Today I was overwhelmed by God’s mercy and His persistent pleading for us. As I was reading through Romans 8 today I ran across a few verses that brought me to tears(literally).
26And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
27And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.
Then:
34Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
The Father who knows our hearts knows where our weakness lies but, Christ is sitting at the right hand of The Father pleading for us, our Spirit is pleading for us and praying for us. God in His perfect nature knew how weak we would be and in that our support comes from Him in the form of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. So many times I feel like I fall short or I don’t know what to pray for. I am so focused on my situation that I don’t see God’s hands working it out for me when I am to weak to. This very thought gives me hope and encouragement.
