“I have prayed for thee.” — Luke 22:32
How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing
intercession for us. When we pray, He pleads for us; and then we are not
praying, He is advocating our cause, and by His supplications shielding us
from unseen dangers. Notice the word of comfort addressed to Peter —
”Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as
wheat; but” — what? “But go and pray for yourself.” That would be good
advice, but it is not so written. Neither does he say, “But I will keep you
watchful, and so you shall be preserved.” That were a great blessing. No, it
is, “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.” We little know what
we owe to our Saviour’s prayers. When we reach the hill-tops of heaven,
and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us,…