The Holy Spirit and God's Plan
God has a plan for each person who is born on this earth. He has strategic positioning for us in each phase of our lives from the time we are born until we leave this earth. When we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord and spend time with Him, our position in life becomes clearer. However, there are many people today who don’t know why they are here on this earth. Or if they know why they are here, they don’t know how to achieve what they are called to do here.
Also, once we know our strategic positioning, there are so many distractions which come to divert us from God’s plan. Just ordinary living can distract us—the car needs tuning, the dental checkup is due, the money to pay that bill is not there, the dishwasher broke and what do we do with the dirty dishes, you bought the wrong thing and have to take time to return it. On and on the list grows, and if we allow all of these things to clutter our minds and hearts, we take our focus off what the real purpose is of our lives—to do every day what God has ordained for us to do.
How do we learn what we are called to do? But more importantly, how do we maintain our focus on God’s ordained plan as we live our daily lives here on this earth? I believe Romans 8:26-28 holds the key. Let’s look at these verses.
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.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God,
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
As we look at these scriptures, we see that the Holy Spirit helps our infirmities (weaknesses, inability to produce results because of our flesh). He helps us because there are many times when we do not know how to pray about a situation we are facing or that someone else is facing. The Holy Spirit makes intercession for us as we yield to Him. How do we yield to Him? We allow Him to pray through us. We call that praying in tongues. I know that not everyone believes in praying in tongues. That does not bother me. I am your sister in Christ. We both believe in Jesus. That is what is most important to me. However, I do know this. I have been praying in tongues for years and every time I pray in tongues, I move into peace and God shows me what to do to come through the situation for which I am praying. Victory is the result.
We see in verse 27 why it is important to yield to the Holy Spirit in prayer. He searches the hearts and knows the mind of the Spirit (the mind of God). He makes intercession according to the will of God. I want the will of God to be done in my life. It is vitally important to me that I please God and do His will. I want an intimate relationship with my heavenly Father; I want to stay very close to Him.
When we yield to the Holy Spirit in prayer, look at the results. Verse 28 tells us that the Holy Spirit works everything together for our good. That doesn’t mean that bad things come just so that we can get good out of life. No, no! This verse means that God will always work everything out for us to come to victory, regardless of what is thrown in our pathway to divert us. We love God and we are called according to His purpose. His purpose for us is outlined in His Word. We must read the Word and prayerfully allow God to work through us to accomplish His design for our lives. God is a good God, and He will always work everything together for our good, for our enjoyment of the good life. Nothing can ever come our way that God cannot turn around. What we must do is find out what, if anything, God wants us to do, in order to cooperate with Him in developing His good plan for our lives. We do that by praying in the Spirit.
I have purposed that I will pray in the Spirit more than I ever have done in the past. It is the pathway to God’s perfect will being accomplished in my life.
Also, once we know our strategic positioning, there are so many distractions which come to divert us from God’s plan. Just ordinary living can distract us—the car needs tuning, the dental checkup is due, the money to pay that bill is not there, the dishwasher broke and what do we do with the dirty dishes, you bought the wrong thing and have to take time to return it. On and on the list grows, and if we allow all of these things to clutter our minds and hearts, we take our focus off what the real purpose is of our lives—to do every day what God has ordained for us to do.
How do we learn what we are called to do? But more importantly, how do we maintain our focus on God’s ordained plan as we live our daily lives here on this earth? I believe Romans 8:26-28 holds the key. Let’s look at these verses.
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.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God,
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
As we look at these scriptures, we see that the Holy Spirit helps our infirmities (weaknesses, inability to produce results because of our flesh). He helps us because there are many times when we do not know how to pray about a situation we are facing or that someone else is facing. The Holy Spirit makes intercession for us as we yield to Him. How do we yield to Him? We allow Him to pray through us. We call that praying in tongues. I know that not everyone believes in praying in tongues. That does not bother me. I am your sister in Christ. We both believe in Jesus. That is what is most important to me. However, I do know this. I have been praying in tongues for years and every time I pray in tongues, I move into peace and God shows me what to do to come through the situation for which I am praying. Victory is the result.
We see in verse 27 why it is important to yield to the Holy Spirit in prayer. He searches the hearts and knows the mind of the Spirit (the mind of God). He makes intercession according to the will of God. I want the will of God to be done in my life. It is vitally important to me that I please God and do His will. I want an intimate relationship with my heavenly Father; I want to stay very close to Him.
When we yield to the Holy Spirit in prayer, look at the results. Verse 28 tells us that the Holy Spirit works everything together for our good. That doesn’t mean that bad things come just so that we can get good out of life. No, no! This verse means that God will always work everything out for us to come to victory, regardless of what is thrown in our pathway to divert us. We love God and we are called according to His purpose. His purpose for us is outlined in His Word. We must read the Word and prayerfully allow God to work through us to accomplish His design for our lives. God is a good God, and He will always work everything together for our good, for our enjoyment of the good life. Nothing can ever come our way that God cannot turn around. What we must do is find out what, if anything, God wants us to do, in order to cooperate with Him in developing His good plan for our lives. We do that by praying in the Spirit.
I have purposed that I will pray in the Spirit more than I ever have done in the past. It is the pathway to God’s perfect will being accomplished in my life.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 10:45 AM
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