Christ interceding for you!

"Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is is the One who died--more than that, who was raised--who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us." Rom.8:34

"He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since he always lives to make intercession for them." Heb.7:25

That is incredible! The Creator, the Sustainer, the Redeemer lives to intercede for us! At this very moment, He is praying for you and for me. In the middle of the night, when anxiety and fear threaten to swamp your fragile boat, He is praying for you. As you sit by that sick bed, He is praying for you. Whatever challenges you are facing, whatever sorrow or joys, whatever hardships or blessings, the omnipotent, omniscient Saviour is praying for you. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that He cannot do or change or redeem.

Oswald Sanders writes that "Our High Priest is able to save us completely. There is no personal problem for which He has no solution, no enemy from whom He cannot rescue, no sin from which He cannot deliver--because He ever lives to make intercession for us... we could not live the Christian life for a day were it not that He lives to make intercession for us." Amen! This reminds me of one of one of my favorite quotes from G. K. Chesteron that "The Christian life has been tried and found wanting; rather, it has been found difficult and left untried."

We absolutely cannot do it on our own. It is the impossible life. But with Christ interceding for us, the impossible becomes possible, and for indeed, "With Christ, all things are possible."

Robert Murray McCheyne declared "If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. he is praying for me."

When the walls feel like they are closing in, listen for Christ's voice interceding for you. When you lack the strength or the desire to persevere, know that just a breath away, Christ is praying for you. When discouragement or fear or inadequacy loom, it is as if He is in the very next room praying with power for you. And if Christ prays for us, what more do we need?! To Him be the glory!