Just now the Lord really put on my heart a new prayer and a new softness in my heart for those who have no one to pray for them. I'm starting to really realize in my life the power and importance of intercessory prayer, and something that just occurred to me was, what about those who don't have anyone in their life who will pray for them? What about those who don't have any believers in their lives who love them enough and are willing to intercede for them to the Lord? Then i realize that this is probably a huge portion of the population, and that sucks.
When a friend of mine is going through a tough time or is having spiritual struggles, i will gladly pray for them. But non-believers certainly have spiritual struggles, even apart from an awareness of the reality of Christ. Who will pray for their souls in these times? When they go through a dark night of the soul, but don't even have the hope of the daylight of Christ--these people need prayer too. I want to pray for them, but i'm almost intimidated to do so. It's kind of a daunting task. If a non-believer knew someone was praying for them, would they be offended? Would they be touched at the thought that someone was thinking and caring about them, even if they thought it was naive and foolish to pray in the first place? I guess then it's a good thing that intercessory prayer is not for their sake, in the sense that they don't have to know that it's happening in order for it to be effective.
That was a ramble, and i'm sorry for that. I don't know where i was going with it. But yeah, the Lord just put that on my heart. Try it--pray for those who have no one in to pray for them. Those who are without hope and life and love and the security of faith.
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