1月28日
标 题： 神正寻找站在破口的人
经 节： 我在他们中间寻找一人重修墙垣，在我面前为这国站在破口防堵，使我不灭绝这国，却找不着一个。（以西结书廿二章30节）
神寻找那些已经预备好、愿意在神面前站在破口的人。那站在破口代祷者的心与神的心和谐一致。他们极敏锐地了解自己国家的问题所在，他们在神面前，不管摆上多少时间，是不得答案决不甘休的。这就是为什么你不能自愿成为站在破口的人，是神征募你！
我们为何不能照着所当行的，来为人代祷呢？也许我们害怕把神放在试验之中。我们害怕神不会回答祷告。事实上，神已答应我们，如果祈求就给我们（马太福音七：7）。我们未能成为站在破口的人，可能是因为我们以为每日汲汲营营，远比祷告有效多了。耶稣警告我们，离了祂，我们什么也不能做（约翰福音十五：5）。没有更深刻地认识神与祂的旨意，你的手所做的一切工作，都是白费力气。当耶稣为耶路撒冷站在破口之上，祂为耶路撒冷哀哭（马太福音廿三：37）。倘若我们心中真有神的爱，我们会全心全意为那些即将面对神审判的人，恳求神的怜悯。
站在破口代祷，是一份寂寞的工作。你也许得花上数日、数年，才看到一点点劳苦的果效。不但如此，站在破口的代祷者，可能是唯一位于家人与神审判的中间者，或是站在个人、国家与神暴怒的中间者。
God
Is Looking for Intercessors
So I
sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before
Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
(Ezekiel 22:30)
God looks for those whose hearts are
prepared to
be intercessors
before Him. Intercessors have hearts in tune with God’s heart. They are so
acutely aware of what is at stake, for their land, that they will stay before
God as long as necessary in order to obtain God’s answer. That is why you do
not volunteer to be an intercessor. God enlists you.
Why do we not intercede as we should?
Perhaps we are afraid to put God to the test. We worry that God might not
answer our prayers. Yet God promises that if we ask, we will receive (Matt.
7:7). We may fail to intercede because we believe the busyness of our everyday
lives is more effective than prayer. Jesus warned that apart from Him, we can
do nothing (John 15:5). Without being intimately acquainted with God and His
will, all of our labors are futile. Perhaps we fail to intercede because we
misunderstand the heart of God. Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem as He interceded for it
(Matt. 23:37). If we truly have God’s love within us, we will feel compelled to
plead with God on behalf of those who face His imminent judgment.
Intercession is a lonely business. There
may be many days or even years when there appear to be few results for your
labor. Yet intercessors can be the only ones standing between a family and
God’s judgment, or between an individual or
nation and God’s wrath.
