God’s Intercession

GODS INTERCESSION 
The three persons of the Trinity have always been totally fulfilled in love and purpose as the Three in One God, and through Jesus we have been invited into this loving communion of agreement and purpose.
1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (KJV)
Their love for one another as the three persons of the Trinity was a mutual giving and serving and sharing with one another throughout eternity. We can now become part of that mutual giving and serving and sharing in our here and now life on earth.
There is a word that is used in the Bible that means being in personal conference where things are agreed upon and acted upon. That word is intercession (entygchan??).
We see that word highlighted in the Scriptures concerning our prayer in finding God’s will in our lives through the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

Romans 8:25 The Spirit helps in our weakness for we do not know what we should pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession (hyperentygchano) for us with groanings without words. Now He who searches the hearts (Jesus) knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He (Jesus) makes intercession (entygchano) for the saints (us) according to the will of God (The Father). (Note the different Greek words for intercession)

The reason we do not know what to pray for as we should is that we do not know the full intention that God has for us in our circumstances, and his intention is always the best intention, whether our prayer is for our own need or for someone else. We will have our intention, but we will always feel inadequate about how to achieve it - and that is why we come to God in prayer in the first place, otherwise we would sort everything out for ourselves. 
We accept that God knows best, and we respect the fact that only he can answer our prayer perfectly, so how do we articulate it perfectly? 
Well, what if there was one person of the Trinity that had a way to take that burden of uncertainty and helplessness? That is the work of the Holy Spirit interceding for us,
longing to take on that emotional distress and the groaning of our soul and articulate it in the Spirit to another Person of the Godhead – Jesus. 
‘The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings without words.’
When the Holy Spirit shares with Jesus the burden that he has for us, Jesus becomes creatively involved in our prayer.
The Bible says that Jesus, who searches the hearts of humanity and who knows what the mind of the Spirit is, carries that prayer to the Father for his will to be done for his children.  
So here we see that Jesus knows the heart of humanity and the heart of the Father and the mind of the Spirit – so he stands in the middle. The Bible says that He (Jesus) makes intercession for the saints (us) according to the will of God (The Father).
This is what I call ‘Presence Prayer’ – us together in a ‘prayer huddle’ with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

We now see that there are two intercessors in this prayer. The Holy Spirit is the first one who intervenes and initiates the intercession for us in our emotional neediness, doing the emotional heavy lifting for us. 
And then there is Jesus who stands in the middle and takes the Holy Spirit’s prayer and mediates for us, his brothers and sisters, the Father’s sons and daughters. He carries the prayer for the lowly heart of humanity to the loving heart of the Father. As we have already seen, the word for the intercession of Jesus is slightly different to the word for the interceding of the Holy Spirit. The interceding of Jesus is the word entygchano, which means carrying the prayer and mediating with the Father on our behalf.
The interceding of the Holy Spirit is the word hyperentygchano. where there is an added emphasis in the word ‘hyper’ indicating that Holy Spirit intervenes with a fervour in carrying the burden of our emotional distress - and articulating that to Jesus on our behalf. 
The Holy Spirit does one thing and Jesus does another thing. 
The Father then does his loving goodwill for his child and reorders our circumstances.
We see that in the next verse that says ‘and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are invited to be partakers of his purposes. (Romans 8:28)’

As we see just a few verses down, the Bible makes further mention of the intercessory mediating ministry of Jesus.
‘Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is indeed interceding for us at the right hand of God’ vs.34.
The mediation mentioned there is outside of specific focussed prayer. It happens in our daily walk of life with Jesus. It is for any time that we can become conscious of his healing care for our souls. That is also presence prayer but in another context. It is what Jesus meant when he said, ‘you should always pray and not lose heart’ (Luke 18:1, Jude – praying always in the spirit)

We are always connected to the flowing together with the Father and Jesus and Holy Spirit. We are always the fourth one being personally included in their communion of Kingdom purposes in the earth for us. They want us to know what to do and how to do it.
Holy Spirit is always the comforter and the one who fills our hearts with the love of the Father and of Jesus. He has always been the love shedder and the love spreader. He leads us into the truth about Jesus and he teaches us from that truth.
Jesus is always the healer and saviour and mediator. He conquers the enemy for us and shares his place with the Father with us.
Father is always the one who so loved the world that he sent his only Son - and The Father plans your life ahead for you. Remember, Father’s love for you is as great as it is for Jesus (John 17). See yourself as part of their communion of love. You are not an outsider; you are an insider. We begin to live like we are there for God and God is there for us. 
It is good to sit and be still – Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46)
In that place of presence, you can be conscious of Holy Spirit bringing the love of the Father and of Jesus to you, and simply receive that and be rested and given peace.
You can be conscious of receiving Father’s provision for your material needs just as he clothes the lilies of the field. 
You can receive the wisdom of the mind of Christ and receive creative faith through a living word from him. Every moment in his presence is as powerful as the moment that he spoke creation into being. This is the way to be in a place of readiness in the spirit and to respond to the many things that are coming upon us so rapidly in these days, and this is the best way I know how for us to remain centred in the will of God.