I prayed for someone today

And as I prayed I was engulfed in the sense of compassion that God has for this person, how much the Lord desires to do everything possible for this persons welfare. It was a revelation of “[c]hesed”. This sense, which I have experienced before, usually in intercession, also brings with it the the most intense thankfulness for just how good God is. He is good. He really does work together all things in our lives, and throughout the universe, for good on behalf of those who belong to Him, who love Him. It is such an immense love, that to just glimpse it is to be overwhelmed with gratefulness, understanding of how undeserved, and wonder, all at once.

This is why we should take time out of our busy lives, and bring the requests of others and of our own hearts to God: otherwise we will never understand the most important things about the Lord. It is much, much more than getting our needs met, or crisis helped, it is about understanding the height, the depth, and the breadth of the love of God.

I thank my friend for sharing the prayer request with – that I might know how much the Lord God loves this person, and how much by association, God also loves me. My hope is that our requests be fully answered as we pray them, but however God decides, in His sovereign grace and mercy to work everything out…. it will be in the context of His fathomless wells of mercy, His hesed.

I can know more of God in five minutes of prayer than I can with five hours of theological study.