June 7: THE ONE TRUE MEDIATOR

I wonder how many times he thought of it the rest of his life or how many times he must have remembered when he was in a crisis? “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you., Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:32 NIV) What a statement to pick up your courage or to strengthen your resolve to be a faithful Christian! “I have prayed for you” said Jesus our advocate, our intercessor, our mediator.
The Bible says in 1 Timothy 2:5 that we only need one mediator because there is only one true mediator for mankind. “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Believer: your mediator is praying for you. Hebrews 7:25 (NIV) says “He always lives to intercede for them.” (His saved ones)
Lift up those drooping shoulders. Pick up that sagging confidence, child, He is praying for you. Your Savior knows your name and your situation. Just as surely as God knew that Satan was attacking Job (Job 1:8-12) and that He was going to take Job’s side, God knows that He is going to take your side today when you are pressured.
Victory is yours! Your faith will not fail! Your Lord has faith in you when you don’t have faith in yourself because He has promised you “I am with you always.” (Matthew 28:20)
Jesus has confidence in his prayers. Just as He expected Simon to be strengthened and to overcome Satan’s testings, so He expects of you. Just as he expected Simon to encourage his fellow believers after the victorious moment, so He expects you. Hebrews 12:5 says that Jesus is the mediator of a new living covenant between you and God. Be thrilled by it!

“God, when You say You are on our side because we have received Jesus as
our Personal Savior, that really is a spiritual pick-me-up in times of crisis. Amen”