RIZPAH

Relentless Intercessors Zealously Petitioning our Advocate in Hope

There is no record of anyone coming to aid Rizpah in her battle against the enemy.  The darkest days of her life were spent alone.  Alone she fought and grieved and waited for the king to come and bury her sons.

Today there is a group of women that, had they known of Rizpah and her despair, would have joined her on the hillside in Gibeah.  These valiant women would have fought with her, mourned with her, and waited expectantly with her for the king.

RIZPAH - mothers passionate about their children and zealous for Jesus - desire that the two shall meet and live together throughout eternity.  Plain and simple, that’s who RIZPAH was in the beginning.  But God has surprised us with who we are becoming.  We are the ones who have changed the most.  We’ve gone from individuals to a sisterhood.  My RIZPAH sister’s child is mine and my child is hers.  Her pain is mine and my pain is hers.  We are not alone.   We run together to the throne room.  The sisters join in pleading to our King, our Advocate, Jesus Christ for the salvation and protection of our children.   Our trust in Him has grown exponentially over the past several years.  Our King has done for us what we could not do for ourselves.  We rejoice that He has called several of our children from death to life.  We wait with great expectation for what He is going to do.  Our rest is in Him.  NHJ

What is an Intercessor?

Victor P. Hamilton states that “an intercessor is one who makes ‘contact’ with God as opposed to the many who simply dabble in prayer.”
 

An intercessor doesn’t stand idly by. They actively pursue God on someone’s behalf.  When Rizpah came to Gibeah, it was not to sit passively by and wail and moan and wring her hands.  She came to do for Armoni and Mephibosheth what they could not do for themselves.  As believers we know that the only one who can change a heart is God.  We need to come before Him and relentlessly, persistently intercede for our children, pleading with Him to change their hearts.  NHJ

 

^{Hamilton, Victor. “pāga’.” Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Eds. Laird R.
    Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. Vol. 2. Chicago: Moody
    Press, 1980.  p.714-715.}