Enthroned Intercessors
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Ephesians 2:6
It would be impossible for God to give you more than what you already have in Jesus Christ! Beloved, you are blessed with everything heaven can give
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Ephesians 1:3.
And that's not when you die, but right now! You are as ready for heaven as you will ever be! Fully justified, fully forgiven ... you are God's beloved child. He likes you! He loves to hear your voice and calls it sweet
“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.” Song of Songs 2:14
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.” Song of Songs 2:14
You look like Jesus when you come before the Father. He receives you and loves you just like He receives and loves His Son
to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6
How does it feel to be accepted just as you are? Your inheritance as a Christian is to become a look-alike of Jesus Christ. The Father loves His Son so much that He is determined to fill heaven with people just like Him! And the Father is working in you every day to make you more like His Son. All of your life is meant to train you for ruling and reigning with Jesus. You are in schooling for ruling and in training for reigning. Your personal destiny is already fixed. You were "destined
from the beginning to share the likeness of His Son"
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29
WELCOME TO THE THRONE ROOM
As a beloved child of God, you've been escorted into the throne room of heaven already. Grace has brought you home. As you pray to the Father, you are praying seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, seated in His throne room. Read this verse carefully, then read it again. Place it on the tablet of your heart:
"He raised us up with Christ, the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!"
(Ephesians 2:6).
You are an enthroned intercessor. You have rights and privileges before the Father. Grace has fully gifted you to cry out to the Father of Eternity. If God were to bless you any more and raise you up any higher, it would be a threat to the Trinity! Every privilege that Jesus has you have. The righteousness that Jesus has you have. The position before the Father that Jesus has you have. Got it? It's time to rejoice! There is a company of people in heaven that have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. They're the saints of God. They are you. We are enthroned intercessors who gaze on the glory and beauty of Jesus as we speak to Him in prayer. If you will begin to see yourself as already seated with Him in glory, your prayer life will never be the same. Israel asked God to be an intercessor. Their faith was in His ability to come and rescue them. Listen to their plea: "Awake God, awake! Arm of Yahweh, put on Your robe of strength! Awake and do the works of power as in ancient days" (Isaiah 51:9).
But now listen to the Lord's reply:
"Wake up! Open your eyes! Beautiful Zion, be clothed with your majestic strength! ... Arise and shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, Jerusalem" (Isaiah 52:1-2).
God's answer is that it's time for you to awake and stir yourself. It's time to take off the dust-man and put on the glory-garments. Rise to the place where you belong and sit at His side as we bring forth destiny to the earth! He's calling you to be an enthroned intercessor!
We have already come near to God in a totally different realm, the Zion-realm, for we have entered the city of the Living God [God's throne room], which is the New Jerusalem in heaven! We have joined to the festal gathering of myriads of angels in their joyous celebration!
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, Hebrews 12:22
And to the one who conquers I will give the privilege of sitting with me on my throne, just as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. Revelation 3:21
Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields them all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.
“The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.” Deuteronomy 33:12
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.” Deuteronomy 33:12
God is asking His people to reposition their prayer altars. He's calling His church fully to realize their position in Christ, and not only as a theological truth, but as a position of authority from which to pray. We're being asked to take our prayer altars to the throne room of God and there begin to pray the will of God into existence upon the earth. Paul defined this position of the church in Ephesians
and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all Ephesians 1:19-23
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all Ephesians 1:19-23
I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God's power made available to you through faith. Then our lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the mighty power that was released when God raised Christ from the dead and exalted him to the place of highest honor and supreme authority in the heavenly realm! And now he is exalted as first above every ruler, authority, government, and realm of power in existence! He is gloriously enthroned over every name that is ever praised not only in this age, but in the age that is coming! And he alone is the leader and source of everything needed in the church. God has put everything beneath the authority of Jesus Christ and has given him the highest rank above all others. And now we, his church, are his body on the earth and that which fills him who is being filled by it!
The resurrection power of God caused Jesus to be seated far above the turmoil and change that is taking place on the earth. When we gain this perspective, we will see into the invisible realm with the eyes of faith and then begin to pray into existence what seemed impossible in the natural realm. Paul went on to tell us what the positioning of Jesus means for us in
Ephesians 2:6: "He raised us up with Christ, the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!"
