Tuesday, April 3, 2012

CARRY THE BURDEN AWAY: Prayer Note # 27

“An amazing and little understood aspect of intercession is exemplified by Christ in which He performed both of these bearing concepts. We have already established that His intercession for us was not a prayer, but a work He did. It was a work of ‘going between’ to reconcile us to the Father and break Satan’s dominion. And, of course, understanding His work in this area paves the way for an understanding of ours.

          “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
           Own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all…he hath
poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the trans-
gressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors” (Is. 53:6,12, KJV)   

          Christ then ‘bore’ our sins and weaknesses away, ‘as far as the east is from the west.’ (Ps. 103:12). He is not still carrying them—somewhere, somehow—He disposed of them.

          It is imperative to know that we don’t simply carry someone’s burden. We stake (anechomai) ourselves to the person and carry the burden away (bastazo), helping them get rid of it!”

Prayer Note # 27 CARRY THE BURDEN AWAY - Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs 62, 63) 

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