If
you look at your calendar, you will see that today is the last day of the
"LOVE" month...you know, the month with that made up holiday called
Valentine's Day (it must be made up since the banks were open). On that day, we are to express our love for
those special people in our life with flowers, candy and mushy, sentimental
greeting cards that pledge our undying love.
Now,
while I am one who believes that it is good to express our deepest and most
affectionate love on Valentine's Day, we need to do that with all of our days.
It is not the giving of things that lets those we love know that we care for
them; rather it is how we care for them in our prayers that shows our true and
deepest affections.
Just
look at Scripture and Paul's writings in Colossians 1: 9-14 that says, " For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through
all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may
live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in
every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with
all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance
and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified
you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of
light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into
the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sin."
It is evident in this
Scripture the great love that Paul has for the Colossians believers because he
is praying for them in an intercessory mindset...He is doing what God has
called each of us to do...Pray for those we love and intercede for
them...CONTINUALLY!!!!
We are called by our
Heavenly Father to love others and there is no greater way (short of giving up
our own life) to show our love than to pray and intercede on the behalf of
those we love. Does your spouse know how much you love them? Are your praying
DAILY for God to work in their life as He helps them to grow in the knowledge
and admonition of the Lord? Do you have a child or children that know how much
their Mom or Dad loves them because DAILY and without CEASING, your are praying
for God to work and have His way in molding your child into a child of the
King....making them like Jesus because of your intercessory prayers. There are
many ways, most of them admirable, in expressing our love for our family, our
spouse and our friends; but there is none better than the example set by Paul
as he prayed for those believers.
Why not show your love today in a very
real way, in a very quiet
place.... simply get on your knees and take those you know to the Throne Room
of Heaven to intercede for them with your Heavenly Father. It will touch the
heart of a loving Father and He will hear and answer your prayers...for He
LOVES THEM EVEN MORE THAN YOU!!!! Make today the day that your love breaks
through and shows those most special to you how much your really care...for
your intercessory prayers will be answered and God will be glorified.
Praying for those I
love...Continually on my knees,
WPQ
Poem for the day:
There are those
in our lives
We love with all
our heart....
And no matter
what they do,
It's been that
way from the start.
But we are
called to share a greater love
One that draws
us close and keeps us there
As we lift up
the ones we love
And intercede
for them in prayer.
We must take
them to Jesus
And when we come
on bended knee;
The hand of God
will protect them
And the devil,
he will flee.
For who can
stand against Him
And the angels
gathered there;
All because we
sought His face
Through our
intercessory prayer.
WPQ © January
2018