Can you be a mediator for someone else? The word intercessor means someone who stands in the gap for someone else. We think of intercessors when we are praying for someone who is going through difficulty, or for someone who needs to come to Christ. Sometimes, God might direct you to help in a situation where two people are having struggles together, and you can pray, counsel, or mediate them through their difficulty. Just like in our relationship with God, walls divide. God’s desire is that we have healthy, vibrant, extremely fit relationships. It takes work at times, and sometimes it takes the help of someone outside of ourselves to walk through a hard place. We will seek help quickly for a physical difficulty, but often we settle long term with relational and emotional challenges. If that is us, let’s ask for help from a godly adviser. Wisdom and advise from a Spirit directed vessel can save your relationship. If you are having success, why not help someone else! We have marriage mentors at our church for that specific reason, to help people who need assistance in their relationships to come to a better place. They work through the areas that need growth, and encourage the areas that are currently solid. I love watching people in the body, helping people in the body. Making that kind of commitment to help someone else is evidence that we really are a body, and that we each need the other. So if you are in need of help in relationships, ask for it from the right people! If you could be a helper, why not volunteer to use your success and be trained further to help someone else. Let’s say yes to interceding on behalf of someone else. Let’s say yes to becoming a bridge builder and a restorer of relationships. Just say yes!