The Spirit Helps Us In Our Weakness

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Romans 8:22-26

When we are sick we do not often think straight. We may not even have the ability to pray, we are just too tired. It can be frustrating. You can’t work and you can even ask God for His help in living.

The inability to pray will trouble us. But as with all other human needs, the Creator knows when this is happening to us, His children. There are two preparations the Lord made for us. The prayer of the Spirit for us when we can’t pray for ourselves, and the prayer of others on our behalf.

Your friends and family will ask you what to pray for. The answers from God will come. What a gift it is in a time of uncertainty to be reminded God hears our heart even when we think we can’t call out to Him.

God never leaves the voices of His children unheard.

Our Daily Bread – September 28, 2017