My thought for the day--I have the spiritual gift of intercession. For those of you who don't know what intercession is, it is the ability to pray for long periods of time and get results, particularly on behalf of other people. It's not the best spiritual gift, and sometimes I wish I could exchange it for a nicer gift, like...hospitality! But intercession is my gift and keep it I must, but it is tiring. Pretty much it is "praying without ceasing", and sometimes it takes a long time to get results. It wears me out. Since people know that I have this gift, they are always saying,"Can you pray for...?" I always find this funny because we ALL have our private cell phone line to God. All we have to do is dial HIS number and talk. I do not exclusively have God's private number!
Anyway, a co-worker told me today that she has an interview for another job, a BETTER job, and she wanted me to pray for her and the interview. My thought was that I don't want her to leave, so why should I pray? Well, this is the difficulty with the gift of intercession. Sometimes we have to pray for things we don't want to happen. My cop out is to pray not for what was asked of me, but to pray,"Lord, thy will be done". That way, I don't have to pray for the thing I dislike. While seemingly a cop out, on further examination, this is the correct prayer. I should be praying for the will of God to be done, even if it is contrary to my wishes. So maybe I AM doing the right thing, just not with the right attitude!