T Minus 24 Hours
With just one day left until The Mercy Seat my heart weighs heavy with so much at stake. I hope the last seven days have been a time of internal inspection and preparation for you. The overall arch of prayer tomorrow is to be selfless, repentant and intercessory in nature. We will stand on behalf of a nation of people that “know not what they do.” This individual preparation is what will allow this mercy cry to hit the necessary spiritual volume before the throne. Could it be that, in the past, our cries for revival have not been louder than the cries for justice? Being able to hit the correct pitch is not a matter of skill or sheer quantity. One of the great principles of love is, “He that is forgiven much loves much.”
The quality of our stand in united prayer tomorrow will flow from hearts and minds that have all been washed white as snow by the blood of Christ. Our petition and intercession will swell from hearts of gratitude toward God alone.
He has made a way for us! The veil is torn in two. With clean consciences we come before Him in confidence. The perfect blood of His son Jesus has saved us to the uttermost (He 7:25). David prayed in Psalm 51, “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” It’s the hyssop branch dipped in the blood of the sacrifice for purification–the blood of Christ. It’s the washing for cleansing–the washing of His Word.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. (He 10:19-22 NIV)
Nearly 6000 souls will cry out for mercy with you tomorrow in front of every supreme court in the nation. For the next 24 hours let your heart burn as His burns. Refuse distraction. Fix your eyes on Jesus. Worthy is the Lamb!
Tags: Blood, Conscience, Forgiveness, Hyssop, Jesus, King David, Mercy, Repentance, The Mercy Seat
04.25.08