The Helper

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.  (Romans 8:26-27, NASB)

In the book of Romans, the Apostle Paul discusses one example of the Holy Spirit’s role as Helper, in that He helps us to pray!  Paul says, “we do not know how to pray as we should,” and the Spirit helps us with that.  How?  He “intercedes for us, with groanings too deep for words.”  C.S. Lewis called this “God talking to God.”  

Further, God “who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,” and “He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”  So it appears that God and the Holy Spirit are on the same page!  That’s because the Holy Spirit IS God.  The reason the Spirit intercedes for us in accordance with the will of God, is because God the Father and the Holy Spirit are of the same mind.  The “will of God” is very important in our prayer lives. 

Romans 8:26 image.  Found at Winning Side, https://medium.com/@lindacarlton/winning-side-f07a4269ab33

A good friend, the late Pastor Don Seymore, perhaps the best Bible teacher I’ve heard, taught me that our prayers should not be a laundry list of our wants and desires.  Rather, they should be a reflection of God’s will.  (As an example, if we need reliable transportation in our life, we should pray that God will meet our transportation needs, and not for a Corvette!)  And how do we know what is the will of God?  We have to study His word.  The more we study, and ask the Holy Spirit to teach us, the more likely we are to be of one accord with the Spirit and with the Father. 

What is the will of God? As a partial list, He desires strong marriages; a healthy family life; that our homes would be blessed, and that Satan would not gain a stronghold in them; that our houses would be peaceful; that all people would see salvation (although this is not His mandate); and that people would be healed from illness and diseases (although not everyone will be healed; we all will expire from this earth because of Adam’s transgressions).  As I said, this is only a partial list of God’s will for our lives, but when I pray for my friends and others, these are the things for which I pray! 

The Holy Spirit is Helper and Teacher.  If you know Jesus, then the Holy Spirit lives in you.  You’re His Tabernacle.  According to Paul, we don’t know how to pray, but the Helper does, and He assists us, according to God’s will!  Let’s let the Helper do His work! 

Worship:  “Spirit Break Out,” by Kim Walker-Smith

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