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Do we need special training to
be an intercessor?
Message
#15 (of 20) from the PrayerPower radio series
All God’s children are supposed to be intercessors, to pray for others. It doesn’t matter if we’re beginners; all the training we need is in Jesus’ parable about the "friend at midnight." [Luke 11:8] You remember the story. A man has a friend arrive at his home in the middle of the night, and he has no food. He goes next door to ask another friend for bread. His friend tells him to go away, but he keeps knocking until the friend finally gives him the bread. Here, then, is what we need to know about intercession. First, we must be sensitive to someone else’s need and willing to help. If it’s something we can’t handle, we must acknowledge our dependence upon One Who can. We must go to our Lord in prayer, in faith believing that He is not only able, but willing to help. And if the answer from the Lord doesn’t come immediately, we must be persistent enough to go back again and again. We don’t need training or experience to be effective intercessors. We just have to be willing to follow this example--to go to the Lord immediately, without wasting time or words. And there is one other thing. We should be mindful that it was the man’s friend he asked for help. Someone he had experience with. Someone he trusted. Someone he knew well.
Pray with me now -- Lord, You want to be our Friend, willing to help. Give us the discipline and desire to know You that well, in Jesus’ name, amen.
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