There is an account in 1 Chronicles 20 that caught my attention as I read it. Verse 10 says, “When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind…” he split up his army. He told his brother, Abishai, that if the Styrians were too strong for him, then Abishai should come and help him. Yet, if the people of Ammon were too strong for his brother, then he would go and help him. Teamwork is another term we could use for intercession.

Read his words carefully. Verse 13 says, “Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight.” In Ezekiel 22:30 God called for an intercessor. We gain our understanding of what intercession is through the words, “…stand in the gap before Me…” A gap in the walk of a believer leaves them open to the work of the enemy against them.