He Prays For Us

Back at the beginning of November a couple of things in my life changed and some areas shifted somewhat that was not what I expected at that time. It threw me into an extremely heated spiritual battle that was the hardest thing I've ever experienced. I knew what the Word of God said and all of His promises and honestly that was the only thing that brought me out of it ten days later. It was the LONGEST few days of my life.

I fought the powers of hell and darkness, at times seemingly just to keep my sanity. But God, HIs Word, and the blood of Jesus prevailed and I came out on the other side a winner by His grace and mercy. I was a little bruised and tired, but thank God I survived. HE brought me out alive.

As a servant of the Most High, there will be many spiritual battles that we all will fight. Satan is not going to just roll over and allow us to pray for others, witness to them and just leave us alone, lol. That's why we have to stay in the presence of God so that we can fight the enemy when he comes. I know that Jesus is in Heaven making intercession for us, always. He goes to our Father and pleads our cause on our behalf. That is everything to me and to you. We wouldn't even have an opportunity to go to God or Heaven without Jesus and what He did for us on the cross.

Today, I read a scripture that I've heard many times over the years of attending church and I've read it many times too. But for some reason today it really came to life in my spirit and my mind. I was so excited because it as if it was the very first time that I'd heard it. Maybe it was. Maybe it was the first time that I'd really HEARD it and really GOT it.

It's found in Romans 8:26.

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered"!!

Praise God, it just opened up to me today and I had complete understanding.

So I did a study on that verse alone and really dug into what it means.

Breaking it down, line by line, I'll take you through my understanding of it.

The first line that says the Spirit and he is talking about the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God himself, our source of comfort and support when we need it.

It says that the Spirit helpeth our infirmities.

Help means to assist or offer one's resources. Wow, that's exactly what the Holy Spirit does for us. He offers His strength when we have none of our own to depend on.

The next thing it says is He helps in our infirmities. Infirmity means physical or mental weakness.

Yes!!

HE helps us in our time of mental or physical weakness. Even in our spiritual trials that will no doubt lead to physical and mental weakness, trust me, mine did. I was worn out after that two week period of time fighting hell.

But He helps us with our trials and infirmities by giving us the strength I spoke of to allow us to stand during the trial and not be cast down or broken by it. The Spirit of God will minister to you by bringing to your remembrance the Word of God when you need it. That's why it's so important to have the Word stored up in your mind and heart and spirit so that during the battle, you will have an arsenal to go to and retrieve your weapon with which to fight.

I also had the experience of Him just surrounding me at times and I felt as if He was hugging me and letting me know that He was still there, even though most days I would ask "God where are you?"

I'm serious, there were times I questioned Him as to whether He was gone or what.

My heart and my spirit knew and believed what His Word tells us, that He will NEVER leave us nor forsake us, but my battling mind was scared that He was gone.

He wasn't.

He was right beside of me but the storm was raging so hard that I couldn't see Him, but He was there.

It reminded me of one time while I was driving in a downpour on the interstate down in VA. The rain was torrential and it was super hard to see anything through the windshield. I knew there was a car in the fast lane that was beside of me because I had seen it come up next to me before the downpour started. But once that heavy rain started coming down, that car was no longer visible. I knew I hadn't seen his brakes lights go in front of me and as far as I could tell, he wasn't behind me because there were no headlights back there. So I had to just trust that he was next to me even though I couldn't see him at the time. And after a few minutes, we both emerged from the heavy storm side by side again.

That's how it is with God, you can't see Him in the storm but He is right by your side in the heavy, pouring rain. Once it clears up, you will be able to look over and see that He was there the entire time. Until then, you just have to keep His Promise in your heart that He will never leave you.

But back to my breakdown of the verse. The next line says, For we know not what we should pray for.

The reason sometimes that we don't know what we ought to pray for is like I just mentioned, we are in a spiritual battle and we can't see a clear path for our lives. Or maybe we don't fully understand the will of God for us. Whatever the reason, we are just at a loss for words when we try to go to our Father. I've been there like I said, and it's not a good feeling. But be assured, He is there for you when you don't even know what to say or what to pray.

The next line is, But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us. This is when the Spirit takes over for us to comfort us while we feel that we are too weak to withstand the battle. When we have that deep sense of being burdened down, He comes to us and aids us with His comfort.

Like I said, when I read that today, it was as if a lightning bolt hit me and I fully understood and was sooo appreciative of what the Holy Spirit does for me and for you.

So, if you are burdened down with fear, helplessness, loneliness, anxiety or whatever has you torn up inside. Whatever battle you are facing or whatever hell you are walking through, just know that when you call out to God but you feel that you can't even say words or form a sentence, or your mind just can't seem to think of what to say, the Spirit of God is right there to help you and give you aid in the time of need.

Be real with Him and say, Lord, I just can't pray, can you take over for me?

I promise you that He will take over. He will.

He will NEVER leave us or forsake us. His Word is His Promise to us. I believe every Word that comes from God and I know that He could never lie or mislead us. So that is my comfort right there.

Please call on HIm today and allow Him to help you. You don't have to live a defeated life any longer. You are victorious through Christ.

Much love,

Christy

Daughter of God

Helpful Verses:

Romans 8:26; Romans 8:34; Deuteronomy 31:6