Groaning Too Deep for Words

There are times when God stirs up prayers in us in a place inside us that beyond words.  Paul wrote about this saying that these prayers are like groanings too deep for words.

While the majority of my intercession is not of that type, I have on many occasions experienced such intercession. The past two days have been such a time in my life. Recently Luke Wood led a set at IHOP during which he sang a very simple prayer based out of Isaiah 64 that has resounded in my spirit ever since. I have woken up with this in my mind and have gone to bed with it as well. 

I was able to record this part of his set and have edited a shorter version for anyone who is interested. You can view the short version here.(the full version is also available on my Blip-tv account, but it's 15 min. long - so you really need to be gripped by it to take in the long version)

(If you're an intercessor like me or Jason Miller, I suggest the long version with the volume turned up quite loud! Don't even watch the video... just enter in through the audio.... (Jason, this one's for you))

To me this is pure intercession. The Spirit of intercession at an incredible level. Part of it for me is that it's based out of Isaiah's great prayer in the 64th chapter. This has been one of the central prayers of my life for well over 10 years. (In Seminary I wrote an entire term paper on this chapter!!)

I can't explain to you why this hits me so hard. In the natural this little song is highly repetitive and musically simple. Yet I am captured by it. It expresses well so much of what I am about: to see God do what only God can do. It expresses the intimacy of those who love and long for Jesus; the cry for God to break in and openly make His glorious name known. There is a desperation, the cry of those who weep for more of God. 

It goes to the heart of why I started House of Prayer Edmonton (and The Canopy, for that matter): for a community that has this kind of cry in their hearts and express that continually in night and day worship and intercession.

It has been a while since God has stirred me so deeply. I honestly don't have the words to describe it.

O God that you would rend the heavens!

The Spirit and the Bride say 'COME'!  

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Comments

[Jason]

I am just on my way to work, and could only watch a few minutes before shutting it off, knowing that if I watched more, I'd be wrecked for work. I'll definitely be coming back for more!