I Have Prayed for You

(Book report on Luke)~

Luke 22:31,32-'And the Lord said,"Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."'

I think our names could be inserted here, in place of Simon's.

Wheat is sifted
so the chaff can be blown away, and the grains of wheat
made pure. The wheat berries are then dried,
crushed and ground and made into
bread to feed the hungry.

Jesus was called 'The Bread of Life.'
He was broken and crushed to be made into
the source of life.

Sifting isn't a comfortable process.
Satan asks to sift us because he glories in the chaff.
He loves to accuse us because of the impurities in our life.
But Jesus glories in the wheat leftover from the sifting.
The sifting purifies our wheat.
The sifting purifies our faith.

Jesus prays for us while He allows the sifting.

I don't think any prayer of Jesus could be unanswered.

He says to us something like,"During the sifting process,
you may deny Me, but you will return, and when you do,
strengthen the faith of those around you. Strengthen those
who are going through the sifting too."

Do not think that you have lost your faith
because the chaff in your life is being exposed.
Do not think that you are a hypocrite without hope
of restoration.
The chaff is hypocrisy.
The chaff is being blown away.
What is left is your integrity.
What is left is your faith.
And you will strengthen the rest of us.