Interceding with God

Job 23:3-4 If only I knew where to find Him, I would visit Him where He has taken His seat.
I would lay out my case before Him;
and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job desires the presence of God so that he might pray to Him. He desired to plead as before, one whom he knew would hear and help him. He longed to lay out his own case before the perfect and impartial Judge, in the presence of the all-wise God.

Pray Carefully and Thoughtfully

Before going to the Lord in prayer, lay out your case and be prepared to set forth your arguments to Him just as a petitioner comes into court well-prepared to state his case. Consider that you are about to address yourself to God. Feeling the reality of God's presence, my mind will be led by His grace into a humble attitude. (Gen 18:27)

Put Forward Your Case

Isaiah 41:21 Put forward your case! says the Lord. Submit your arguments! says Jacob's king.
KJV says, "Bring forth your strong reasons."

Feel the value of the mercy of God. State the reasons for your needing it.

The very act of prayer is a blessing. To pray is, as it were, to bathe in a cool, swirling stream and so to escape from the heat of earth's summer sun. To pray is to mount on eagle's wings above the clouds and get into the clear heaven where God dwells. To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse. To pray is to grasp heaven in one's arms, to embrace the Deity within one's soul, and to feel one's body made a temple of the Holy Spirit.  ¹

I will take hold of the attributes of God - His justice, mercy, faithfulness, wisdom, and long-suffering,
I will take hold of all His promises in His word. He has said, "He will deliver you through six calamities, and calamity won't touch you through the seventh." Job 5:19

Psalm 27:8-9 My mind recalls Your word, "Seek My face," so Your face, Lord, I will seek. Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help; therefore, do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.

I will pray, "Father in heaven, by Your holiness, existence, justice, and mercy, if truly You are God, now show Yourself to be the help of Your people."
Jesus says in John 14:13, "I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son."

I am now left with nothing more than praise. If the Holy Spirit shows me how to order my cause and fill my mouth with argument, I will present my case to the Lord, and my heart will then be filled with His praises.

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

 

¹Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1998-10-31T23:58:59.000). Spurgeon on Prayer & Spiritual Warfare. Whitaker House. Kindle Edition.