Deeper Life #185

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

—Luke 4:32

THE MAJORITY OF CHRISTIAN WORKERS are trying to serve the Lord with their own convictions about how God ought to work. Too often we do not have real reliance on the Holy Spirit. God grant that we may learn to allow the Holy Spirit to introduce, through the agony of our intercession, the living Christ!

Are you willing to allow Jesus Christ to tramp on your life on His way to another sick soul? Do you know anything about giving one costly drop of blood for intercession? There are no lasting results in answer to prayer, unless that prayer costs somebody something. And though we are intent upon helping the lost, I fear that the Lord would say, “Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin” (Hebrews 12:4).

When you discover a sin-sick soul, do you cry awhile and then go home and sleep? Instead take that soul before God and vicariously intercede until, by reliance on the Spirit of God, Jesus Christ is presented to that darkened, difficult life. There is no case too hard for Jesus Christ!

Prayer Thought: I believe in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ and His redemptive provisions to save.

SUGGESTED READING: Luke 4:16–32