Intercessors are Heaven’s diplomats and lawmakers of YHWH on earth. When decrees are established in heaven; intercessors on earth can stand before the Lord and present their reasons for the Lord to change His mind and not bring destruction upon the lives of sinners. There is a deep integration between Worship, intercession, grace, and mercy. Without worship, there is no intercession. Worship, being diverse in the description, has been described as the contriteness of heart, the humility of heart, because without humility there is no worship.
Intercession & Grace
In Abraham’s life was an abundance of grace. There were countless favors upon his life and he also had righteousness imputed upon him. A person lacking in grace cannot stand before God to intercede for others. God is just, fair, and true to His word. Before God does a thing; He confides in His friends. That still continues until right now. He confides in intercessors about upcoming plans for the people, cities, and nations whether good or bad. He tells of the evil that has been wrecked and tells His intercessors the things that are to unfold.
The grace of God can overturn judgment upon the lives of a people. In the case of Sodom and Gomorrah; the grace upon Abraham had no jurisdiction over the city facing the judgment of destruction from the Lord. Abraham and the Lord get into a conversation:
Genesis 18:26-32 NKJV
If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.†If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.†I will not do it for the sake of forty.†I will not do it if I find thirty there.†I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.†I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.†So the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
For a city set for destruction, Abraham estimated there ought to be 50 whose grace would be sufficient for the entire city; but it was not so. He estimated there would be at least 45, but there were none, and then he went down to 40, 30, 20 and then 10. If there were 10 people found righteous, 10 people with a heart like Abraham's, the grace upon their lives could have saved the entire city of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Abraham had a history of interceding with the Lord; although he could not get God to change His mind concerning Sodom and Gomorrah; for the sake of Abraham, Israel still stands today. Israel’s sin is no different from Gomorrah’s evil. But why was one chosen and favored and one utterly destroyed from the surface of the earth? There was a worshiper who was an intercessor who received a vast amount of God’s grace and His mercy. The spirit of worship and intercession in the life of Abraham is upon the remnant seed of Israel until this moment. The intercession of Abraham was a blessing such that it was written:
Romans 9:29 NKJV
Unless the lord Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom and we would have been made like Gomorrah
Every intercessor is a worshiper. Those who intercede at no cost, praying over people, communities and nations even when there seems to be no return on investment, but out of God’s pure love.
Culled from the Worship is Expensive Book
