Listen "Episode 65: Intervene vs. Intercede"
Episode Synopsis
September 26, 2022
When things get messy, I want to intervene and make it better. Truthfully, I want to try to control the situation so I get my expected outcome. Yet when I can’t intervene, especially if it is a situation that someone else is going through, then my default is to just sit by the wayside, worrying, or trying to avoid the suffering it is causing by watching Netflix or utilizing some other numbing technique.
There is a third way. Intercession. Interceding on someone’s behalf is active. It requires great love, great empathy, humility, and an acknowledgement that we aren’t in control.
In today’s episode, we will identify a situation in our lives where we can’t intervene and move into the posture of interceding.
Listening portion today:
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
When things get messy, I want to intervene and make it better. Truthfully, I want to try to control the situation so I get my expected outcome. Yet when I can’t intervene, especially if it is a situation that someone else is going through, then my default is to just sit by the wayside, worrying, or trying to avoid the suffering it is causing by watching Netflix or utilizing some other numbing technique.
There is a third way. Intercession. Interceding on someone’s behalf is active. It requires great love, great empathy, humility, and an acknowledgement that we aren’t in control.
In today’s episode, we will identify a situation in our lives where we can’t intervene and move into the posture of interceding.
Listening portion today:
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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