I Hear Prayers for His People

When I am close to God, I hear prayers for his people. As I draw nearer to my Father, he reveals the plans for his children: plans to free them from bondage, plans to help them to see clearly, and plans to help them walk through healing. My mind floods with words of blessings and love for these people. The more I ask God to show me himself, the more he turns and shows me his people. His people who are lost and looking for love, those who forgot about him and need a reminder, and those who don’t even know they’re his yet. I hear the prayers for these people, I hear the cries of these people, I feel the hearts of these people. When I am fully surrendered, all I hear is that I need to serve, show up, and be the hands and feet of my Lord and Savior.

To ask God to increase your capacity means that the Lord will entrust you with more work if he grants the request. I have realized that the demand for my gift grows as my capacity grows. When I become overwhelmed, I know that I am operating in my own strength. Lord, give me the wisdom on how to do the work you have assigned to me strategically; provide me with the strength to stand in what I asked you for, but remember, you knew me first. Give me only what I can handle, Lord. I want to be faithful in what you have given me to steward over. You are my strength, father, and the more I understand your ways, the more I want to draw nearer and know more about you. I said, Lord, show me your face, and you turned me to your people who are made in your image but stand in opposition to mine. For those I never thought I would have a word for, prayers begin to flow in my mind.

Holy Spirit, help me to keep the heart of Christ—one that is merciful, forgiving, loving, and understanding. Let the prayers I hear make it to paper, and let me transfer and translate the message the way you have given it. Help me to be bold, revive my creativity, and make my work one of a kind. Let it be fulfilling and freeing at the same time. Lord, help me to be used by you. I surrender my will and my way to please you. Never let my heart become numb, and don’t allow my dependency on you to shift because to experience these things means to be deaf, which prevents me from hearing from you.

Originally written on March 14, 2024