Romans 8:26 26Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Once, when my father was hospitalized, I remember driving as
fast as I could to the hospital to see him because his
condition was deteriorating rapidly. I was just sobbing in my
car on the way there. I didn’t know what to pray. So I just
cried and prayed in tongues, groaning in my spirit.
I believe that at that very low point, the Holy Spirit was
helping me in my weaknesses — “For we do not know what we
should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered”.
The events that soon unfolded in the hospital convinced me
that just a groan or sigh will reach the throne of our Abba
Father.
I managed to reach the hospital just in time to clasp my
father’s hand before he was wheeled in for surgery. The
surgeons came out of the operating theatre some time later to
inform my mother that they didn’t need to do anything after
they had opened him up because they discovered that “surgery”
had already been done on him!
Surprised, my mother answered, “He has never been operated
on. I am his wife. I should know.” Not convinced, the surgeons
told my father when he regained consciousness, “We opened you
up and found that surgery had already been done. Whoever did
it did a perfect work.”
Equally surprised, my dad told them, “I have never had
surgery done on me.”
“No, you have!” the surgeons insisted.
As my parents and the doctors continued arguing, I found
myself thinking, “My goodness, I didn’t even pray for a
miracle on my way to the hospital. Yet, a miracle has just
happened!”
My friend, when we who are God’s children groan as we pray in
the Spirit, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us with
groanings which will reach the throne of our Abba Father, and
cause Him to move powerfully on our behalf!
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