Bible reading: Proverbs 21-22, 2 Corinthians 4
Memory verse: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (KJV)
The gospel of Christ is the only means of salvation given to humans by God, yet, many still refuse to believe because they want to remain in sin by choice or yet to fully understand the import of what they are being told. Either way, the god of this world, Satan, takes advantage of this situations and blinds the minds of these people even more, making it more difficult to reach them.
For any Christian who really has the love of God poured by the Holy Spirit, it requires more than words to reach people blinded by Satan. Intercession is the only way through which this activities of the devil in the lives of the lost can be broken. Prayer produces the power needed to make our utterances powerful in the harvest field. The more we intercede on behalf of the lost, the more they are being set free from the powers of the enemy.
How many times have you spoken to somebody about Jesus and after he or she looked so interested see you the next time, maybe a day or two after, and looking at you wondering who you were or what you even say you told them? You need to sometimes start all over again in your preaching. But I have learnt in such situations to speak directly to the minds of these ones, binding every activity going on in their minds that moment.
God cares about the lost; that is why He gave us the Holy Ghost to assist us in the activity of reaching the lost. With the fruit of the Spirit in us we lovingly go back to these ones and try to reach them over and over again prayerfully until the blindfold over their mind’s eyes are removed.
Do not relent. It’s God’s work; ask for His help and He will gladly come in to assist. He desires more than any man do for the lost to be saved.
Action plan: Make it your goal to have a separate prayer time interceding for the lost. This helps make power available in the harvest field for you or the armies on the harvest field.
Bro. Worthmore Aghanenu