We used to try to surprise my mom and dad by dropping in on them unexpectedly. We don’t do that any more because we have realized that my mother has the uncanny ability to sense when we are coming. She is always waiting up for us when we get there, even when we didn’t decide to make the trip until the last minute. When I was little, she always knew when I did something wrong – before I even got home. She always said it was a “little bird” that told her. She can also tell when there is something wrong with me. I can’t count the times when she has called to check on me. I have learned over the years that the “little bird” has followed me everywhere I have gone and still reports faithfully to my mother.
Romans 8 (NLT)
26And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. 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. 28And we know that God causes everything to work together[k] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. 30And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.
This passage should be a source of hope and strength for all who claim the name of Jesus Christ. The last two verses provide the context for the rest of what Paul tells us. God not only accepts us into His family, He accepts us with the full knowledge of who we are and what we are. Paul says, “God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son.” We have been selected to be the brothers and sisters of our Lord and Savior. Not only that, we will share in His glory in Heaven. What an incredible promise! God chose us to be His children, even though He already knew that we were sinners.
Knowing that we have this kind of relationship with our God, we have the freedom to boldly approach Him and talk to Him about what is going on in our lives. But there is more to it than this. Paul tells us in this passage that we can lift our hands to our Father when we can’t even find the words to say. As brothers and sisters of Jesus, we have within us the third person of the Trinity – the Holy Spirit. He knows what we need to say and will express these things to the Father for us in a language we can’t even understand. Paul calls it “groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” But that is not the best part.
Scripture tells us that “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.” Think about that! When we don’t even know what to pray or how to pray, God knows what we need because the Spirit within us talks to Him in His language. Then, “God causes everything to work together for the good” of those who love Him and have been adopted into His family. We know that we had nothing to do with what happens. We were so tongue tied that we couldn’t even figure out what to say, but God knew and worked things out. Now, the Bible doesn’t say that He took away our burdens or our problems; it says He caused them to work for our own good.
Christians, we have a God who wants what is best for us. However, we must communicate with Him – even when we can’t figure out what we need to say or how we need to say it. Sometimes the silence of a broken heart will say more than words could ever express. Our “little bird” is the Holy Spirit and He will carry our requests and praises to our Heavenly Father even when we don’t know how to express them. Daddy will understand.
We serve an awesome God!!!!!
Romans 8 (NLT)
26And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. 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. 28And we know that God causes everything to work together[k] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. 30And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.
This passage should be a source of hope and strength for all who claim the name of Jesus Christ. The last two verses provide the context for the rest of what Paul tells us. God not only accepts us into His family, He accepts us with the full knowledge of who we are and what we are. Paul says, “God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son.” We have been selected to be the brothers and sisters of our Lord and Savior. Not only that, we will share in His glory in Heaven. What an incredible promise! God chose us to be His children, even though He already knew that we were sinners.
Knowing that we have this kind of relationship with our God, we have the freedom to boldly approach Him and talk to Him about what is going on in our lives. But there is more to it than this. Paul tells us in this passage that we can lift our hands to our Father when we can’t even find the words to say. As brothers and sisters of Jesus, we have within us the third person of the Trinity – the Holy Spirit. He knows what we need to say and will express these things to the Father for us in a language we can’t even understand. Paul calls it “groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” But that is not the best part.
Scripture tells us that “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.” Think about that! When we don’t even know what to pray or how to pray, God knows what we need because the Spirit within us talks to Him in His language. Then, “God causes everything to work together for the good” of those who love Him and have been adopted into His family. We know that we had nothing to do with what happens. We were so tongue tied that we couldn’t even figure out what to say, but God knew and worked things out. Now, the Bible doesn’t say that He took away our burdens or our problems; it says He caused them to work for our own good.
Christians, we have a God who wants what is best for us. However, we must communicate with Him – even when we can’t figure out what we need to say or how we need to say it. Sometimes the silence of a broken heart will say more than words could ever express. Our “little bird” is the Holy Spirit and He will carry our requests and praises to our Heavenly Father even when we don’t know how to express them. Daddy will understand.
We serve an awesome God!!!!!
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