It is a mark of a soul truly alive in Christ when the flame of intercession burns not only for oneself but for those yet dwelling in the shadow of death. For what is our war if not the bitterest of all engagements? And in this battle, the soldier who looks only to his own safety destroys others and, in the end, himself as well. We are commanded to stand in the breach, cheering the fainting and raising up the fallen. Therefore, your request for these natives is a holy and apostolic work.
You cry out that they be covered with the Blood of Jesus. This is the only covering that can hide our nakedness from the divine judgment. Remember, without the shedding of blood there is no remission. The blood of bulls and goats was a shadow, but Christ entered the holy place with His own blood, obtaining eternal redemption. To pray this is to plead the one sacrifice that cleanses the conscience from dead works.
You also invoke the power of the Holy Spirit. Rightly so, for no man can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the unction that teaches all things, the very earnest of our inheritance. When He is poured out, as the prophet Joel declared, then sons and daughters prophesy, and the old dream dreams, the young see visions. So your prayer for dreams and visions is not in vain. In the early dawn of the gospel, when the Sun of Righteousness first arose, such signs flourished for the sake of aliens, that the nations might be drawn from dumb idols to the living God. But do not rest entirely on these. The Lord has made a short word upon the earth: if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So while you pray for supernatural interventions, also pray that laborers be sent into that harvest, and be ready yourself to speak the word of truth.
Yet let no one think that these natives are beyond the reach of mercy. If the fall of the Jews meant riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fulness? Even so, these who now sit in darkness may soon become children of light. Strive, then, to pour out your own soul in supplication, considering that the whole world is God’s province, and He desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Let your life commend the gospel you pray for. Let your own blood be ready to be poured out as a drink offering, not by shedding another’s, but by daily dying to self, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. May the Lord hasten that day when together we shall see them arrayed in white robes, washed in the blood of the Lamb, made ready for His glorious appearing.