He is hastened to let His kingdom come, and let His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, and He is even more persuaded to return to the earth. Now why is that important when He already said that He was going to already going to do those things?===>That is the whole point of prayer. It is simply because He wants us to partner with Him, and agree with Him, and REALLY TRULY share His heart, and REALLY TRULY be ONE with Him, and REALLY TRULY show Him that we want Him, and are fully on board with what He is doing.--there are many more reasons, so I want to encourage you to dig deep into His heart and see what those things are this is a very important subject.

When we touch God, God touches our hearts in the most extreme ways. He impacts us to the point of even a holy fear of  the LORD, and a trembling in His presence, which is a life-changing experience.

Intercession is a two-way deal, because it is built on Intimacy. We have to know His heart, and what is on His heart to agree, and to partner with Him in prayer about it.

When we get into His heart, and see, and know what is on His heart, we can pray more effectively.


This drives me to the point of being on my knees before Jesus, crying out for more. I am lost without intimacy with my Bridegroom. My heart within me, is just burning to know passions of His heart.

I feel like this journey, is about to get even more intense.


Kasey


P.S. 
Tomorrow I am going to be digging into this even more. We will hit on, How to partner with the holy heart of our God. Oh how we long to know You Jesus, please reveal to us our desires, and Your own desires. Help us to see things the way they truly are through the lens of Your WORD. In Jesus'-MIGHTY- Name.

Behold God is great and we do not know Him.-Job 36:26(NKJV)

1 comment:

mr. fleming said...

the LORD dropped this little "gem" into my heart during a prayer meeting last semester: "intercession is intimacy with Jesus." cool, huh? it's just what you are saying. He wants us to be with Him where He is. He wants us to partner with Him...in intercession. it's what HE'S doing. you rock, Kasey! keep going!!