INTERCESSORY PRAYER and STANDING IN THE GAP.
EZ 22 and Ez 13, Jeremiah 42, and Isaiah 6 gives us great understanding and instructions of what intercessor prayer and standing in the gap truly means.
Standing in the GAP:
IS 6: 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me.
EZ 22: 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap “BEFORE ME” for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Intercessory PRAYER is a balance of Mercy, grace and HIS righteous ways, to clear up confusion, to break down untempered mortar, that HIS truth be revealed, it is a seeking and pleading with the LORD on behalf of another.
More often it is about ASKING the RIGHT questions and being willing to SUBMIT to the answers, than merely making a REQUEST to be HEALED or RECEIVING what we want.
PRAYER is truly more about SURRENDER and SUBMITTING to GOD, than RECEIVING every answer you want.
A heartfelt prayer:
"LORD what will it take to bring about your righteousness and your blessing, that we may be HEALED or DWELL in YOUR PRESENCES.”
That HE would be GLORIED and we may be healed.
IT is not in telling HIM what to do, But RECEIVING ANSWERS, INSTRUCTIONS and being a WILLING SERVANT as to what “needs” to be done for the HEALING..
(Repentance is ultimately about healing, not all HEALING requires repentance, but you can be sure that IN REPENTANCE there is healing, salvation is healing, for it is REDEMPTION back to the FATHER. )
Intercessory PRAYER and standing in the GAP:
* It is always about seeking TRUTH
* It is always about glorifying the LORD and HIS righteousness, HIS instructions, HIS Truth.
* It is going to GOD on behalf of others that are in need or understanding of truth, A willingness to plea for mercy, but also a willingness to return with TRUTH, that they may be “SET FREE’ by HIS TRUTH, that they may be HEALED, RESTORTED, and given LIVING water to DRINK.
We, nor I, always understand HIS WAYS, However HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT and RIGHTEOUS and JUST. HE IS ALWAYS willing to SHARE TRUTH WITH US, IF we TRULY SEEK IT, to BRING about HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE, and to HELP HIS BODY.
Psalms 23: 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Matt 7: 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Example prayer: I humble myself before you as the RIGHTEOUS GOD that YOU are, and I am seeking YOU and YOUR righteous ways concerning _________.. you fill in the blank
We are looking for HIS WILL and DESIRE, not our own. That we would be lead towards HIS righteousness and walk in HIS way.
Let me use JEREMIAH HERE As an example of an Intercessor:
Jer 42: 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us
Jer 42: 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
Jer 42: 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare [it] unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
How long did it take for Jeremiah to get a WORD from the LORD… 10 days (prophets ARE subject to the LORD and HIS mercy, even the most seasoned prophet JEREMIAH knew this was so.)
Jeremiah 42: 7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Those that have asked for someone to STAND IN THE GAP, must be malleable to hear.
In standing in the Gap, We also must prepare our hearts to be malleable before the LORD, ready and open to hearing and obeying what HE has instructed.. IT doesn't matter if we like the answer or not.. Just be obedient to what HE HAS ANSWERED.. nothing more, nothing less.
From the above verse you can also see a reference to “make up the Hedge”
So now what is the hedge?
The LORD HIMSELF puts the Hedge around a person. The hedge is “lowered” “sometimes” by sin in our lives, sometimes by a “TESTING” of obedience and faith.
The hedge is the Strength of the LORD. To make us stronger and for protection against the enemy. And we learn how to find “REST” in The LORD, because of HIS HEDGE..
The Hedge is a wonderful gift to the believer. WE don’t build the hedge, HE does. PRAISE THE LORD FOR IT. It is HIS protection over us.
Sin brings death, “basically when one comes into agreement with the enemy (intentionally or unintentionally) when we are tempted through our lust, and agree to it, many times the HEDGE is lowered. There is a birth of sin given, which brings death both spiritually and physically.
Through sin or testing and because of HIS righteousness, the hedge is lowered.
Two verses concerning HEDGE and bring birth to sin.
Hedge:
Job 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land
Sin:
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
There is also a WALL: <<<, this is very very important NEXT step in intercessory prayer.
Ez 13:11 Say unto them which “DAUB” it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower; …..
12 Where is the daubling wherewith ye have daubed it?
An intercession does not “daub the wall with untemped mortar” for it will fall.
Untemptered mortar is build upon LIES and Deceit and lust, often coming from a “SPIRITUALIST” rather than a servant of the LORD. SPIRITUALIST are very real, they often can “sense” the DESIRE of a person and they will play on that DESIRE rather the WILL of the FATHER.
To daub, is to cover over sin, and darkness...allowing sin to abound, not filling the cracks with TRUTH, but filling it with a patch.
Too often we look just to a mercy covering. Rather than looking for TRUTH. Leaving out what is ALSO PRECIOUS to GOD. Truth and Justice. What brings about “THE SETTING ONE FREE BY TRUTH”
PERSONALLY IN MY OPINION: This is what has gotten us to where we are today as a church, This why we can not come into “AGREEMENT and IN ONE ACCORD IN OUR PRAYERS. Using this mercy and grace as a “COVERING” for sin rather than a seeking the revealing of “what is not of HIM” that HE would bring about HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS in our lives and healing to the lives of others.
The LORD will break the Daubed wall, over and over again to get to HIS DESIRED effect.
EZ 13:14 will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [morter], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
So as you can see there is a “wall” that is build. And too often it is “daubed with untempered morter”. Untempered morter is weak, it is a weak COVERING and can not stand, unable to stand the wiles of the devil. Only Truth builds up that Wall.. TRUTH SETS US FREE
Conclusion:
STANDING IN THE GAP:
A True Intercessor will seek the LORD on the behalf of another. Through the LORD’S wisdom and guidance they will seek to guild and direct the person back to the condition the LORD wants them in.
Untempered morter: Which makes a person weak and vulnerable to the enemy.
These are the areas of our lives that the LORD truly wants to break down, and rebuild so that our foundation can become stronger and that we HAVE the MIND OF HIS SON, not seeking our own, lust or will, not seeking that our ‘sin” get covered with untempered morter, but a “revealing” of HIS WILL and HIS WAYS. Praise be to HIS NAME, HE wants to “lead” us towards righteousness for HIS NAME SAKE. PSALMS 23
INTERCESSORY PRAYER:
WE are making OURSELVES available to HIM in intercessory PRAY. On behalf of the ones we love and HE LOVES, and a nation that needs repentance.
Praying the LORD would look upon us and give us TRUTH, for it is by HIS truth, HIS power and HIS authority that things change, not just a covering up of sin.
We are looking for HIM to pour LIVING water/WORD over our wickedness, sin that we maybe washed, cleansed and purified.
We often pray LORD have mercy, grace, and heal, give, provide. These are the " the blessings that we receive" from that broken and contrite heart before HIM.
Isaiah 40: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; the shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall wake, and not faint.
IS 59: 4 None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Blessings donna
WILL you agree to STAND in the GAP, for unless ONE AGREES, to be honest and sincere and LOVE the BODY. The LORD has Very little reason to SHARE confidential information from ONE BODY member to the OTHER in order that the REPENTANCE and SANCTIFICATION can come.
Just a side NOTE: Those that would stand in the GAP always stand with a HEART of MERCY, NOT seeking to condemn the person in NEED, but to be a HELPS as a SERVANT of CHRIST and the BODY.
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