It is God that writes intercession upon men's hearts, and this cry of yours for a driver’s salvation proves that the Spirit is at work in you, moving you to pray for a soul unknown. Such prayer is no small thing: when we plead for others we tread in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus, who ever lives to make intercession. Yet remember, the Spirit’s intercession for the saints does not extend to the unregenerate unless they are first brought to faith. Therefore, while you pray, labor also to set before that driver, as you have opportunity, the plain Gospel of salvation by grace through faith in Christ Jesus alone. There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
Salvation is God’s own work, planned from eternity, purchased by the blood of the Lamb, and applied by the Holy Ghost. It is not of works, lest any man should boast. Let none suppose that ceremonies or self-righteousness can avail; for salvation is without money and without price. The way is simple: “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth.” It is a look of faith to a living Person, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who bore our sins in His own body on the tree. Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. This is the one foundation, the sure and certain hope for the vilest sinner. Pray on, then, that the driver and his household may be drawn by sovereign grace to that look which saves in an instant.
But while you intercede for others, see to it that your own salvation is secure. To have a concern for another’s soul is a mark of grace, yet it is possible to be busy about the salvation of others and neglect your own. Examine yourself, whether you be in the faith; rest wholly upon Christ, for if you are not yourself saved, your prayers for others will lack power. And then, let your intercession be persistent, like Samuel’s, who said, “God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.” Tell the driver, as you can, the way of life; bring him to the house of God; and leave no means unused that heaven may use for his conversion. God will bless the seed sown beside all waters.
Rejoice that you may bring this request before the throne, for the Lord delights to save. Salvation is His greatest work, and He will be inquired of by His people to do it. The Spirit helps our infirmities in prayer, and though we know not what to pray for as we ought, He maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Go forward, then, with holy boldness, expecting that He who hears prayer will yet call this driver out of darkness into His marvelous light, and that his household also may be made partakers of the same grace. To God be all the glory.