[Christ] always lives to
make intercession for [us]
Hebrews 7:25
When I was kid, I’m guessing I was two things: self-centered and moody. Why do I say this? I can remember brooding on how everything in the world was stacked against me!
Yes, moody and self-centered, I must have been like a black hole. You know what a black hole is, right? It’s an astrological phenomenon with such a strong gravitational pull that everything – planets, stars, and even light itself – is sucked into its vortex.
As amazing as my childhood gift of sucking all the light out of the universe was … today’s verse is even more amazing. Take a moment to realize the impact of that verse. Jesus’ whole purpose in heaven is to pray for you. According to Hebrews, that’s what he lives for!
Now, that could be a black hole realization for some self-centered people – “It really is all about me!” But I love how David Chotka turns one little word. Yes, Jesus prays FOR us. But using a wealth of other scriptures, Pastor David also makes the case that Jesus prays THROUGH us.
What’s the difference?
But some people are so self-focused that they view life and prayer like a black hole. When God prays FOR us, they believe that God is praying directly into each of us individually. As a result, we get to keep his blessings in our own pretty, little, God-box. God graciously pours light and blessings into other people’s God boxes too, of course. But light and blessings are personal. Individual. Therefore, our God-box and God-blessings are to be like black holes. God’s light warms us on the inside, but no light escapes.
No!!!! God doesn’t want us – or our prayers – to be like a black hole! He wants us to be more like a prism. When he prays THROUGH us, that light should reflect, refract, and shine brightly THROUGH us. It should shine THROUGH us with new and magnificent colors into a darkened world.
In Christ’s Love,
a prism who happens to be color blind
(can I reflect what I can’t see?!!!!)
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