Awe is the condition of a man’s spirit realizing Who God is
and what He has done for him personally. Our Lord emphasizes the attitude of a
child; no attitude can express such solemn awe and familiarity as that of a
child. Not Knowing Whither, 882 L
The
Undetected Sacredness of Circumstances
We know that all things work together for good
to those who love God… —Romans 8:28
The circumstances of a saint’s life
are ordained of God. In the life of a saint there is no such thing as
chance. God by His providence brings you into circumstances that you can’t
understand at all, but the Spirit of God understands. God brings you to places,
among people, and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose
through the intercession of the Spirit in you.
Never put yourself in front of
your circumstances and say, “I’m going to be my own providence here; I will
watch this closely, or protect myself from that.” All your circumstances are in
the hand of God, and therefore you don’t ever have to think they are unnatural
or unique.
Your part in intercessory prayer is not to agonize over
how to intercede, but to use the everyday circumstances and people God puts
around you by His providence to bring them before His throne, and to allow the
Spirit in you the opportunity to intercede for them. In this way God is going
to touch the whole world with His saints.
Am I making the Holy Spirit’s work difficult by being vague
and unsure, or by trying to do His work for Him? I must do the human side of
intercession— utilizing the circumstances in which I find myself and the people
who surround me. I must keep my conscious life as a sacred place for the Holy
Spirit. Then as I lift different ones to God through prayer, the Holy Spirit
intercedes for them.
Your intercessions can never be mine, and my intercessions
can never be yours, “…but the Spirit Himself makes intercession” in each of our
lives (Romans
8:26). And without that intercession, the lives of others would be left in
poverty and in ruin.
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