It is currently 1:00am and I am having trouble falling asleep. It's funny because I have felt completely exhausted all day, but for some reason I am unable to shut off my mind and rest tonight. Usually when this happens it is because there is a lot that I am thinking about, processing and praying about. While this is the case tonight, I have found that the situation that keeps replaying over and over in my head is something that I have been praying in regards to for a while now, but have only seen things go from bad to worse. Or have they? That being said, I have reached the point where I just don't know what to pray anymore. Which led me to the above verses. It's kind of funny, but I know these verses like the back of my hand, but for some reason when I looked up verse 26 I didn't realize that these verses went together. The part about the Spirit making intercession for us and everything working together for good. When I think about it though, doesn't it just make sense?!
Right now, I have no idea what God would have me pray in this situation. I obviously pray for HIS will to be done, but I don't know what His will is going to look like. I know that right now as I am typing this, praying that the Spirit would pray on my behalf, He is praying to the Father for me in ways that I could never pray for myself. That being the case, doesn't it only make sense that the outcome would be good? This doesn't mean it will end the way I want it to end or even in any of the ways that different scenarios have played out in my head. Actually, most likely it will not.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9
Knowing this, I really just wanted to break down Romans 8:26 for myself. Even though the verse is pretty clear just as it is written, I am always blessed by looking deeper into different verses and gaining a clearer understanding.
Spirit (Greek = pneuma) - a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze
Spirit (Dictionary) - the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul or a supernatural, incorporeal being, especially one inhabiting a place, object, etc., or having a particular character
Helpeth (Greek = sunantilambanomai) - to take hold of opposite together, i.e. co-operate (assist)
Help (Dictionary) - to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist or to make easier or less difficult; contribute to; facilitate
Infirmities (Greek = astheneia) - feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty: disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
Infirmities (Dictionary) - a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age; or quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength; or a moral weakness or failing
Pray (Greek = proseuchomai) - to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship: pray (earnestly, for), make prayer.
Pray (Dictionary) - to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc. to God; to offer a prayer; to bring, put, etc. by praying; to make earnest petition to; to make petition or entreaty for; crave
Intercession (Greek = huperentugchano) - to intercede in behalf of
Intercession (Dictionary) - an act or instance of interceding; an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person; a prayer to God on behalf of another
Groanings (Greek = stenagmos) - a sigh
Groanings (Dictionary) - a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief; a deep, inarticulate sound uttered in derision, disapproval, desire, etc.; a deep grating or creaking sound due to a sudden or continued overburdening
Uttered (Greek = alaletos) - unspeakable
Uttered (Dictionary) - to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce; to give forth with the voice; to produce audibly; to express oneself, especially in words; to give forth a sound otherwise than with the voice
After looking up this information, I can basically re-phrase this verse something like this:
When I don't know what to pray, there is a breath, or incorporeal (non material) being, who contributes strength to assist me in my feebleness and weakness when I simply lack the strength to offer petition, praise or thanks to God by interceding and pleading on my behalf with an inarticulate sound that is unspeakable, and not able to even be produced audibly, that God's will would be performed in my life and that all things would work together for good for me because I am loved and called by God for HIS purpose.
Wow! Thank you Lord for keeping me awake to show me this. Help me to trust you with my life. I give complete control of the difficulties in my life to you. Your will be done to complete your purpose in my life and the lives of those around me. Amen!
After looking up this information, I can basically re-phrase this verse something like this:
When I don't know what to pray, there is a breath, or incorporeal (non material) being, who contributes strength to assist me in my feebleness and weakness when I simply lack the strength to offer petition, praise or thanks to God by interceding and pleading on my behalf with an inarticulate sound that is unspeakable, and not able to even be produced audibly, that God's will would be performed in my life and that all things would work together for good for me because I am loved and called by God for HIS purpose.
Wow! Thank you Lord for keeping me awake to show me this. Help me to trust you with my life. I give complete control of the difficulties in my life to you. Your will be done to complete your purpose in my life and the lives of those around me. Amen!
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