we often hear others tell us, “i am praying for you.” this is wonderful, but today we have a reminder that jesus, our savior, lord, and king is also praying for us.  

 

when facing tests we can often feel overwhelmed and alone. jesus reminds us that we are not alone. jesus prayer for peter was not that he would just make it through his test, but that his personal faith in jesus christ would not fail.  

 

in luke 22:31, jesus warned peter that satan wanted to sift him as wheat. in other words, satan was desiring to catch peter in his rough state and separate him from the lord.

 

back in the day, people didn’t have the luxury of flour like we do today; they had to sift grain to make flour. jesus provides a real life picture regarding the purpose of the enemy; however, to combat this, jesus lets us know his prayer is greater than anything we can face. we must remember jesus christ continues to faithfully intercede for us in prayer.  

 

as we face challenges and situations we are provided with an opportunity for our faith to grow. in life our faith will be challenged by many things but our strength lies in the fact that jesus has not forgotten about us.  

 

today my prayer is that we continue to focus on the fact that jesus is yet praying for us and no matter what we face, we are not alone.