Elevate March 20

as we continue to look at the concept of interceding for one another, we wanted to tie it in The "Light" of God.

God is light,
and we are children of light,
so how does his light and our representation of that light reveal itself through interceding for one another.

God's light sometimes is overseeing an atmosphere much like the sunlight on the earth. His light can be seen wherever you go and it makes people's lives warm and comfortable. When this is true the atmosphere we carry with us makes those around us also sense God's warmth and love.
As we pray for others one of the ways we can intercede for others is that God's light brightened and warm the atmosphere around someone. By being more specific about what we want God to do his presence and allows our prayers to be felt deeper.
As far as deepening the effectiveness of the light, our next point is this

God's light can be focused through prayer much like a magnifying glass focuses light on a specific spot. I personally see this more in line with pinpoint intensity of God's love and warmth, although it does have some tie into God's judgment. Sometimes God allows us to know exactly where he wants his light to be shown any wants to bring it powerfully in a specific way. I believe this is the magnifying glass of interceding brothers.

God's light can also be a place of judgment. He can become so hot in a general sense that it can also be uncomfortable and carry a judgment effect on all it touches.
The important thing is when God's judgment is called for, it is not up to us to judge. The judge is God. When we are called to intercede for judgment we need to call forth the judge to come and do what is righteous and just to be done.so many Christians pray for the specific judgments on the ungodly but the judge is really never invited into the prayer.
It is important when you intercede for judgment that you pray for the characters of the judge to be seen by those on whom he will be judge.characteristics like mercy, grace, righteousness, peace, justice, and that they would hear the judge and turn from their wicked ways. These are the things that we are to intercede for, and not to call forth specific judgments on people, governments, communities, or churches.

God's light can also be like lightning, or sometimes it's called a consuming fire. Lightning is powerful, memorable, attention getting, and damaging. Lightning also cracks the darkness. One of the ways we can intercede for others in prayer is called forth God to crack the darkness with a powerful display of his light. This powerful display is something that can definitely get people's attention.
Only pray this prayer and intercede for God to crack the darkness, in the end it is not in an effort to cause damage or to direct where that lightning should strike. Our job is to ask God to crack the darkness let him direct where the lightning may land or display across the sky.