We cannot pray with power, confidence, and authority if our line-of-sight is only what we see taking place around us. Our prayers must be created and released from the perspective of heaven. It's from our position in Christ, seated at the right hand of God, that we gain a perspective of prayer that is infused with a boldness that comes from seeing this life from God's perspective. Jesus said that He only did what He saw the Father doing. The same applies to us. To pray the will of God means that I must first understand His will.
PLEADING WITH GOD
There are times of desperation when we must bring our holy pleadings for others before the throne of grace the throne of the Righteous Judge and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrews 12:22-24
The courtroom of heaven is open for us as intercessors, where Jesus our Advocate takes us by the arm and presents us to the Judge of all the earth! Help me remember the past. Let's debate!
Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be acquitted. Isaiah 43:26
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be acquitted. Isaiah 43:26
Come now, and let's deliberate the next steps together.
“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the LORD,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
Says the LORD,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. Job 23:3-7
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. Job 23:3-7
Presenting your case and laying out your arguments pleases God. He invites us to come. We were never meant to pray meaningless words. Take the Word of God and put God in remembrance of what's written. This will cause you to be moved with compassion as you engage your heart in true intercession. Your determination will be
strengthened as you come into His presence with your just cause. Those who prevail with God are those who are not afraid to deliberate with Him for the next steps. Faith wrestles with God until He blesses us. These "holy wrestling matches" are
the expressions of a burning heart in love with His name.
This holy debate becomes a passionate presentation of the many reasons why God should answer our plea. We never plead as an adversary; instead, we plead as His friend. Petition the court of heaven for an injunction against satan to end his harassment. The Advocate with the Father will give you the words. Praying the Scriptures is basic for every intercessor. When you pray the prayers of the Bible with a throne room perspective, you are praying a perfect prayer. We are not pleading for our will; we're praying for God's will. And His will is revealed in what He has written. Your Father in heaven has invited you into the throne zone. You can come and bring your requests and pleadings before His throne of grace. He will answer you, His chosen one, out of His heart of wisdom and love for you.
WHAT DOES PRAYER FROM THE THRONE OF GOD LOOK LIKE?
It is prayer in the resurrection authority of Christ:
"I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God's power made available to you through faith. Then our lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead" (Ephesians 1:19-20).
Death tried to hold Jesus back, but the prison door of death was kicked in by the power of Christ's resurrection. When you see death trying to raise its false authority over your situation, run to your position in Christ and declare your victory in prayer from the throne of God. As that kind of prayer is released, the kingdoms of earth will be shaken with resurrection power. It is the kind of prayer that feels the touch of the Father's hand. We are also at the Father's right hand because we are now joined to Christ. Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, and we are there together in Christ, in that position to experience an intimacy with God that will drive the release of the prayer of faith. Prayers of faith are birthed from people who know and experience intimacy with God. You're not distant from Him! Never! Pray with confidence as one who is forever united with your Redeemer. It is prayer that is birthed in a place far above the turmoil. The social, political, and economic strains taking place on the earth do not affect this kind of prayer. Prayer from above is not affected by the conditions down below. As you pray from the throne of God, you are praying as a child of God. To a religious spirit, you will appear headstrong, maybe even precocious. Don't worry about how other people feel. You are a child of God who has access to the Father 24/7. We are positioned with the one who is far above it all:
"And now he is exalted as first above every ruler, authority, government, and realm of power in existence!" (Ephesians 1:21). That should breed confidence in you! This kind of prayer flows from the revelation of the headship of Jesus Christ:
"He alone is the leader and source of everything needed in the church. God has put everything beneath the authority of Jesus Christ and has given him the highest rank above all others" (Ephesians 1:22). Praying from the throne of God towards earth will speak to areas in the world system that are living independent of God. Headship brings order. Prayer from the throne of God will declare headship over the disorder and rebellion that is robbing the earth of God's joy. Rebellion will be subdued, wars will be averted, and national leaders will yield to the word of the Lord when the church prays. There are social and political transitions taking place right now that will someday be traced back to prayers from someone praying from their position in Christ, at the right hand of the Father. These prayers will not struggle in human effort in an attempt to convince God to move, but rather they will flow down with the anointing of heaven that will set in motion supernatural change. Authority flows down from the head, and so should the prayers of His saints. Strongholds that many Christians have thought were too far gone for change will suddenly change. God is about to change what appears to be unchangeable. And your prayers are going to make the difference!
Pray this today: God, I see there is nothing you cannot do! You have brought me into your throne room to pray to you this day. I honor you and take my place as your willing intercessor. Give me the prayer assignments you want to give me this day. I want to change the world through my prayers. Amen.
