Romans 8:26, 27
When you have a big job to do, isn’t it nice if someone comes to help you complete it? With an extra set of hands, you have twice the labor being performed, cutting the work time in half and you have someone to fellowship with as you finish the project. In some respects, the Holy Spirit is in us as a helper; quick to pick up the areas in our life where we lack and are slacking and it is certainly nice to have some fellowship along the way.
In many other ways, the Holy Spirit is in us doing absolutely all of the work, because the task at hand is quite literally, out of our hands. Our sicknesses and our infirmities are possessions that we would rather not have, and sometimes they are things that we don’t even know that we possess until it is too late. One of the roles of the Holy Spirit is to deal with those infirmities as they arrive, making intercession for us “with groaning that cannot be uttered” (Romans 8:26).
The groaning that are going on in us are on our part and not the Holy Spirit. He is perfectly capable of uttering whatever He needs to say, but we do not always know what it is that needs to be said. This is why we have the marvelous gift of praying in other tongues that we can use whenever we so desire. As we pray in tongues, we are praying the language of the Holy Spirit. Though unknown to us, it is His language and it ministers the things that only He knows.
We would all be quick to admit that the Holy Spirit knows everything that is going on in both our spirit man and in our physical bodies. There is not one blood cell that He does not have in His sights. Since He knows what we can’t, the Holy Spirit must intercede in areas that we do not have knowledge. When we pray in tongues, we are praying that area aloud, joining our faith with the intercession of the Holy Spirit. Jude called it “praying in the Holy Ghost”, which causes you to edify yourself “on your most holy faith” (Jude 20).
A second role of the Spirit in our hearts is to intercede for us according to God’s will for our lives. In this role, He is not only addressing the physical needs of our bodies, but He is positioning us for God’s best blessings in our lives. In other words, the Holy Spirit never goes to sleep on the job, but He is always looking out for our best interests.
It should be a blessed consolation to know that God has provided you with two wonderful gifts: the ability to pray in tongues over your situation and have the Holy Spirit working for you and the knowledge that at every moment of the day, the Holy Spirit is interceding on your behalf to His Father regarding every area of your life.
You should regard yourself as very special in light of all that God has done and is doing for you, even as you read this. You must be greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved for God to take such a keen interest in your very best. Hallelujah!
When you have a big job to do, isn’t it nice if someone comes to help you complete it? With an extra set of hands, you have twice the labor being performed, cutting the work time in half and you have someone to fellowship with as you finish the project. In some respects, the Holy Spirit is in us as a helper; quick to pick up the areas in our life where we lack and are slacking and it is certainly nice to have some fellowship along the way.
In many other ways, the Holy Spirit is in us doing absolutely all of the work, because the task at hand is quite literally, out of our hands. Our sicknesses and our infirmities are possessions that we would rather not have, and sometimes they are things that we don’t even know that we possess until it is too late. One of the roles of the Holy Spirit is to deal with those infirmities as they arrive, making intercession for us “with groaning that cannot be uttered” (Romans 8:26).
The groaning that are going on in us are on our part and not the Holy Spirit. He is perfectly capable of uttering whatever He needs to say, but we do not always know what it is that needs to be said. This is why we have the marvelous gift of praying in other tongues that we can use whenever we so desire. As we pray in tongues, we are praying the language of the Holy Spirit. Though unknown to us, it is His language and it ministers the things that only He knows.
We would all be quick to admit that the Holy Spirit knows everything that is going on in both our spirit man and in our physical bodies. There is not one blood cell that He does not have in His sights. Since He knows what we can’t, the Holy Spirit must intercede in areas that we do not have knowledge. When we pray in tongues, we are praying that area aloud, joining our faith with the intercession of the Holy Spirit. Jude called it “praying in the Holy Ghost”, which causes you to edify yourself “on your most holy faith” (Jude 20).
A second role of the Spirit in our hearts is to intercede for us according to God’s will for our lives. In this role, He is not only addressing the physical needs of our bodies, but He is positioning us for God’s best blessings in our lives. In other words, the Holy Spirit never goes to sleep on the job, but He is always looking out for our best interests.
It should be a blessed consolation to know that God has provided you with two wonderful gifts: the ability to pray in tongues over your situation and have the Holy Spirit working for you and the knowledge that at every moment of the day, the Holy Spirit is interceding on your behalf to His Father regarding every area of your life.
You should regard yourself as very special in light of all that God has done and is doing for you, even as you read this. You must be greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved for God to take such a keen interest in your very best. Hallelujah!
