It reminds me of how prayers work in my life, I do not have a list of people to pray for, yet I feel like a list is constantly being written for me, as people show up at my place or cross my path and I start asking them questions. Sometimes I dread the next minute or hour when somebody else will show up, yet I know that it is in this, my fear and acknowledge of inability, that the Spirit can work best. I ask questions and usually a plea is set before me. Then in my silence, as I go about my days, the plea is given up to the Father, I ask God to help them, to grant them what they need. The Father then asks me of things, or brings me trials, or tells me to give up something, it is an intercessory prayer, and the most difficult the plea, the most difficult the petition on my life. I find out that intercessory prayers are granted more than my own requests or pleas. I found out that unless my heart is moved Inwardly, unless I feel the compassion welling up in my heart for the person I am interceding, nothing really works, no matter how much time I am thinking about it or how much intensity i think with, or how many fasts I would do. It is the Spirit who makes it possible for my heart to soften, and to hear what is being asked, and to bring it to the Father, it is the Spirit who puts the pressure on top of me, to feel the hurt and the pain of the other human being, to move my whey out, my tears out, and my cheese a bit more dense. Oh, Father, that I would do your will in everything you want, that I would not loose any of the lambs you bring me.
As Christians we are called to forbear each other, to confess to each other. It is in confessing with a spirit of repentance that we can allow great changes to come into our natural lives. When we have that close communication with each other, and frequently, we can have the peace of the Spirit every night, we can be calm amidst the storm. When the repentance is true, the soul also moves, the heart is active and emotions roll down. It is such a comfort to have people ministering to us, who open their hearts and let us see through their souls, often when they speak, tears may appear, or the voice may break, as they expose their inmost feelings and help us to soften also our hearts. On the other hand, when we are hardened, we do not listen, and our speech is cold and logical, without warmth. We may be very knowledgeable and deep, but the depth is an illusion, and the teaching is like hard rock. Nothing to be swallowed, nothing to nurture. Oh, that we may always have our hearts softened by the Spirit, that we may become real brethren, that the Glory of God would shine through us.
As Christians we are called to forbear each other, to confess to each other. It is in confessing with a spirit of repentance that we can allow great changes to come into our natural lives. When we have that close communication with each other, and frequently, we can have the peace of the Spirit every night, we can be calm amidst the storm. When the repentance is true, the soul also moves, the heart is active and emotions roll down. It is such a comfort to have people ministering to us, who open their hearts and let us see through their souls, often when they speak, tears may appear, or the voice may break, as they expose their inmost feelings and help us to soften also our hearts. On the other hand, when we are hardened, we do not listen, and our speech is cold and logical, without warmth. We may be very knowledgeable and deep, but the depth is an illusion, and the teaching is like hard rock. Nothing to be swallowed, nothing to nurture. Oh, that we may always have our hearts softened by the Spirit, that we may become real brethren, that the Glory of God would shine through us.