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.–Romans 8:26
There is much I would like to say about this verse, but I will be brief. When we are
hurting, confused, and helpless we can find help from heaven in the person of the
Holy Spirit. Life is tough, but God provides help that is sufficient for every need. Those
who put Him first in all things will never lack what they need. These words from the pen
of William Law addresses this subject in a way that few are able to state. Here is an
example of why I don’t try to write all the articles for Morning Manna. I just don’t know how
anyone could say it any better:
When it is the one ruling, never-ceasing desire of our hearts, that God may
be the beginning and end, the reason and motive, the rule and measure, of
our doing or not doing, from morning to night; then everywhere, whether
speaking or silent, whether inwardly or outwardly employed, we are equally
offered up to the eternal Spirit, have our life in Him and from Him, and
are united to Him by that Spirit of Prayer which is the comfort, the
support, the strength and security of the soul, travelling, by the help of
God, through the vanity of time into the riches of eternity. Let us have no
thought or care, but how to be wholly His devoted instruments; everywhere,
and in everything, His adoring, joyful, and thankful servants.
